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Famous Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents
Adopted Persons Edward Albee (playwright) John J. Audubon (naturalist) Halle Berry (actress) Les Brown (motivational speaker) Sen. Robert Byrd Peter and Kitty Carruthers (skaters) President Bill Clinton Nat King Cole (singer) Christina Crawford (author) Faith Daniel's (TV news personality) Ted Danson (actor) Eric Dickerson (professional football) President Gerald Ford Melissa Gilbert (actress) Newt Gingrich (politics) Scott Hamilton (skater) Debi Harry (singer) Brent Jasmer (actor) Steven Paul Jobs (co-founder of Apple Computers) Matthew and Patrick Laborteaux (actors) Rep. Jim Lightfoot Art Linkletter (TV personality) Charlotte Anne Lopez (Miss Teen USA) Greg Louganis (diver) James McArthur (actor, son of Helen Hayes) James Michener (author) Tom Monaghan (founder of Domino's Pizza, owner of Detroit Tigers) Marilyn Monroe (actress) Moses (Biblical leader) Dan O'Brien( Olympic gold medalist-Decathlon) Hugh O'Connor (actor) Jim Palmer (prof. baseball) Michael Reagan (President's son) Nancy Reagan (First Lady) Wilson Riles (educator) Victoria Rowell (actress) Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's)
Adoptive Parents Brooke Adams Woody Allen (director) (?) Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson (actors) Loni Anderson (actress) Julie Andrews (singer/actress) Eve Arden (actress) Pearl Bailey (singer/actress) Harry Belafonte (singer) Regina Belle (singer) Lloyd Bentsen (Sec. of Treasury) Taurean Blacque (actor) Erma Bombeck (humorist) Mai Britt (actress, ex-wife of Sammy Davis Jr.) Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland (actors) Denise Scott Brown (architect) Art Buchwald (humorist) George Burns (comedian) Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell Kitty Caruthers (skating champion) Rt. Hon. Jean Chretien and Aline (Prime Minister, Canada) Joan Crawford (actress) Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (actors) Jamie Lee Curtis (actress) Ted Danson (actor) Bette Davis (actress) Sammy Davis, Jr. (entertainer) Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer) John DeLorean (industrialist) John Denver (singer) Patty Duke (actress) John Gregory Dunn and Joan Didion (authors) Peter Falk (actor) Mia Farrow (actress) Henry Fonda (actor) Joan Fontaine (actress) Robert Fulghum (author) Teri Garr (actress) Lou Gosselt, Jr. (actor) Karen Grassle (actress) Horace George Hamilton Valerie Harper (actress) Helen Hayes (actress) Sen. Jesse Helms Bob and Dorothy Hope (comedian/singer) Sen. Gordon Humphrey Kate Jackson (actress) Diane Keaton (actress) Jill Krementz (author) Kris Kristofferson (singer) Patti LaBelle (singer) Hedy Lamarr (actress) Michael Landon (actor) Jerry Lewis (comedian, singer, dancer, actor, entertainer ) Willle Mays (prof. baseball) Sen. John McCain Ed McMahon (TV personality) Richard King Mellon Donna Mills (actress) Paul Newman (actor) Carroll O'Connor (actor) Rosie O'Donnell (comedienne) Marie Osmond (singer) Estelle Parsons (actress) Michelle Pfeiffer (actress) Kirby Puckett (prof. baseball) Sarah Purcell (TV personality) Sally Jessy Raphael (TV personalily) President Ronald Reagan Burt Reynolds (actor) Roy Rogers/Dale Evans (actors) Al Roker (TV personality) Linda Ronstadt (singer) Isabella Rossellini (model, actress) Susan Ruttan (actress) Gail Sheehy (author) Sen. Paul Simon Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr. (newspaper publisher) Gloria Swanson (actress) Robert Urich (actor) and wife Heather Mendes (actress) Robert Venturi (architect) Kurt Vonnegut (author) Jane Wallace (TV personality) Marcia Wallace (actress) Barbara Walters (TV personality) Jann Wenner (magazine editor) Diane Wiest (actress) Jo Beth Williams (actress) Judy Woodruff (TV news personality)
Birth Parents David Crosby (singer: Crosby, Stills and Nash) Joni Mitchell(singer, composer) Kate Mulgrew (actress) Roseanne (commedienne, entertainer)
