Most Famous Insomniacs
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michael jackson
177 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
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Benjamin Franklin
113 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Theodore Roosevelt
76 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Thomas Edison
68 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Winston Churchill
62 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
60 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
48 points - added 12 years ago by NickDrake -
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Charles Dickens
36 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Mark Twain
21 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Vincent Van Gogh
The insomniac painter self-treated his insomnia by applying camphor to his pillow and mattress.
19 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Alexandre Dumas
19 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Enrique Iglesias
Would write his music in the middle of the night. Called one of his albums "Insomniac". Looks great on it though!
18 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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W.C. Fields
18 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Margaret Thatcher
14 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Marlene Dietrich
13 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Marilyn Monroe
She was a regular insomniac whose insomnia became worse as time went by, and she frequently took sleeping pills, which possibly caused her untimely death.
12 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Judy Garland
She was addicted to amphetamines (diet pills that were prescribed to her), which would sometimes keep her awake for three to four days at a time, and then she would counteract the speed with sleeping pills, a combination which probably led to her death.
12 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
18.
Carey Grant
10 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
It's "Cary."
Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points
19.
Groucho Marx
Marx became an insomniac after the 1929 stock market crash, and he was known for calling people in the middle of the night to insult them when he wasn't able to fall asleep.
4 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Adam Young (Owl City)
Adam young wrote and recorded his debut album Ocean Eyes in his basement while suffering from insomnia and his hit song Fireflies is about insomnia.
1 point - added 12 years ago by guest -
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Tallulah Bankhead
1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Catherine the Great
1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Franz Kafka
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Marcel Proust
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
25.
The Earl of Rosebery
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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Amy Lowell
The famous insomniac poet was known to rent one room for sleeping in and four separate rooms around her for the utmost quiet.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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