We're far from alone. Here are a few people that are known to have been diagnosed or admitted to suffering from agoraphobia (from Wikipedia).
- Will Friedle (b. 1976) American actor, known for role of Eric in Boy Meets World
- Woody Allen (b. 1935), American actor, director, musician
- Kim Basinger (b. 1953), American actress
- Earl Campbell (b. 1955), American pro football player
- Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980), American actor, known for his portrayal of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, said he had "self-diagnosed" agoraphobia.
- Paula Deen (b. 1947), American chef, author, and television personality
- H.L. Gold (1914–1996), science fiction editor - as a result of trauma during his wartime experiences, his agoraphobia became so severe that for more than two decades he was unable to leave his apartment. Towards the end of his life, he acquired some control over the condition.
- Daryl Hannah (b. 1960), American actress
- Miranda Hart, English comedian and actor, known for her portrayal of Miranda in her self-titled sitcom
- Howard Hughes (1905–1976), American aviator, industrialist, film producer and philanthropist
- Olivia Hussey (b. 1951), Anglo-Argentine actress
- Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), American writer - her agoraphobia is considered to be a primary inspiration for the novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
- Elfriede Jelinek (b. 1946), Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature in 2004
- Alison Moyet (b. 1961), English singer
- Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), Polish journalist and novelist
- Peter Robinson (b. 1962), British musician known as Marilyn
- Brian Wilson (b. 1942), American singer and songwriter, primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, a former recluse and agoraphobic who has schizophrenia
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