List of suicides in the 21st century

Confirmed suicides

A

• Stephanie Adams, American former glamour model, known as the November 1992 Playboy Playmate, jumped from a 25th floor window with her 7-year-old son, Vincent in her arms.
• Stuart Adamson, Scottish guitarist and singer, hanging after alcohol ingestion.
• Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor, carbon monoxide poisoning
• Chantal Akerman, Belgian film director.
• Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager, walked in front of a truck
• Michael Alfonso, aka Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler, hanging
• Gia Allemand, American actress and model, hanging
• August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress and model, hanging, suffered from depression and died after backlash to a controversial tweet.
• Desmond Amofah, aka Etika, American internet personality, died by suicide after battling with mental illness for months, drowned.
• Keith Andes, American actor, asphyxiation
• John Atchison, American federal prosecutor and alleged child sex offender, hanging
• Atsumi Yoshikubo, Japanese psychiatrist, intentionally getting lost in the Canadian Taiga.
• Pekka-Eric Auvinen, Finnish Jokela High School shooter, gunshot to head

  B

• Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, suffocated
• Mark Balelo, cast member on the reality TV series Storage Wars, asphyxiation, days after an arrest for drug charges
• Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian actress, hanging
• Simone Battle, X Factor contestant and member of the pop band G.R.L., hanging, due to depression over financial issues
• J. Clifford Baxter, American Enron Corporation executive, gunshot
• Jovan Belcher, American football player, shot himself after killing his girlfriend
• Jadin Bell, an Oregon teen who was taken off life support after he attempted suicide by hanging himself. He was driven to take his own life because he was bullied for being homosexual, according to his family.
• Helena Belmonte, Filipina model, jumped off building
• Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish documentary filmmaker, jumped in front of moving train, he was struggling with depression
• Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter, hanging, had struggled with drug abuse and depression
• Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler, hanged himself after killing his wife and son; had suffered from dementia and depression
• Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, Swedish DJ and music producer, self-inflicted cuts resulting in blood loss
• David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist best known for his work with indie-rock bands the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, hanging
• Paul Bhattacharjee, British actor, jumped from a clifftop a day after he had been declared bankrupt, he was severely depressed
• Bob Birch, American musician; gunshot, he had severe gastrointestinal issues brought on by his injury and suffered from extreme insomnia
• David Birnie, Australian serial killer and rapist, hanging
• Jeremy Blake, American artist, drowning
• Miguel Blesa, Spanish banker and businessman, involved in various corruption scandals, gunshot to chest
• Isabella Blow, English magazine editor, and muse to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, poisoning
• Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean World Cup footballer and pundit, known for his strong opinions, hanging
• Anthony Bourdain, American chef, author, and television personality, hanging
• Jonathan Brandis, American actor, hanging, he was depressed about his career, which had slowly declined in recent years and he was drinking heavily.
• Herman Brood, Dutch musician, artist, composer, jumping from the roof of the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam, he was depressed by the failure of his drug rehabilitation program and facing serious medical problems because of his prolonged drug use
• Joseph Brooks, American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer known for the song "You Light Up My Life" Police officials would not discuss the contents of the note. The day after Brooks' death, the medical examiner ruled that Brooks had killed himself, citing asphyxia, he was facing sexual assault charges.
• Jürgen Brümmer, German Olympic gymnast, jumping from the Koersch Viaduct, Shortly afterwards, his 15-year-old son, who was in need of ongoing care since an accident two years before, was found dead in his home, evidently having been suffocated by Brümmer.
• David Buckel, American LGBT rights lawyer and environmental activist, self-immolation in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
• Brad Bufanda, American actor, jumped from building
• Freddy E. Buhl, American hip-hop music artist known for his comedy and spoken-word pieces, gunshot

