Famous Bipolar Bisexuals (Possibly...)

I've met many queer women and men with mental health problems yet when I looked for famous bipolar bisexuals I found very few, in fact I've had to extend this list to "Possibly bipolar and probably not straight" for it really to be a list at all.

Due to links between creativity and bipolar disorder I am surprised not to find more. However a lot of famous figures from history lived in a time where their sexuality and mental condition may have been well hidden, if recognised at all.

Still, cross referencing lists found on the internet did uncover a handful of homosexual and bisexual manic depressives.

Stephen Fry (1957-present)
As both a successful writer and actor, Stephen Fry is a famailiar name throughout the UK. He has spoken publicly about his illness including a documentry called "The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive." The Independent on Sunday named Fry the second most influential gay person in Britain, (May 2007.)

Hart Crane (1899 to 1932)
This American poet is one of the most influential poets of his generation. He felt his homosexuality put a great distance between himself and society and that that distance helped to shape him as a poet. He is reported to have suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism.

Alexander Hamilton (1750s - 1805)
Hamilton was a US secretary of the treasury. He is believed to have been homosexual because of the content of letters he wrote during his life. Hamilton was considered self-destructive and some of his biographers have written that he was a manic-depressive. He developed an interest in writing and published in newsletters of the time.

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
One of the greatest minds that ever lived belonged to Sir Isaac Newton, writer of the heavily influential book: "Mathematical principles of natural philosophy." Claims that he was a repressed homosexual are the centre of much controversy and likewise, with our understanding of manic depression not blooming until much later, it is hard to be certain that he suffered from bipolar disorder.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Yet another writer, Virginia Woolf, is a highly regarded literary figure. Her dramatic mood swings and mental breakdowns have been attributed to bipolar disorder by modern experts. Woolf was bisexual and there are lesbian themes found in much of her work.