eightthirty
07-19-2006, 10:26 AM
Actors, Producers & Celebrities
Dorothy Dandridge, actress, filed for bankruptcy in 1963.
Dino De Laurentis, film producer, filed for bankruptcy in 1988.
Larry King, talk-show host, filed for bankruptcy in 1978.
Artists
Rembrandt filed for bankruptcy in 1656.
Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer, filed for bankruptcy in 1872
James Abbot McNeil Whistler, the painter, filed for bankruptcy in 1879.
Athletes
Mike Tyson went bankrupt after earning over $300 million dollars.
Businesses and Business Founders
Milton Hershey started four candy companies that failed and filed bankruptcy before starting what is now Hershey's Foods Corporation.
Walt Disney's company Laugh-O-Gram Corp filed bankruptcy in 1923.
William Fox, co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, filed for bankruptcy in 1936.
P.T. Barnum filed for bankruptcy in 1877 before he started his circus.
John Henry Heinz’s company filed for bankruptcy in 1875.
Writers
L. Frank Baum, "Wizard of Oz" author, ran a store into bankruptcy in 1888.
Oscar Wilde was forced into bankruptcy in 1895.
Presidents, Politicians & American Heroes
Thomas Jefferson, at the time of his death, owed, adjusted for inflation, $10,000,000.
Abraham Lincoln had his surveying tools seized and sold to pay off his over due bills.
Daniel Boone went bankrupt and creditors forced him to move out of Kentucky and in 1788 Boone settled at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River in what is now West Virginia.
President Ulysses S. Grant got involved in a banking house which went bankrupt. This left him so destitute that he had to hand over all his property, including his swords and trophies.
John Connally, former Texas governor filed for bankruptcy in 1987
Musicians in Debt
Both Mozart and Vivaldi earned good livings but they squandered their money and wound up being buried in paupers graves.
M.C. Hammer filed for bankruptcy
Isaac Hayes, singer, filed for bankruptcy in 1976.
Dorothy Dandridge, actress, filed for bankruptcy in 1963.
Dino De Laurentis, film producer, filed for bankruptcy in 1988.
Larry King, talk-show host, filed for bankruptcy in 1978.
Artists
Rembrandt filed for bankruptcy in 1656.
Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer, filed for bankruptcy in 1872
James Abbot McNeil Whistler, the painter, filed for bankruptcy in 1879.
Athletes
Mike Tyson went bankrupt after earning over $300 million dollars.
Businesses and Business Founders
Milton Hershey started four candy companies that failed and filed bankruptcy before starting what is now Hershey's Foods Corporation.
Walt Disney's company Laugh-O-Gram Corp filed bankruptcy in 1923.
William Fox, co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, filed for bankruptcy in 1936.
P.T. Barnum filed for bankruptcy in 1877 before he started his circus.
John Henry Heinz’s company filed for bankruptcy in 1875.
Writers
L. Frank Baum, "Wizard of Oz" author, ran a store into bankruptcy in 1888.
Oscar Wilde was forced into bankruptcy in 1895.
Presidents, Politicians & American Heroes
Thomas Jefferson, at the time of his death, owed, adjusted for inflation, $10,000,000.
Abraham Lincoln had his surveying tools seized and sold to pay off his over due bills.
Daniel Boone went bankrupt and creditors forced him to move out of Kentucky and in 1788 Boone settled at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River in what is now West Virginia.
President Ulysses S. Grant got involved in a banking house which went bankrupt. This left him so destitute that he had to hand over all his property, including his swords and trophies.
John Connally, former Texas governor filed for bankruptcy in 1987
Musicians in Debt
Both Mozart and Vivaldi earned good livings but they squandered their money and wound up being buried in paupers graves.
M.C. Hammer filed for bankruptcy
Isaac Hayes, singer, filed for bankruptcy in 1976.