List of people with an anxiety disorder

Numerous notable people have had some form of anxiety disorder. This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source associating them with one or more anxiety-based mental health disorders based on their own public statements; this discussion is sometimes tied to the larger topic of creativity and mental illness. In the case of dead people only, individuals with a speculative or retrospective diagnosis should only be listed if they are accompanied by a source reflective of the mainstream, academic view. Individuals should not be added to this list unless the disorder is regularly and commonly mentioned in mainstream, reliable sources.

A

• Adele, English singer-songwriter who had anxiety and panic attacks
• Ben Affleck, American actor and filmmaker

B

• Cardi B, American rapper
• Kim Basinger, American actress who had social anxiety
• David Beckham, English footballer who struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Justin Bieber, Canadian singer who struggled with depression and anxiety
• Kristen Bell, American actress who struggles with anxiety
• Zach Braff, American actor who has obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Bo Burnham
• Amanda Bynes, American actress

C

• Earl Campbell, American football player
• Michael Clifford, guitarist for the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer
• Stephen Colbert, American comedian and talk show host, who had anxiety, depression and panic attacks

D

• Carson Daly, American television host, producer, and radio personality who struggles with anxiety and panic attacks
• Paula Deen, American chef who struggled with agoraphobia
• Johnny Depp, American actor
• Cameron Diaz, American actress who had obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor who had obsessive-compulsive disorder

E

• Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
• Missy Elliott, American rapper who had anxiety disorder
• Chris Evans, American actor
• George Ezra, British singer-songwriter who struggles with anxiety and OCD

F

• Harrison Ford, American actor who had social anxiety disorder

G

• Lady Gaga, American musician and actress who has had depression and anxiety
• Paul Gascoigne, English footballer who had anxiety
• Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and television personality
• Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
• Ariana Grande, American singer and actress
• Zack Greinke, American baseball pitcher
• Rupert Grint, English actor

H

• Colton Haynes, American actor
• Taraji P. Henson, American actress

J

• Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality
• Scarlett Johansson, American actress who had anxiety and panic attacks
• Naomi Judd, American country music singer and member of The Judds who struggled with anxiety

K

• Nicole Kidman, Australian actress who struggled with panic attacks

L

• Jennifer Lawrence, American actress who had anxiety
• Emily Lloyd, English actress who had anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder
• Heather Locklear, American actress and model
• Demi Lovato, American singer
• Kevin Love, American professional basketball player
• Logic, American rapper

M

• Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• Zayn Malik, English singer and songwriter
• Howie Mandel, Canadian television personality who struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder
• John Mayer, American singer and musician
• Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer who struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Mabel Alabama-Pearl McVey, English-Swedish singer and songwriter who struggles with anxiety
• Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter who had anxiety disorder
• Ant McPartlin, British television presenter who has anxiety
• Mina Myōi, an American-born Japanese singer from Twice who had to take a brief hiatus due to an anxiety disorder.
• Bill Murray, American actor

O

• Donny Osmond, American singer and actor
• Conan O'Brien, American television host and comedian

P

• Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress who struggled with social anxiety disorder

R

• Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
• Lili Reinhart, American actress
• Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor who has anxiety
• Jon Richardson, English comedian who had obsessive-compulsive disorder
• LeAnn Rimes, American country music singer
• Winona Ryder, American actress who had anxiety

S

• Ben Schwartz, American actor, comedian and writer
• Amanda Seyfried, American actress, singer, and model
• Sarah Silverman, American comedian and actress
• Emma Stone, American actress who had anxiety and panic attacks
• Zoe Sugg, English YouTuber, author and businesswoman who has anxiety
• Marc Summers, American television personality and game show host who had obsessive-compulsive disorder

T

• Charlize Theron, South African-American actress
• Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and musician who had obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Justin Timberlake, American singer and dancer who had obsessive-compulsive disorder

W

• Sydney Magruder Washington, American ballet dancer
• Wil Wheaton, American actor
• Royce White, American basketball player
• Mara Wilson, American actress and author who struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder