The following is a list of people, mostly famous and American, who had wisdom tooth removal, with the year of the removal listed, a note if they removed less than four wisdom teeth or had them removed on several different occasions, a description of who they are if they are less known, a link proving the removal and a note if they seemed to suffer any problems from it.
The list is in the order that I found them in.
Note that a probably higher than average proportion of them complain of mental health issues, acted eccentrically and so on following the removal.
Britney Spears (1999)
https://www.mtv.com/news/teizkq/britney-spears-phones-trl-to-announce-us-tour-dates
Acted odd and was committed to mental ward
Scarlett Johansson (2007)
https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4555298-scarlett-johansson-offre-sa-dent-de-sagesse.php (Website In French)
Gave a wisdom tooth coated in gold to boyfriend Ryan Reynolds
Zendaya (2019)
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2019/01/05/zendaya-montre-la-realite-peu-glamour-apres-une-operation-des-dents-de-sagesse_a_23634155/ (Website In French)
Miley Cyrus (2015)
https://www.purepeople.com/article/miley-cyrus-operee-visage-gonfle-et-dents-arrachees-la-chanteuse-souffre_a157188/1 (Website In French)
Acts eccentrically and wildly.
Tom Holland (2017 and 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8M-D42ZDIo (2017)
https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/spider-man-tom-holland-wisdom-teeth-video/ (2018)
Said social media hurts his mental health.
Conan O'Brien (1997 and 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUsQWX7XKpc (Probably 2 wisdom teeth) (1997)
https://twitter.com/conanobrien/status/731185457921396737?lang=en (A single wisdom tooth) (2016)
Uses antidepressants.
Rafael Nadal (2012)
https://www.facebook.com/148883365132821/posts/yesterday-my-wisdom-teeth-were-pulled-out-now-im-taking-a-rest-with-my-sister-/249887685123489/
Pete Davidson (2018)
https://www.eonline.com/news/951872/ariana-grande-nurses-pete-davidson-back-to-health-after-wisdom-teeth-removal
Says he has mental health problems
Taylor Swift (2008)
https://www.justjaredjr.com/2008/12/17/taylor-swift-wisdom-teeth/
Eating disorder.
Lindsay Lohan (2010)
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/lindsay_lohan_tweets_through_her_wisdom_teeth_pain__-_article/2104151/
Wild behavior and drinking
Mischa Barton (2009)
https://people.com/celebrity/mischa-barton-blames-wisdom-teeth-for-her-meltdown/
Committed to mental ward
Karen Kieve (1992)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/aug/17/health.lifeandhealth
Died in accident
Matthew Perry (~1995-1997) (Single wisdom tooth)
https://www.palmpartners.com/in-the-news-mathew-perry-addiction-recovery-and-possible-friends-reunion/
Drug and alcohol addiction. Died suddenly at the age of 54, drowning in a hot tub.
Paris Hilton (2013)
https://twitter.com/parishilton/status/332436845977804800
Justin Bieber (2015)
https://www.etonline.com/news/167782_justin_bieber_wisdom_teeth
Said he was struggling with mental health
Florence Henderson (1956)
https://www.deardoctor.com/inside-the-magazine/issue-12/florence-henderson/
Charlie Sheen (pre 2014)
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30620604.html (Source suggests perhaps had wisdom teeth removal)
Drugs, violence etc.
Edward VIII (1940)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-49814209
British supporter of nazism.
Napoleon (1817)
https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-01-09-%0A---details-of-his-last-days-in-an-auction-----how-did-napoleon-leave-and-why-did-he-write-in-his-will--%22i-will-die-before-my-time%22-%0A--.S1Vfl-PvAD.html
Died several years after removal, at the age of 51.
John Lennon (1964-1968)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400142/Dentist-Michael-Zuk-hopes-use-John-Lennons-rotten-tooth-CLONE-Beatle.html
Became a hippie, grew a beard, made weird music and broke up the beatles.
Cara Delevingne (2021)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexgurley/cara-delevingne-widsom-teeth
Tig Notaro (~1997)
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/162514763
Says she suffers from chronic pains.