  C

• Homaro Cantu, American chef, hanging
• Capital Steez, American hip-hop artist, unhappy with his career, jumped off the rooftop of the Cinematic Music Group headquarters in Manhattan
• Tim Carter, footballer, hanging, he was struggling to deal with his son's disabilities
• Finn M. W. Caspersen, American financier and philanthropist, gunshot, after battle with cancer and anticipated financial problems
• Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican American man convicted in August 2013 of kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder for holding Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus in his Cleveland, Ohio home over the course of a decade, hanging
• Kelly Catlin, American cyclist, asphyxiation
• Champignon, Brazilian musician, bassist for Charlie Brown Jr., gunshot to head
• Iris Chang, American historian and author of The Rape of Nanking, gunshot wound to the mouth, she had an extreme bout of depression and reactive psychosis
• Danny Chen, Chinese-American U.S. Army Private, gunshot
• Vic Chesnutt, American country-folk singer-songwriter, intentional overdose of muscle relaxants.
• Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer
• Seung-Hui Cho, American university student who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting, gunshot
• Tyler Clementi, gay American student at Rutgers University, jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate secretly observed him with a webcam, kissing his date
• Don Cornelius, American television show host and producer, best known as the creator and host of the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train, gunshot. He had been suffering from seizures
• Chris Cornell, American musician, singer and songwriter, hanging after performance
• Smiley Culture, English reggae singer and DJ, stabbed himself during police raid

  D

• Katelyn Nicole Davis, American student, hanging, due to abuse, bullying, and depression
• Charlotte Dawson, Australian TV presenter, hanging, due to cyber bullying
• Brad Delp, American rock musician, carbon monoxide poisoning in his bathroom using two charcoal grills, suffering from depression due to lingering hard feelings from Boston's disbandment in the 1980s and personal tension with bandleader Scholz.
• Ronald Desruelles, Belgian athlete, hanging
• Christopher Dorner, American police officer, shot himself in Angelus Oaks, California
• Jon Dough, American pornographic actor, hanging
• Scott Dozier, American murderer on death row in Nevada after the 2002 murder of 22-year-old Jeremiah Miller, hanging
• Charmaine Dragun, Australian television newsreader, jumped off The Gap, an oceanside cliff in Sydney, after a long battle with depression
• Dave Duerson, American football player, gunshot
• Clay Duke, American ex-convict, gunshot, opened fire on the Panama City school board during a meeting after his wife, Rebecca, who was a teacher in the school district, was fired. After getting hit by a bullet from a security officer's pistol, Duke collapsed and then used a remaining bullet in his gun to kill himself.
• Theresa Duncan, American video game designer.

  E

• Keith Emerson, English keyboardist, gunshot
• Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper, impact by train near Neustadt am Rübenberge, he had been suffering from depression for six years and was distraught over the death of his daughter Lara in 2006

  F

• Jackie Fairweather, Australian triathlete and long-distance runner
• Moni Fanan, team manager of the Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel-Aviv during the years 1992–2008, hanging; he owed $20 M and had been running a private bank
• Fausto Fanti, founding member of comedy troupe Hermes & Renato and guitarist of Massacration, hanging
• Mark Fisher, critical theorist and cultural critic, hanging. Fisher detailed his struggles with depression throughout his writing, especially in the pages of .
• Caroline Flack, British television presenter of Love Island, hanging.
• James D. Ford, chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives for two decades, gunshot
• David Fonseca, former Belize City mayor, gunshot to head
• Danny Frawley, former Australian Rules footballer and broadcaster, suicide by intentional car accident.
• Ryan Freel, American professional baseball player, gunshot
• Keith Flint, English vocalist and dancer most associated with The Prodigy, hanging

  G

• Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer and actress, former member of K-Pop group KARA, found dead at her home after being cyber-bullied by malicious commenters due to a scandal that involved her and her abusive ex-boyfriend.
• Alan Garcia, Peruvian president, gunshot
• Sam Gillespie, Australian philosopher whose writings and translations were crucial to the initial reception of Alain Badiou's work in the English-speaking world
• Joe Gliniewicz, American police officer, gunshot; facing the exposure of his criminal activity, he staged his suicide under the guise of being killed by three unknown men
• Lucy Gordon, British actress and model, hanging after an argument with her boyfriend, cinematographer Jerome Alveras
• Spalding Gray, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, performance artist, and monologuist; jumped off Staten Island Ferry. In June 2001, he suffered severe injuries in a car crash while on vacation in Ireland. In the crash, Gray, who battled depression and bipolar tendencies, suffered a broken hip, leaving his right leg almost immobilized and a fracture in his skull that left a jagged scar on his forehead, leaving him with depression and a brain injury. During surgery in which a titanium plate was placed over the break in his skull, surgeons removed dozens of bone fragments from his frontal cortex.
• Mark Green, American record-setting minor league hockey star, hanged himself after being accused of stealing from a car dealership

