List of heroin addicts

The following is a list of notable personalities who have been addicted to heroin (or other opiates) at some point during their lives.

• Chet Baker (musician)
• William S. Burroughs (writer)
• Gia Carangi (model)
• Nick Cave (musician)
• Ray Charles (singer)
• Eric Clapton (musician)
• Montgomery Clift (actor)
• Kurt Cobain (musician)
• John Coltrane (musician)
• Miles Davis (musician)
• Pete Doherty (musician)
• Robert Downey Jr (actor)
• Bob Dylan (singer)
• Perry Farrell (singer)
• Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)
• Jerry Garcia (musician)
• Boy George (singer)
• Charlie Haden (musician)
• Billie Holiday (singer)
• Dennis Hopper (actor)
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono (singers)
• Rush Limbaugh (media personality)
• Little Richard (singer)
• Courtney Love (musician)
• Bela Lugosi (actor)
• Phil Lynott (musician)
• Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher)
• Charlie Parker (musician)
• Art Pepper (musician)
• Miguel Pinero (writer, actor)
• Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
• Iggy Pop (singer)
• Keith Richards (musician)
• Sonny Rollins (musician)
• Santiago Rusinyol (painter)
• Axl Rose (musician)
• Winona Ryder (actress)
• Will Self (writer)
• Hubert Selby Jr (writer)
• Jerry Stahl (writer)
• Layne Staley (musician)
• James Taylor (musician)
• Johnny Thunders (musician)
• Pete Townshend (musician)
• Alexander Trocchi (writer)
• Aleister Crowley (occultist)