Mickey Rourke (1988-1989)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-24-ca-2317-story.html
Considered wild and eccentric
Kevin James (pre 2015)
https://twitter.com/kevinjames/status/553265347307249665?lang=en
Gwyneth Paltrow (1996)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow
Gave up acting.
Nina Dobrev (2011)
https://twitter.com/ninadobrev/status/139842860601184257
Simon Biles (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_m5_Aq5QaA
Avoided competing in Tokyo 2020 because of concerns about her mental health
Bea Miller (pre 2020)
(singer, X-Factor)
https://genius.com/Bea-miller-wisdom-teeth-lyrics (Source suggestive of her having had her wisdom teeth removed)
Jana Pittman (2007) (Australian athlete)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Pittman
Billy Joel (1974)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlife_Serenade
(Depression and attempted suicide before removal too) Depression and drug use
Kate Beckinsale (~1997)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale
Dana Plato (1999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Plato
(Died shortly after wisdom tooth removal)
Jean Harlow (1937)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Harlow
(Died shortly after wisdom tooth removal)
Dua Lipa (2018)
http://www.mtv.com/news/3069294/dua-lipa-cancels-shows-wisdom-teeth/
Fell on stage twice in one week
John Goodman (1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_Back!_A_Dinosaur%27s_Story_(film)#Production
Alcohol addiction
Philip K Dick (1974)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
Suffered hallucinations after
Don Newman's son (1992) (son of journalist and animator)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Newman (Website in French)
Died from wisdom tooth removal
Jeon Jung-kook (Jungkook) (2018) (BTS member)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ajN_MAyAo
Kim Tae-hyung (aka V) (pre 2020) (BTS member)
https://www.quora.com/Which-BTS-members-have-had-their-wisdom-teeth-removed
Min Yoon-gi (Suga or Agust) (pre 2020) (BTS member)
https://www.quora.com/Which-BTS-members-have-had-their-wisdom-teeth-removed
Meghan Trainor (2019)
https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-trainor-shares-hilarious-videos-herself-after-getting-wisdom-teeth-t167936
Ariana Grande (2015 one wisdom tooth, 2016 three remaining wisdom teeth)
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-33475862
https://www.limberakisdental.com/blog/199396-ariana-grande-breaks-free-of-her-wisdom-teeth
Perhaps after wisdom tooth removal, licked store doughnuts and said she hates America. Suffers from severe anxiety.
Zach Woods (2017)
https://uproxx.com/tv/zach-woods-conan-wisdom-teeth/
Novak Djokovic (2007) (two wisdom teeth)
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-novak-djokovic-accused-of-throwing-match-denies-allegations-20160121-gmaf5q.html
Kaia Gerber (2020)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8874067/Kaia-Gerber-urges-fans-vote-dental-surgery-dont-need-wisdom-teeth-vote-wisely.html
Julianna Hough (2016) (Dancer on Dancing With the Stars, actress)
https://people.com/celebrity/videos-of-celebrities-after-surgery/
Robert Irwin (2020) (son of Steve Irwin, Australian animal specialist)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXojBvDFh6/?hl=en
Lily Allen (2011) (UK singer)
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/224558/Allen-s-misery-after-wisdom-teeth-operation
Emile Hirsch (2011)
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/emile-hirsch-woozy-trip-dentist-wisdom-teeth-removed-article-1.950961
Jake Owen (2012) (US country singer)
https://tasteofcountry.com/jake-owen-wisdom-teeth-tweets/
Brad Pitt (2021)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9477217/Brad-Pitt-pushed-wheelchair-having-wisdom-teeth-removed-Beverly-Hills.html
David Dobrik (2019) (Youtuber and TV personality)
https://twitter.com/DavidDobrik/status/1132725422666371072
Iggy Azalea (2019) (Australian rapper) (Single wisdom tooth)
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1150855722323697664
Anthony Kiedis (1994) (Red Hot Chilly Peppers singer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar_Tissue_(autobiography) (Link woulnd't work in website editor, please enter email manually)
Drug use perhaps after the removal.
Leonard Cohen (1959) (Single wisdom tooth)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker
Natalie Portman (1999)
https://www.natalieportman.com/biography/the-natalie-portman-story/
Said in a Harvard commencement address that she had emotional distress in univeristy, which was right after her wisdom teeth removal
Sylvia Plath (1950) (two left ones and about a week later the two others)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=4V7HOuom_I4C&pg=PA8&dq=sylvia+plath+wisdom+teeth&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOtcaUnPXyAhWzQvEDHbY_Dj0Q6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Committed suicide
Johnny Cash (1990) (a single wisdom tooth)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-20-vw-842-story.html (paywall content. Full article adds little information)
Disability and death in the years following removal.
Madonna (pre 2018, probably very early)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=nEVPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT83&lpg=PT83&dq=wisdom+teeth+madonna&source=bl&ots=kCGiOxhaNY&sig=ACfU3U2AiF7Gny1h4hJ_slCXQ7e8FEYymA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_2t-G6O7yAhXVhf0HHYqiCB84ChDoAXoECB4QAw#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Acts eccentrically.
Jacinda Ardern (2019) (A single wisdom tooth)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jacinda-ardern-at-home-with-significant-facial-swelling-after-wisdom-tooth-surgery/3RF32SWTFKIBNGIMYXXMA3W3FE/
Resigned from her position as prime minister due to mental fatigue.
Patrick Schwarzenegger (2020)
https://okmagazine.com/news/arnold-patrick-schwarzenegger-birthday-wisdom-teeth-pulled/
Tim Burton (Circa 1980, while working at Disney)
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/4/17/18285309/tim-burton-films-visual-style-aesthetic-disney-explained
Walked after the removal of his wisdom teeth with them in his hand and bleeding from his mouth showing them to people where he worked.
Billie Eilish (2019)
https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/billie-eilish-pokes-fun-at-herself-with-wisdom-teeth-removal-videos
Simon Armitage (pre 1997) (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom)
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v19/n16/simon-armitage/for-the-record
Rita Ora (pre 2015) (English singer)
https://www.shemazing.net/video-of-rita-ora-drugged-out-of-goes-viral/
Brooke Mueller (Circa 2010) (Single wisdom tooth)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/01/22/charlie-sheens-wife-brooke-mueller-suffered-from-rare-medical-nightmare-doctors/
Mental health problems and drug use
Lady Gaga (2014)
https://br.pinterest.com/pin/574490496193880391/
Considered eccentric
Kelly Osbourne (2006) (Two wisdom teeth)
https://www.instagram.com/p/trWJKegb2b/
Alcohol addiction (perhaps started before 2006) and nervous breakdown.
John Major (1990) (Prime minister of the UK from 1990 to 1997) (A single wisdom tooth)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6428127.stm
Retired from politics in 2001.
Snoop Dog (pre 2002)
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/life-lessons-from-snoop-dogg
Smokes a lot of marijuana.
50 cent (2000) (A single wisdom tooth, removed after bullet injury)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent
Has speech problem, supposedly because of a bullet embedded in his tongue.