  H

• Charles Haddon, lead singer of British synthpop band Ou Est le Swimming Pool, hanged himself with a belt in a car park backstage after injuring a fan during a stage dive
• Ryan Halligan, Vermont high school student who died of suicide due to bullying, hanging
• David Hamilton, British photographer and filmmaker known for his nudes of pubescent girls, asphyxiation via plastic bag after one of his models accused him of rape
• Victor Heringer, Brazilian novelist and poet who won the Prêmio Jabuti in 2013, jumped from the window of his apartment
• Aaron Hernandez, American football player and convicted murderer, died of suicide by hanging in his prison cell
• Paul Hester, Australian television personality and drummer from Crowded House, hanged himself in a Melbourne park; he had split from the mother of his two daughters and he had been suffering from depression for a number of years.
• Ludwig Hirsch, Austrian singer, songwriter and actor, jumped from the second floor of a hospital window while being treated for lung cancer
• Brandon Hixon, American politician, gunshot. He killed himself before he was convicted of "sexual abuse allegations"
• Nicholas Hughes, fisheries biologist, son of renowned poet Sylvia Plath, hanged himself after a long struggle with depression

  I

• Hideki Irabu, Japanese professional baseball player, hanging
• Bruce Ivins, American biologist and alleged suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, overdose

  J

• Marcel Jacob, Swedish musician, best known as the bassist in the hard rock bands Talisman and Yngwie Malmsteen.
• Irwin L. Jacobs, American businessman, CEO of Genmar Holdings, gunshot after murdering his wife
• Clayne Jeffs, nephew of Warren Jeffs, gunshot following admission that Warren Jeffs had sexually assaulted him as a child
• Jo Min-ki, South Korean actor, hanging
• Richard Jeni, American standup comedian and actor, gunshot, he had a history of schizophrenia and had been taking antidepressants and a sleeping aid, a week earlier, he was overheard saying "just squeeze the trigger."
• Ryan Jenkins, contestant on the 2009 reality TV series Megan Wants a Millionaire, hanged himself after being charged by police with murdering his wife, Jasmine Fiore
• Dan Johnson, American pastor and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, he claimed to be suffering from PTSD from the September 11 attacks, though he also faced sexual harassment allegations, gunshot.
• J.J. Johnson, American Bebop trombonist, gunshot, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer
• Choi Jin-ri, South Korean actress, model, singer, and songwriter, found dead at her after being cyber-bullied online by malicious commenters.

  K

• Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and musician, had been depressed
• Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler, overdose of anti-depressant pills
• Kazuhiko Kato, Japanese musician, hanging
• David Kellermann, American businessman and CFO of Freddie Mac, suicide by hanging.
• Mike Kelley, American artist had been depressed
• Israel Keyes, American serial killer, suicide by self-inflicted wounds and suffocation
• Jiah Khan, British-American actress who appeared in Bollywood movies, hanging
• Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress, known for her role as Lois Lane in Superman feature films, drug and alcohol overdose
• Daul Kim, South Korean model and blogger, hanged in her Paris apartment
• Kim Jonghyun, South Korean singer and songwriter, best known for being a member of K-pop boy band SHINee., suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, had suffered depression.
• Yu-ri Kim, South Korean model, poison
• Hana Kimura, Japanese wrestler and reality show participant, died by suicide through hydrogen sulfide poisoning after having been cyber-bullied
• Uday Kiran, Telugu actor, hanging, he had suffered from depression due to financial crisis for almost a year
• R. B. Kitaj, American artist; suffocation
• John Kivela, American politician, hanging
• Andrew Koenig, actor known as Boner on the American sitcom Growing Pains, and the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, hanging
• Hannelore Kohl, German wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, overdose of sleeping pills
• Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model, aged 20, jumped from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment in New York City
• Norbert Kröcher, German 2 June Movement terrorist, gunshot

  L

• Karen Lancaume, French pornographic film actress, overdose of temazepam
• Adam Lanza, perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gunshot to the head
• Don Lapre, American television pitchman noted for several products, cut throat with a razor blade
• Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress, slit wrists and hanging
• Lee Hye-Ryeon, South Korean singer, known as U;Nee, hanging
• Jon Lee, drummer of British rock band, hanging
• Dave Lepard, lead singer and guitarist, by hanging, after a struggle with depression
• Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician who was the leader of Samoobrona RP, hanging.
• Arnie Lerma, American former Scientologist and critic of Scientology, gunshot
• Harry Lew, A US Marine who was a victim of hazing, gunshot.
• Chris Lighty, American music industry executive and manager, he had been involved in an argument with his ex-wife not long before his body was discovered
• Lil' Chris, English musician, hanging after battling depression.
• Mark Linkous, American musician, gunshot to the heart.
• Carlo Lizzani, Italian film director, jumped from the balcony of his home.
• Kevin James Loibl, assassin of Christina Grimmie, gunshot to the head
• Bernard Loiseau, French chef, shotgun blast to the head
• Ellen Joyce Loo, Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the folk-pop rock group at 17, fall from her high-rise apartment building.
• Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, plane crash
• Roman Lyashenko, Russian NHL hockey player, hanged himself with a belt.
• David Lytton, a formerly unidentified British man found on Saddleworth Moor, strychnine

