List of notable 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.
- William S. Burroughs (writer)
- Gia Carangi (model)
- Kurt Cobain (musician)
- Miles Davis (musician)
- Robert Downey Jr (actor)
- Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)
- Boy George (singer)
- Billie Holiday (singer)
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono (singers)
- Courtney Love (musician)
- Bela Lugosi (actor)
- Charlie Parker (musician)
- Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
- Axl Rose (musician)
- Hubert Selby Jr (writer)
- Layne Staley (musician)
- James Taylor (musician)
