List of People With Bipolar Disorder - B

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• Maria Bamford, American comedian.
• Andy Behrman, author of the book Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania.
• Max Bemis, frontman of the band Say Anything, spoke about his diagnosis in an interview with Spin magazine in 2006.
• Maurice Benard, actor. He has discussed his diagnosis with Oprah Winfrey, and has since become active in promoting bipolar awareness.
• Mary Kay Bergman, voice actress
• Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist and mathematician. He "suffered from an alternation of depressed moods with elevated, expansive or irritable moods."
• Adrian Borland, British musician.
• Russell Brand, comedian and actor. "In a low-key admission at the end of the book, he says he was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder – manic depression – after he kicked the drugs for good in 2002 which goes some way to explaining his almost superhuman indifference to the chaos and catastrophe that almost lead him to obscurity."
• Andrea Breth, German stage-director.
• Jeremy Brett, actor.
• Brotha Lynch Hung, American rapper. He has discussed his diagnosis in various songs and interviews.
• Frank Bruno, boxer; was hospitalized for a short period and is currently on lithium.
• Barney Bubbles, graphic designer.