Cher (Pre 2018)
https://twitter.com/cher/status/1023981831304163328
Trotsky (1912) (A single wisdom tooth)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=bkCXBCWHu1gC&pg=PA123&dq=%22wisdom+tooth%22+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_v4y37ezyAhV5DGMBHQTyA-I4MhDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=%22wisdom%20tooth%22%20biography&f=false
Micheal Phelps (1998-2003)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=dWJEBut-wAEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22wisdom+teeth%22+autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiioruZ8ezyAhUgA2MBHTSzCeM4WhDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Mental health problems
Jane Lynch (Circa 1980)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=2l9rAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22wisdom+teeth%22+autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVjI-78ezyAhVL5eAKHXNaD-M4lgEQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Micheal Jackson
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=6Pyxd3HT6EEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22wisdom+teeth%22+autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLnILW8ezyAhXSC2MBHfGRAc040gEQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Considered eccentric and was taking drugs to sleep
George Eliot
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=0bCi4gicDL4C&q=%22wisdom+tooth%22+biography&dq=%22wisdom+tooth%22+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR3bXv7uzyAhWSHhQKHbDAC-M4jAEQ6AF6BAgJEAI
Renounced Catholicism and had an affair with a married man
Judith Krantz (1954) (Author)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=2A6nsgvf3OkC&pg=PA175&dq=judith+krantz+wisdom+teeth&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX9YvkyMLzAhVAR_EDHcraDcEQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=judith%20krantz%20wisdom%20teeth&f=false
Paul Auster (A single wisdom tooth)
https://books.google.co.il/books?id=_FWNAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22wisdom+tooth%22+autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQwazA7-zyAhXC2eAKHYjcDeI4KBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=wisdom%20tooth&f=false
Questlove (Last week of 2016)
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/happy-chaka-khan-ukkah-a-loopy-post-dentist-interview-with-questlove-9007672
Princess Diana (1989)
https://tulsaworld.com/news/princess-diana-resting-after-dental-surgery/article_6c12aab2-e8ea-55eb-a848-c3f3c2ad208f.html
Mental health problems
Eli Roth (2011) (Director of Hostel)
https://www.mtv.com/news/2807885/eli-roth-wisdom-teeth/
Micheal Stipe (2008) (Single wisdom tooth)
https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6813-rem/
Broke up REM in 2011, after 31 years. Grew a large beard.
Daisy Ridley (2018, perhaps earlier)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alliehayes/daisy-ridley-star-wars-crush
Claims social media hurts her mental health.
Seth MacFarlane (2019) (A single wisdom tooth)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/rambling-reporter-at-emmys-ted-sarandos-impressive-moves-bran-starks-absence-explained-insiders-talk-1243008/
Dave Grohl (pre 2001) (A single wisdom tooth)
http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/details2001.htm
Fell offstage and broke his leg
Susan Sarandon (Perhaps two occasions, around the end of 2019)
https://parade.com/967365/debrawallace/susan-sarandons-sage-advice-on-living-a-happy-life-be-kind-be-authentic-and-take-care-of-other-people/
Romy Schneider (German-French actress) (Last week of 1975) (A single wisdom tooth)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romy_Schneider
Had a miscarriage a week after wisdom tooth removal
Queen Elizabeth II (1982) (A single wisdom tooth)
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/18/world/queen-elizabeth-in-hospital-has-wisdom-tooth-extracted.html
Susanna Kaysen (1967-1968) (A single wisdom tooth) (Author of memoir Girl, Interrupted)
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/girl-interrupted/chapter-24-dental-health
Chloe Grace Moretz (End of 2021) (A single wisdom tooth removed)
https://www.tiktok.com/@latelateshow/video/7049086209989020974?lang=en
Ashleigh Barty (Before January 2019)
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Interviews/66003/ashleigh-barty-ive-become-more-mature-on-and-off-the-court/
Retired at 25 from tennis, as top ranked player, saying she lost the drive to compete
George W. Bush (Before 1973 if indeed removed) (Perhaps born without and perhaps removed)
https://doctorzebra.com/prez/z_x43dental1973_g.htm
Alcohol abuse
Iggy Azalea (2014)
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/iggy-azalea-onlyfans-requests-wisdom-teeth-beyonce-1235258811/
Jenna Ortega (2019)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jenna-ortega-watched-wisdom-teeth-be-taken-out-im-weird.html/
Elle Fanning (2016)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3713584/Elle-Fanning-ties-bags-frozen-peas-face-having-wisdom-teeth-removed.html
Lizzo (2015)
https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/664212880284237824
3 former backup dancers accused her of various types of harassment.
Charli XCX (2023)
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/charli-xcx-wisdom-teeth-hospital-selfie-1235195055/
Neil Patrick Harris
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/02/neil-patrick-harris-oscars-2015-proust-questionnaire
Billy Crystal
https://www.rd.com/article/billy-crystal-goes-to-the-dentist/
Milla Jovovich
Based on a screen capture of her mouth from a 2004 movie.
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