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Famous Adoptions
So, you're thinking about adoption. Welcome to the club!
And the community. And what a community it is. Below is
just a small sampling of some of the notable people, past and present,
whose lives have been touched by adoption.
Did we leave anyone out? Let us know at info@canadaadopts.com.
Notable Adoptees:
Edward Albee, Playwright
Rodney Atkins, Singer
John J. Audubon, Naturalist
Michael Bay, Director
Richard Burton, Actor
Linda Carroll, psychotherapist, Courtney Love's mother
Lynnette Cole, Beauty Queen
Christina Crawford, Author
Faith Daniels, Journalist
Ted Danson, Actor
Toby Dawson, Skier
Eric Dickerson, Football Player
Christine Ebersole, Actress
Gerald Ford, US President
Scott Fujita, Football Player
Sarah Gilbert, Actress
Melissa Gilbert, Actress
Newt Gingrich, Politician
Scott Hamilton, Olympic Skater
Debbie Harry, Singer
Jeff Healey, Guitarist
Faith Hill, Singer
Herbert Hoover, US President
Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, Apple Computer
Curtis "Cujo" Joseph, NHL Goalie
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader |
Jackie Kay, Poet
Ray Liotta, Actor
Charlotte Anne Lopez, Beauty Queen
Greg Louganis, Olympic Diver
Nimmy March, Actress
Darryl McDaniels a.k.a. DMC, Rapper
Sarah McLachlan, Singer
James Michener, Author
Tom Monaghan, Founder, Domino's Pizza
Dan O'Brien, Athlete
Jim Palmer, Pitcher
Liz Phair, Singer
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Author
Dana Plato, Actress
Edgar Allen Poe, Author
Penny Priddy, Politician
Nancy Reagan, US First Lady
Nicole Ritchie, Actress
Ginger Rogers, Actress
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Singer
Amanda Smith, Kennedy Niece
Dame Kiri TeKanawa, Opera Singer
Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy's
Leo Tolstoy, Author
KT Tunstall, Singer
Mike Tyson, Boxer |
Notable Adoptive Parents:
Brooke Adams, Actress
Woody Allen, Actor
Kirstie Alley, Actress
Loni Anderson, Actress
Julie Andrews, Singer
Deny Arcand, Director
Josephine Baker, Singer
Harry Belafonte, Singer
Jack Benny, Comedian
Charles Bronson, Actor
Art Buchwald, Humorist
George Burns, Comedian
Kate Capshaw, Actress
Nell Carter, Actress
Jean Chretien, Former Prime Minister
Sheryl Crow, Singer
Wei Chen, TV host
Wayson Choy, Author
Connie Chung, TV Host
Ethan Coen, Director
Joan Crawford, Actress
Tom Cruise, Actor
Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress
Ted Danson, Actor
Bette Davis, Actress
Sammy Davis Jr., Singer
John De La Orena, Entrepeneur
Oscar de la Renta, Designer
John Denver, Singer
Joan Didion, Author
Stephane Dion, Politician
Walt Disney, Walt Disney Founder
Patty Duke, Actress
Christine Ebersole, Actress
John Gregory Dunn, Author
Edie Falco, Actress
Mia Farrow, Actress
Jules Feiffer, Cartoonist
Calista Flockhart, Actress
Henry Fonda, Actress
Joan Fontaine, Actress
Barbara Frum, TV Host
Robert Fulghum, Author
Deborah Lee Furness, Actress
Ron Galotti, Publisher
Teri Garr, Actress
Martha Gellhorn, Author
Sir Christopher Guest, Actor
Cathy Guisewaite, Cartoonist
Valerie Harper, Actress
Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario
Bob Hope, Comedian
Hugh Jackman, Actor
Kate Jackson, Actress
Tama Janowitz, Author
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Diane Keaton, Actress
David Kelley, Producer
Nicole Kidman, Actress
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Jill Krementz, Photographer
Patti Labelle, Singer
Madeleine L'Engle, Author
Jerry Lewis, Actor
Ann-Marie MacDonald, Author/Actress
George Lucas, Director
Madonna, Singer
Dan Marino, Football Player
Willie Mays, Baseball Player
John McCain, US Senator
Darryl McDaniels, aka D.M.C., Rapper
Frances McDormand, Actress
Ewan McGregor, Actor
Ed McMahon, TV Personality
Glenn Miller, Band Leader
Donna Mills, Actress
Robert Munsch, Children's Author
Paul Newman, Actor
Carroll O'Connor, Actor
Rosie O'Donnell, Actress
Ozzie Osbourne, Singer
Marie Osmond, Singer
Michelle Pfeiffer, Actress
Brad Pitt, Actor
Maury Povich, Journalist
Andre Previn, Conductor
Kirby Puckett, Baseball Player
Sally Jesse Raphael, TV Host
Ronald Reagan, US President
Jason Reitman, Director
Burt Reynolds, Actor
Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Aristocrats
Guy Ritchie, Director
Lionel Ritchie, Singer
John Roberts, U.S. Chief Supreme Court Justice
Al Roker, Newscaster
Linda Ronstadt, Singer
Isabella Rossellini, Actress
Dan Savage, Columnist
Gerhard Schroeder, German Chancellor
Sonja Smits, Actress
Evan Solomon, TV Host/Author
Ben Stein, TV Personality
Phil Spector, Music Producer
Steven Spielberg, Director
Parker Stevenson, Actor
Sharon Stone, Actress
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Publisher
Gloria Swanson, Actress
Elizabeth Taylor, Actress
Billy Bob Thornton, Actor
P.L. Travers, Children's Author
Gloria Vanderbilt, Fashion Designer
Kurt Vonnegut, Author
Barbara Walters, TV Host
Hayley Wickenheiser, Hockey Player
Diane Wiest, Actress
Jo Beth Williams, Actress
Brian Wilson, Singer/Songwriter
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Notable Birth Parents:
Roseanne Barr, Actress
Marilyn Churley, Ontario MPP
David Crosby, Singer
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Andy Kaufman, Comedian
Joni Mitchell, Singer
Kate Mulgrew, Actress
Anne Petrie, Broadcaster
Shari Ulrich, Singer |
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