Adoption isn’t only for celebrities. But that doesn’t mean that celebrities and other famous people don’t have a connection to it.
Movie stars, singers, athletes, even presidents — all have been touched by adoption in one way or another. Here’s a list of the ones we know about. Did we miss anyone? Be sure to let us know.
| Notable Adoptees | |
| Edward Albee, Playwright Rodney Atkins, Singer John J. Audubon, Naturalist Mario Balotelli, Soccer player Michael Bay, Director Richard Burton, Actor Linda Carroll, Psychotherapist Courtney Love’s mother Dan Chaon, Author Lynnette Cole, Beauty Queen Christina Crawford, Author Rachel Crow, Singer Sarah Culberson, Actress Jenefer Curtis, 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 Katherine Heigl, Actress Faith Hill, Singer Herbert Hoover, US President Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, Apple Computer Curtis “Cujo” Joseph, NHL Goalie Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader |
Colin Kaepernick, Football player Jackie Kay, Poet Keegan-Michael Key, Actor Ray Liotta,Actor Charlotte Anne Lopez, Beauty Queen Greg Louganis, Olympic Diver Nimmy March, Actress Darryl McDaniels a.k.a. DMC, Rapper Frances McDormand, Actress Sarah McLachlan, Singer James Michener, Author Tom Monaghan, Founder, Domino’s Pizza Dan O’Brien, Athlete Michael Oher, Football Player 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 Charlize Theron, Actress Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy’s Leo Tolstoy, Author KT Tunstall, Singer Mike Tyson, Boxer Jenna Ushkowitz, Actress |
| 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 Sandra Bullock, Actress George Burns, Comedian Kirk Cameron, Actor Kate Capshaw, Actress Nell Carter, Actress Connie Chung, TV Host Ethan Coen, Director Joan Crawford, Actress Sheryl Crow, Singer Tom Cruise, Actor John Cryer, 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 John Gregory Dunn, Author Christine Ebersole, Actress Mary Jo Eustace, TV Host Edie Falco, Actress Mia Farrow, Actress Jules Feiffer, Cartoonist Joely Fisher, Actress Calista Flockhart, Actress Henry Fonda, Actress Joan Fontaine, Actress Robert Fulghum, Author Deborah Lee Furness, Actress Ron Galotti, Publisher Teri Garr, Actress Willie Garson, Actor Martha Gellhorn, Author Sir Christopher Guest, Actor Cathy Guisewaite, Cartoonist Valerie Harper, Actress Katherine Heigl, Actress Tony Hillerman, Author Bob Hope, Comedian Hugh Jackman, Actor Kate Jackson, Actress Tama Janowitz, Author Angelina Jolie, Actress Magic Johnson, Basketball Player Diane Keaton, Actress David Kelley, Producer |
Nicole Kidman, Actress 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 Lorrie Moore, Author 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 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 Nia Vardalos, Actress Kurt Vonnegut, Author Barbara Walters, TV Host DeMarcus Ware, Football Player Hayley Wickenheiser, Hockey Player Diane Wiest, Actress Jo Beth Williams, Actress Brian Wilson, Singer/Songwriter |
| Notable Birth Parents | |
| Roseanne Barr, Actress Rachel Coleman, Singer David Crosby, Singer Andy Kaufman, Comedian Joni Mitchell, Singer Kate Mulgrew, Actress Mercedes Ruehl, Actress Rod Stewart, Singer |
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