FAMOUS

• Adopted Persons

Andy Berlin - entrepreneur: chairman of Berlin Cameron & PartnersAnthony Williams - politicianAristotle - philosopherArt Linkletter - comedianBo Diddley - musician, performerBuffy Sainte-Marie - musician, actressCarl-Theodor Dreyer - Danish film directorCharlotte Anne Lopez - Miss Teen USAChristina Crawford - authorClarissa Pinkola Estes - authorCrazy Horse - Lakota war chiefDan O'Brien - decathleteDaunte Culpepper - football playerDave Thomas - entrepreneur: founder of Wendy'sDebbie Harry - singerEdgar Allan Poe - poet, writerEdward Albee - playwrightEleanor Roosevelt - First LadyEric Dickerson - athleteFaith Daniels - news anchorFaith Hill - country singerFreddie Bartholomew - actorGeorge Washington Carver - inventorGreg Louganis - athleteJames MacArthur - actorJames Michener - authorJean Jacques Rousseau - philosopherJesse Jackson - ministerJesus - adopted by Joseph the carpenter (Bible)Jett Williams - country singer and authorJim Palmer - athleteJohn J. Audubon - naturalistJohn Hancock - politicianJohn Lennon - musicianLangston Hughes - poet and writerLarry Ellison - entrepreneur: chief executive of OracleLee Majors - actorLeo Tolstoy - writerLes Brown - motivational speakerLynnette Cole - Miss USA 2000Malcolm X - civil rights leaderMark Acre - athleteMatthew Laborteaux - actorMelissa Gilbert - actressMichael Reagan - author, talk show hostMoses - Biblical leaderNancy Reagan - First LadyNat King Cole - singerNelson Mandela - politicianPatrick Labyorteaux - actorPeter and Kitty Carruthers - figure skatersPresident Gerald Ford - politicianPresident William Clinton - politicianPriscilla Presley - actressRay Liotta - actorReno - performance artist, comedianSarah McLachlan - singerScott Hamilton - figure skaterSen. Paull H. Shin - politicianSen. Robert Byrd - politicianSteve Jobs - entrepreneur: co-founder of Apple computerSurya Bonaly - figure skaterTim Green - football player/commentatorTim McGraw - country singerTom Monaghan - entrepreneurTommy Davidson - comedianVictoria Rowell - actressWilson Riles - educator

• Birth Parents

Andy Kaufman - actorClark Gable - actorDavid Crosby - singerFaith Ireland - judgeHank Williams, Sr. - country music legendKate Mulgrew - actressJoni Mitchell - singerRoseanne Barr - actressMercedes Ruehl - actressStrom Thurmond - politician

• Adoptive Parents

Al Roker - news anchorAlfre Woodard - actressAlexander the Great - King of Macedonia, 356-323 B.C.Angelina Jolie - actressArt Buchwald - comedianBarbara Walters - journalistBen Stein - actor and game show hostBette Davis - actress
Billy Bob Thornton - actor, writer, singerBob (and Delores) Hope - entertainerBrooke Adams - actressBurt Reynolds - actorCalista Flockhart - actressCecil B. De Mille - film directorCharles Bronson - actorChelsea Noble - actressConnie Chung - news anchorDale Evans - singerDan Marino - athleteDan Wilson - athleteDavid E. Kelley - television producerDiane Keaton - actressDianne Wiest - actressDonna Mills - actressEd McMahon - entertainerErma Bombeck - authorEstelle Parsons - actressEve Arden - actressFather George Clements - ministerGail Sheehy - writerGary Merrill - actorGeorge Burns - comedianGeorge Lucas - film directorGloria Swanson - actressGracie Allen - comedianHarpo Marx - actorHarry Belafonte - singerHedy Lamarr - actressHelen Hayes - actressHenry Fonda - actorIsabella Rossellini - -actressJamie Lee Curtis - actressJane Fonda - actressJane Wyman - actressJann Wenner - publisherJill Ireland - actressJill Krementz - authorJoBeth Williams - actressJoan Didion - authorJoan Fontaine - actressJohn DeLorean - entrepreneurJohn Denver - singerJohn Gregory Dunne - authorJosephine Baker - singer and dancerJudy Woodruff - news anchorJulie Andrews - actressKaren Grassle - actress
Karl Wallenda - acrobatKate Capshaw - actressKate Jackson - actressKirby Puckett - athleteKirk Cameron - actorKirstie Alley - actressKris Kristofferson - singerKurt Vonnegut - authorLinda Ronstadt - singerLoni Anderson - actressLouis Gossett, Jr - actor.Magic Johnson - athleteMarcia Wallace - actressMarie Osmond - singerMaury Povich - news anchor
Mercedes Ruehl - actressMia Farrow - actressMichelle Pfeiffer - actressNatalie Williams - athleteNell Carter - entertainerNicole Kidman - actressOscar de la Renta - designerOzzy (and Sharon) Osbourne - musicianParker Stevenson - actorPatti LaBelle - singerPaul Newman - actorPaula Poundstone - comedianPearl Bailey - singerPeter Falk - actorPresident Ronald Reagan - politicianRegina Belle - singerRichard King Mellon - financierRobert Fulghum - writerRosie O'Donnell - actressRoy Rogers - entertainerSally Jessy Raphaël - talk show hostSammy Davis, Jr. - entertainerSen. Jesse Helms - politicianSen. John McCain - politicianSen. Lloyd Bentsen - politicianSen. Paul Simon - politicianSen. Paull H. Shin - politicianSen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson - TexasSharon Stone - actressSir Christopher Guest - actorStephen Spielberg - film directorSteven Curtis Chapman - Christian musicianSusan Ruttan - actressTaurean Blacque - actorTed Danson - actorTeri Garr - actressTom Cruise - actorValerie Harper - actressWalt (and Lily) Disney - founder of DisneylandWilliam Delahunt - politicianWillie Mays - athlete