  M

• Bhaiyyu Maharaj, Indian spiritual guru, gunshot
• Martin Manley, American sports writer and statistician, shot himself. He left a website which chronicles his life and explains in detail his decision to commit suicide. He intended to have "one of the most organized good-byes in recorded history."
• Mădălina Manole, Romanian pop singer, pesticide poisoning.
• Michael Mantenuto, American actor, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• Michael Marin, American businessman, cyanide pill
• Andrew Martinez, nudism activist who became known on the University of California, Berkeley campus as the "Naked Guy", suffocation.
• David Edward Maust, American serial killer, hanging
• Jacques Mayol, French free diver and subject of the movie The Big Blue, hanging
• Allyson McConnell, Australian-Canadian woman who killed her two children, jumped off a bridge while in Australia
• Mindy McCready, American country music singer, gunshot.
• Kenny McKinley, American football player, gunshot
• John B. McLemore, American horologist and subject of the podcast S-Town, ingested potassium cyanide
• Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer and couturier, hanged himself in his wardrobe, he had been diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, and took an overdose prior to hanging himself
• Megan Meier, American high school student who died of suicide due to cyberbullying, hanging.
• Adolf Merckle, German entrepreneur and billionaire, suicide by train
• Jill Messick, American film producer, method not disclosed
• Dave Mirra, American BMX rider, gunshot
• Mario Monicelli, Italian film director, jumped out of a hospital window he was admitted a few days earlier for prostate cancer.
• Jason Moss, American attorney and author of The Last Victim, gunshot
• Uwe Mundlos, German National Socialist Underground terrorist, gunshot

  N

• Mirosław Nahacz, Polish novelist and screenwriter, hanging
• Terry Newton, English rugby league player, hanging, a post mortem found traces of cocaine, amphetamines and the steroid nandrolone within his system, prescription anti-depressants, and consumption of alcohol, all of which could have impaired his judgment. Newton had left several notes stating he wanted to die.
• Bhumiphat "Hem" Nittayarot, Thai actor, hanging.
• Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish guitarist, gunshot.
• Mita Noor, Bangladeshi actress, hanging
• Hisashi Nozawa, Japanese writer, hanging

  O

• Sean O'Haire, former WWE wrestler and MMA fighter, hanging.
• Ambrose Olsen, American model, hanging

  P

• Stephen Paddock, perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, gunshot. Paddock shot and killed 58 concert goers from the window of the Mandalay Bay Hotel before shooting and killing himself.
• Tommy Page, American singer-songwriter, hanging
• Brodie Panlock, age 19, was an Australian waitress from Melbourne who died after jumping from a multilevel carpark in Hawthorn. Her suicide was attributed to serious workplace bullying at the cafe where she worked. Her parents successfully lobbied the Victorian Government to amend the Crimes Act 1958 to include serious bullying as a criminal offence with a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment.
• Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, American skier, Olympic medalist; gunshot. He was still reeling from the suicide of a friend named Trevor Fernald, who had died of suicide in front of Peterson in 2005, also from a self-inflicted gunshot. Peterson also had problems with alcohol and depression and admitted he had his own thoughts of suicide—all stemming from a childhood in which he was sexually abused and during which at the age of 5 years old he lost one of his older sisters to a drunk driver.
• Randy Potter, American former missing person, gunshot
• Josh Powell, American main suspect in the disappearance of his wife Susan Powell, blew up his house with him and his children inside
• Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat General, poison. Praljak drank a small bottle of potassium cyanide in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague after being convicted of war crimes.
• Phoebe Prince, American high school student who died of suicide due to school bullying and cyberbullying, hanging.
• Wolfgang Přiklopil, Austrian-Czech communications technician who kidnapped a young girl named Natascha Kampusch in 1998, jumping in front of train.

