Famous Adoptees, Adopters, and Birth Parents

I thought this was an interesting list... although it's not completely up-to-date... Madonna's not on it :) You can find links and read about each person in detail at http://celebrities.adoption.com/



Adopted Persons:


Andy Berlin - entrepreneur: chairman of Berlin Cameron & Partners

Anthony Williams - politician

Aristotle - philosopher

Art Linkletter - comedian

Bo Diddley - musician, performer

Buffy Sainte-Marie - musician, actress

Carl-Theodor Dreyer - Danish film director

Charlotte Anne Lopez - Miss Teen USA

Christina Crawford - author

Clarissa Pinkola Estes - author

Crazy Horse - Lakota war chief

Dan O'Brien - decathlete

Daunte Culpepper - football player

Dave Thomas - entrepreneur: founder of Wendy's

Debbie Harry - singer

D.M.C. - hip hop artist

Edgar Allan Poe - poet, writer

Edward Albee - playwright

Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady

Eric Dickerson - athlete

Faith Daniels - news anchor

Faith Hill - country singer

Freddie Bartholomew - actor

George Washington Carver - inventor

Greg Louganis - athlete

James MacArthur - actor

James Michener - author

Jean Jacques Rousseau - philosopher

Jesse Jackson - minister

Jesus - adopted by Joseph the carpenter (Bible)

Jett Williams - country singer and author

Jim Palmer - athlete

John J. Audubon - naturalist

John Hancock - politician

John Lennon - musician

Langston Hughes - poet and writer

Larry Ellison - entrepreneur: chief executive of Oracle

Lee Majors - actor

Leo Tolstoy - writer

Les Brown - motivational speaker

Lynnette Cole - Miss USA 2000

Malcolm X - civil rights leader

Mark Acre - athlete

Matthew Laborteaux - actor

Melissa Gilbert - actress

Michael Reagan - author, talk show host

Moses - Biblical leader

Nancy Reagan - First Lady

Nat King Cole - singer

Nelson Mandela - politician

Patrick Labyorteaux - actor

Peter and Kitty Carruthers - figure skaters

President Gerald Ford - politician

President William Clinton - politician

Priscilla Presley - actress

Ray Liotta - actor

Reno - performance artist, comedian

Sarah McLachlan - singer

Scott Hamilton - figure skater

Sen. Paull H. Shin - politician

Sen. Robert Byrd - politician

Steve Jobs - entrepreneur: co-founder of Apple computer

Surya Bonaly - figure skater

Tim Green - football player/commentator

Tim McGraw - country singer

Tom Monaghan - entrepreneur

Tommy Davidson - comedian

Victoria Rowell - actress

Wilson Riles - educator



Birth Parents:


Andy Kaufman - actor

Clark Gable - actor

David Crosby - singer

Faith Ireland - judge

Hank Williams, Sr. - country music legend

Kate Mulgrew - actress

Joni Mitchell - singer

Roseanne Barr - actress

Mercedes Ruehl - actress

Strom Thurmond - politician


Adoptive Parents:



Al Roker - news anchor

Alfre Woodard - actress

Alexander the Great - King of Macedonia, 356-323 B.C.

Angelina Jolie - actress

Art Buchwald - comedian

Barbara Walters - journalist

Ben Stein - actor and game show host

Bette Davis - actress

Billy Bob Thornton - actor, writer, singer

Bob (and Delores) Hope - entertainer

Brooke Adams - actress

Burt Reynolds - actor

Calista Flockhart - actress

Cecil B. De Mille - film director

Charles Bronson - actor

Chelsea Noble - actress

Connie Chung - news anchor

Dale Evans - singer

Dan Marino - athlete

Dan Wilson - athlete

David E. Kelley - television producer

Diane Keaton - actress

Dianne Wiest - actress

Donna Mills - actress

Ed McMahon - entertainer

Edie Falco - actress

Erma Bombeck - author

Estelle Parsons - actress

Eve Arden - actress

Father George Clements - minister

Gail Sheehy - writer

Gary Merrill - actor

George Burns - comedian

George Lucas - film director

Gloria Swanson - actress

Gracie Allen - comedian

Harpo Marx - actor

Harry Belafonte - singer

Hedy Lamarr - actress

Helen Hayes - actress

Henry Fonda - actor

Hugh Jackman - actor

Isabella Rossellini - -actress

Jamie Lee Curtis - actress

Jane Fonda - actress

Jane Wyman - actress

Jann Wenner - publisher

Jill Ireland - actress

Jill Krementz - author

JoBeth Williams - actress

Joan Didion - author

Joan Fontaine - actress

John DeLorean - entrepreneur

John Denver - singer

John Gregory Dunne - author

Josephine Baker - singer and dancer

Judy Woodruff - news anchor

Julie Andrews - actress

Karen Grassle - actress

Karl Wallenda - acrobat

Kate Capshaw - actress

Kate Jackson - actress

Kirby Puckett - athlete

Kirk Cameron - actor

Kirstie Alley - actress

Kris Kristofferson - singer

Kurt Vonnegut - author

Linda Ronstadt - singer

Loni Anderson - actress

Louis Gossett, Jr - actor.

Magic Johnson - athlete

Marcia Wallace - actress

Marie Osmond - singer

Maury Povich - news anchor

Meg Ryan - actress

Mercedes Ruehl - actress

Mia Farrow - actress

Michelle Pfeiffer - actress

Natalie Williams - athlete

Nell Carter - entertainer

Nicole Kidman - actress

Oscar de la Renta - designer

Ozzy (and Sharon) Osbourne - musician

Parker Stevenson - actor

Patti LaBelle - singer

Paul Newman - actor

Paula Poundstone - comedian

Pearl Bailey - singer

Peter Falk - actor

President Ronald Reagan - politician

Regina Belle - singer

Richard King Mellon - financier

Robert Fulghum - writer

Rosie O'Donnell - actress

Roy Rogers - entertainer

Sally Jessy Raphaël - talk show host

Sammy Davis, Jr. - entertainer

Sen. Jesse Helms - politician

Sen. John McCain - politician

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen - politician

Sen. Paul Simon - politician

Sen. Paull H. Shin - politician

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson - Texas

Sharon Stone - actress

Sir Christopher Guest - actor

Stephen Spielberg - film director

Steven Curtis Chapman - Christian musician

Susan Ruttan - actress

Taurean Blacque - actor

Ted Danson - actor

Teri Garr - actress

Tom Cruise - actor

Valerie Harper - actress

Walt (and Lily) Disney - founder of Disneyland

William Delahunt - politician

Willie Mays - athlete