Known Adopted
Persons,
Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents
- Mark Acre--athlete
- Edward Albee--playwright
- Louisa May Alcott--writer
- Alexander the Great--King of
Macedonia, 356-323 B.C.
- Aristotle--philosopher
- John J. Audubon--naturalist
- Freddie Bartholomew--actor
- Shari
Belafonte-Harper--actress
- Ingrid Bergman--actress
- Andy Berlin--entrepreneur
- Halle Berry--actress
- Surya Bonaly--figure skater
- Les Brown--motivational
speaker
- Richard Burton--actor
- Sen. Robert Byrd--politician
- Peter and Kitty Carruthers--figure
skaters
- George Washington
Carver--inventor
- President William
Clinton--politician
- Lynnette Cole--Miss USA 2000
- Nat King Cole--singer
- Christina Crawford--author
- Crazy Horse--Lakota war
chief
- Daunte Culpepper--football
player
- Faith Daniels--news anchor
- Charles Dickens--writer
- Eric Dickerson--athlete
- Clarissa Pinkola
Estes--author
- Larry Ellison--entrepreneur
- President Gerald
Ford--politician
- Melissa Gilbert--actress
- Sara Gilbert -- actress
- Tim Green--football
player/commentator
- Scott Hamilton--figure
skater
- Debbi Harry--singer
- Faith Hill--country singer
- Langston Hughes--poet and
writer
- Jesse Jackson--minister
- Brent Jasmer--actor
- Steven Jobs--entrepreneur
- Matthew Laborteaux --actor
- Patrick Laborteaux--actor
- John Lennon--musician
- Rep. Jim
Lightfoot--politician
- Art Linkletter--comedian
- Ray Liotta--actor
- Charlotte Anne Lopez--Miss
Teen USA
- Greg Louganis--diver
- Malcolm X--civil rights
leader
- Nelson Mandela--politician
- James McArthur--actor
- Sarah McLachlan--singer
- James Michener--author
- Tom Monaghan--entrepreneur
- Marilyn Monroe--actress
- Moses--Biblical leader
- Dan O'Brien--decathlete
- Jim Palmer--athlete
- Edgar Allen Poe--poet,
writer
- Priscilla Presley--actress
- Michael Reagan--dancer
- Nancy Reagan--First Lady
- Eleanor Roosevelt--First
Lady
- Jean Jacques
Rousseau--philosopher
- Wilson Riles--educator
- Buffy
Sainte-Marie--musician, actress
- Sen. Paull H.
Shin--politician
- Dave Thomas--entrepreneur
- Leo Tolstoy--writer
- Mark Twain--writer
- Anthony Williams--politician
Birth Parents
- Roseanne Barr--actress
- David Crosby--singer
- Joni Mitchell--singer
Adoptive Parents
- Brooke Adams--actress
- Gracie Allen--comedian
- Woody Allen--writer
- Kirstie Alley--actress
- Loni Anderson--actress
- Julie Andrews--actress
- Eve Arden--actress
- Pearl Bailey--singer
- Josephine Baker -- singer
and dancer
- Harry Belafonte--singer
- Regina Belle--singer
- Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen--politician
- Taurean Blacque--actor
- Erma Bombeck--comedienne
- Charles Bronson--actor
- Art Buchwald--comedian
- George Burns--comedian
- Sen. Ben Nighthorse
Campbell--politician
- Kate Capshaw--actress
- Nell Carter--entertainer
- Connie Chung--news anchor
- Father George
Clements--minister
- Joan Crawford--actress
- Tom Cruise--actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis--actress
- Ted Danson--actor
- Bette Davis--actress
- Sammy Davis,
Jr.--entertainer
- Oscar de la Renta--designer
- William Delahunt--politician
- John DeLorean--entrepreneur
- Cecil B. De Mille--film
director
- John Denver--singer
- Joan Didion--author
- John Gregory Dunne--author
- Dale Evans--singer
- Peter Falk--actor
- Mia Farrow--actress
- Calista Flockhart--actress
- Henry Fonda--actor
- Jane Fonda--actress
- Joan Fontaine--actress
- Robert Fulghum--writer
- Teri Garr--actress
- Louis Gossett, Jr--actor.
- Karen Grassle--actress
- Sir Christopher Guest--actor
- Horace George
Hamilton--administrator
- Valerie Harper--actress
- Helen Hays--actress
- Sen. Jesse Helms--politician
- Bob Hope--entertainer
- Sen. Gordon
Humphrey--politician
- Jill Ireland--actress
- Kate Jackson--actress
- Magic Johnson--athlete
- Diane Keaton--actress
- David Kelley--television
producer
- Nicole Kidman--actress
- Jill Krementz--author
- Kris Kristofferson--singer
- Patti LaBelle--singer
- Hedy Lamarr--actress
- Rep.James Leach--politician
- George Lucas--film director
- Dan Marino--football player
- Willie Mays--athlete
- Sen. John McCain--politician
- Ed McMahon--entertainer
- Richard King
Mellon--financier
- Gary Merrill--actor
- Paul Newman--actor
- Rosie O'Donnell--actress
- Marie Osmond--singer
- Jim Palmer--athlete
- Estelle Parsons--actress
- Michelle Pfeiffer--actress
- Paula Poundstone--comedian
- Maury Povich--news anchor
- Kirby Puckett--athlete
- Sarah Purcell--entertainer
- Sally Jessy Raphael--talk
show host
- President Ronald
Reagan--politician
- Burt Reynolds--actor
- Roy Rogers--entertainer
- Al Roker--news anchor
- Linda Ronstadt--singer
- Isabella
Rossellini---actress
- Victoria Rowell--actress
- Susan Ruttan--actress
- Gail Sheehy--writer
- Sen. Paull H.
Shin--politician
- Sen. Paul Simon--politician
- Stephen Spielberg--film
director
- Parker Stevenson--actor
- Sharon Stone--actress
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger,
Sr.--publisher
- Gloria Swanson--actress
- Kurt Vonnegut--author
- Jane Wallace--TV personality
- Marcia Wallace--actress
- Jann Wenner--publisher
- Dianne Wiest--actress
- Jo Beth Williams--actress
- Judy Woodruff--news anchor
- Jane Wyman--actress
The information
was provided by the NAIC
|
|