• Leila Pahlavi, Princes of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi. She was found dead in her room in the Leonard Hotel in London just before 19:30 BST by her doctor. She was found to have more than five times the lethal dose of Seconal, a kind of barbituratein her system.
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Prince of Iran and the youngest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi. After a long period of depression, on January 4, 2011, Alireza died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  Q

• Qiao Renliang, Chinese singer and actor, slit wrist.

  R

• Jason Raize, American actor, singer and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme, hanging.
• Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor, suicide by hanging at his home in Bandra on 14 June 2020.
• František Rajtoral, Czech soccer player, hanging
• Anil Ramdas, Dutch writer and journalist, method undisclosed
• Nicola Ann Raphael, Scottish bullied student, overdose of dextropropoxyphene
• Liam Rector, U.S. poet and educator; gunshot.
• Terry Reeves, district attorney for Winn Parish, Louisiana, 1991 until his death in office; gunshot
• Todd Reid, Australian former tennis player.
• David Reimer, Canadian man who after a botched circumcision in infancy, was unsuccessfully reassigned as a girl until he learned the truth at age 13, gunshot.
• Angelo Reyes, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, gunshot, his death came a week after being accused of corruption.
• John Rheinecker American Major League Baseball pitcher, hanging
• Al Rio, comics artist, and animation director, hanging.
• Dale Roberts, English football player, hanging
• Charles Rocket, American actor, cut throat
• Jamey Rodemeyer, American high school student who died of suicide due to constant bullying, hanging.
• Elliot Rodger 22-year-old American spree-killer and incel terrorist, killed 5, and eventually himself, blamed women for his plight, gunshot
• Roh Moo-hyun, ninth President of the Republic of Korea, jumping from a cliff
• Jodon F. Romero, American criminal, his suicide was broadcast on national television during a car chase in Arizona, gunshot
• Conrad Roy, American marine salvage captain, carbon monoxide poisoning
• Lori Erica Ruff, born Kimberly McLean, formerly unidentified woman who had assumed the given name, gunshot
• Michael Ruppert, American political activist, shot himself in Calistoga, California.
• Stevie Ryan, American YouTube personality, hanging
• Rick Rypien, Canadian professional ice hockey player

  S

• Mark Salling, American actor, was facing jail time for child pornography, hanging
• Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress, overdose of sleeping pills
• Nick Santino, American soap opera actor, overdosed on pills, he died of suicide after having his dog euthanized; he felt that he had betrayed the dog, whom he had originally rescued from an animal shelter.
• Carl Sargeant, Welsh politician and former member of the Welsh Government. Sacked from Welsh Government after allegations of sexual harassment, hanging.
• Sam Sarpong, British-born American model and actor, jumping
• Drake Sather, American screenwriter, gunshot
• Robert Schommer, American astronomer, method not released to public
• Tom Schweich, American politician, gunshot
• L'Wren Scott, American fashion designer; hanged herself in her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan in New York City.
• Tony Scott, English film director, famous for Top Gun; jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.
• Junior Seau, American football All-Pro player, gunshot to chest, he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a type of chronic brain damage that has also been found in other deceased former NFL players.
• Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian artist and activist, cofounder of FEMEN, hanging
• Harold Shipman, English family doctor and serial killer, hanging
• Tiffany Simelane, Swazi beauty queen, ingestion of weevil tablet
• David Sonboly, Iranian-German perpetrator of the 2016 Munich shooting, gunshot
• Peu Sousa, Brazilian guitarist for Nove Mil Anjos and Pitty, hanging
• Ellie Soutter, British Snowboarder, hanging.
• Kate Spade, American fashion designer, hanging
• Mark Speight, English television presenter, hanging he was deeply depressed by his fiancée's death.
• Andrew Joseph Stack III, American embedded software consultant, plane crash
• Scott Stearney, United States Navy admiral, gunshot
• Costică Ștefănescu, Romanian footballer and manager, jumping from the fifth floor of the Military Hospital in Bucharest.
• Jean Stein, American author, jump from a New York City high rise
• Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician, best known for being the first actor to play Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek, gunshot
• Lyle Stevik, formerly unidentified man using the alias name taken from a book by Joyce Carol Oates, hanging
• Deon Stewardson, British-South African actor best known for his role in ITV series Wild at Heart
• Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and activist, hanging after facing a maximum penalty of $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison
• Sawyer Sweeten, American child actor, gunshot.
• Salman Shah ,also known as Emon, heartthrob Bangladeshi actor appparently committed suicide on 06-Sept-1996 at his home in Dhaka.It was said 21 fans committed suicide after his sudden demise.

