Alcohol poisoning
- Li Bai – 762, Ancient Chinese Poet
- Dylan Thomas – 9 November 1953, writer
- Bon Scott – 19 February 1980, singer
- Keith Whitley – 1989, Country Music Singer
- Steve Clark – 1991, Def Leppard Guitarist
Alcoholism
- Edgar Allan Poe – 7 October 1849, writer
- Kemal Ataturk – 10 November 1938, president of Turkey
- George Best – 25 November 2005, football player
- Brendan Behan – 20 March 1964, writer
- John Barrymore – 29 May 1942, actor
- Bix Beiderbecke – 6 August 1931,musician
- Robert Buck – 19 December 2000, musician
- Richard Burton – 5 August 1984, actor
- Truman Capote – 25 August 1984, writer
- F. Scott Fitzgerald – 21 December 1940, writer
- Errol Flynn – 14 October 1959, actor
- Alexander Godunov – 18 May 1995, dancer/actor
- William Rowan Hamilton mathematician
- Lorenz Hart – 22 November 1943, lyricist
- Ira Hayes – 24 January 1955, war hero
- William Holden – 12 November 1981, actor
- Billie Holiday – 17 July 1959, singer
- Phil Katz – 14 April 2000, computer programmer
- Jack Kerouac – 21 October 1969, writer
- Veronica Lake – 7 July 1973, actress
- Kevin Lloyd – 2 May 1998, actor
- Joseph McCarthy – 2 May 1957, politician
- Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – 8 March 1973, musician
- Dave Gilbert – 2001, musician (frontman for Nugent and The Rockets)
- Grace Metalious – 25 February, writer
- Jim Morrison – July 3, 1971 Musician
- Modest Mussorgsky – 28 March 1881, composer
- Franklin Pierce – 8 October 1869, U.S. President
- Jackson Pollock – 11 August 1956, artist
- Jean Stafford – 26 March 1979, writer
- Jesse “Guitar” Taylor – March 7, 2006
- Lester Young – 15 March 1959, musician
Alcohol abuse
- John Bonham – 24 September 1980, musician
- Bon Scott – 19 February 1980, musician
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