Famous Adoptive Families

Adopted Persons
Adoptive Parents
Birth Parents Who Have Made Adoption Plans for Their Children

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)
• Faith Hill (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 (professional baseball player)
• 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)
• Cheryl Crow (singer)
• 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)
• Angelina Jolie (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 (professional baseball player)
• 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)
• Brad Pitt (actor)
• Kirby Puckett (professional baseball player)
• Sarah Purcell (TV personality)
• Sally Jessy Raphael (TV personality)
• 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)
• Meg Ryan (actress)
• Gail Sheehy (author)
• Sen. Paul Simon
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr. (newspaper publisher)
• Gloria Swanson (actress)
• Shania Twain (singer)
• 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 Who Have Made Adoption Plans for Their Children

• David Crosby (singer: Crosby, Stills, and Nash)
• Joni Mitchell (singer, composer)
• Kate Mulgrew (actress)
• Roseanne (comedienne, entertainer)