  T

• Mike Thalassitis, English-Cypriot footballer and television personality, hanging
• Hunter S. Thompson, gonzo journalist, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, gunshot, he had many painful and chronic medical conditions, which included a hip replacement.
• Terry Thompson, zookeeper and owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm, gunshot
• Amanda Todd, Canadian high school student who died of suicide due to school bullying and cyberbullying, hanging.
• Dudu Topaz, Israeli TV personality and entertainer, hanging while incarcerated in jail
• Dick Trickle, American race car driver, gunshot, he had been suffering for some time with severe chronic pain
• Sunil Tripathi, American student and former suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing
• Verne Troyer, American actor and comedian, noted for playing the role of 'Mini-me', alcohol poisoning
• Butch Trucks, American drummer for the Allman Brothers Band, gunshot

  U

• Miyu Uehara, Japanese model, hanging
• Andrew Urdiales, American serial killer

  V

• Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer, hanging, after arrest on suspicion of murdering his wife
• Armando Vega Gil, founding member and bassist of Mexican rock band Botellita de Jerez, after sexual assault accusation
• Brian Velasco, Filipino drummer for Razorback, jumped from balcony
• Dan Vickerman, former Australian Rugby Union player.
• Ned Vizzini, American author of young adult fiction, including the novel, It's Kind of a Funny Story, leapt from a building; had struggled with depression

  W

• David Foster Wallace, American author; hanging, he had suffered from depression for more than 20 years and stopped his medication on the advice of his doctor, and he tried electroconvulsive therapy, he attempted suicide by taking pills, which led to hospitalization, then he bound his wrists and hanged himself.
• Andre Waters, former NFL safety, gunshot to the head
• Gary Webb, American investigative reporter, gunshot to the head
• Jeff Weise, American high school student who committed the Red Lake shootings and then died by suicide after years of bullying, gunshot.
• Bob Welch, musician and former member of Fleetwood Mac, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, he had had spinal surgery three months earlier, but doctors told him he would not get better. He was in serious pain and he did not want his wife to have to care for an invalid.
• Robin Williams, American comedian and actor, hanging, he was suffering from severe depression prior to his death and was diagnosed with early stage Lewy body dementia
• Jack Wishna, president and CEO of CPAmerica, carbon monoxide poisoning
• Tobi Wong, Canadian born designer, and conceptual artist, overdosed on pills.
• Stephen Wooldridge, Australian cyclist, method not released
• Tera Wray, American pornographic actress, drug overdose
• Marcin Wrona, Polish film director, hanging

  Y

• Yasmine, Belgian singer, hanging
• Yoon Ki-won, South Korean football goalkeeper, charcoal-burning suicide
• Lee Thompson Young, American actor known for his roles in films such as Friday Night Lights and The Famous Jett Jackson, and on TV series such as Smallville and Rizzoli & Isles, gunshot, Young had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for which he had been taking medication, and had been suffering from depression before his death.
• Fakhra Younus, Pakistani dancer, jumped from building in Rome twelve years after being disfigured in an acid attack, after "endur more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body...she finally decided life was no longer worth living."

  Z

• Bill Zeller, American computer programmer, developer of myTunes, oxygen deprivation due to hanging led to brain damage, taken off life support., due to depression over being sexually abused as a young child
• Joost Zwagerman, Dutch writer, poet, and essayist

  Possible suicides

• David Carradine, American actor, hanging, however, reported evidence suggested that his death was accidental, the result of erotic asphyxiation. Two autopsies were conducted and concluded that the death was not a suicide.
• Elliott Smith, American musician, stab wounds to chest. His death was originally ruled a suicide when his girlfriend, Jennifer Chiba, claimed that she was not with Smith when he allegedly stabbed himself. Investigations since have claimed that Smith may have been having an argument with Chiba before his death, and the situation probably escalated to the point where Chiba stabbed Smith twice.
• Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager, found hanging. Whilst there was evidence the pressure of management had put some strain on his marriage and he and his wife had argued the night before his death, the official verdict of the coroner was a narrative verdict as he could not be sure the deceased had meant to take his own life.
• Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and sex offender. Found to have hung himself in his prison cell though the circumstances of his death remain unclear.