Adoptive Parents in “Hollywood”
Adoptive Parents in Music
Adoptive Parents in Politics
Adoptive Parents in Sports
Adoptive Parents in Literature
Adoptive Parents in Business

Adoptive Parents in “Hollywood”

Al Roker ~ American Television Broadcaster
Alfre Woodward ~ Actress
Angelina Jolie ~ Actress
Art Buchwald ~ Comedican
Barbara Walters ~ American Television Commentator
Ben Stein ~ Actor, Game Show Host, Economist
Bette Davis ~ Actress
Billy Bob Thornton ~ Actor, Writer, Singer
Bob Hope ~ Entertainer
Brooke Adams ~ Actress
Burt Reynolds ~ Actress
Calista Flockhart ~ Actress
Cecil B. DeMille ~ Film Director
Charles Bronson ~ Actor
Chelsea Noble ~ Actress
Connie Chung ~ News Anchor
David E. Kelley ~ Television Producer
Diane Keaton ~ Actress
Dianne Wiest ~ Actress
Donna Mills ~ Actress
Ed McMahon ~ Entertainer
Edie Falco ~ Actress
Berma Bombeck ~ Author
Estelle Parsons ~ Actress
Eve Arden ~ Actress
Gary Merrill ~ Actor
George Burns ~ Comedian
George Lucas ~ Film Director
Gloria Swanson ~ Actress
Gracie Allen ~ Comedian
Harpo Marx ~ Actor
Hedy Lamarr ~ Actress
Helen Hayes ~ Actress
Henry Fonda ~ Actor
Hugh Jackman ~ Actor
Isabella Rossellini ~ Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis ~ Actress
Jane Fonda ~ Actress
Jane Wyman ~ Actress
Jill Ireland ~ Actress
JoBeth Williams ~ Actress
Joan Fontaine ~ Actress
Julie Andrews ~ Actress
Karen Grassle ~ Actress
Kate Capshaw ~ Actress
Kate Jackson ~ Actress
Kirk Cameron ~ Actor
Kirstie Alley ~ Actress
Loni Anderson ~ Actress
Louis Gossett, Jr. ~ Actor
Marcia Wallace ~ Actress
Maury Povich ~ Television Host, News Anchor
Meg Ryan ~ Actress
Mercedes Ruehl ~ Actress
Mia Farrow ~ Actress
Michelle Pfeiffer ~ Actress
Nell Carter ~ Entertainer
Nicole Kidman ~ Actress
Oscar de la Renta ~ Designer
Parker Stevenson ~ Actor
Paul Newman ~ Actor
Paula Poundstone ~ Comedian
Peter Falk ~ Actor
Rosie O’Donnell ~ Actress
Roy Rogers ~ Entertainer
Sally Jessy Raphael ~ Talk Show Host
Sammy Davis, Jr. ~ Entertainer
Sharon Stone ~ Actress
Sir Christopher Guest ~ Actor
Stephen Spielberg ~ Film Director
Susan Ruttan ~ Actress
Taurean Blacque ~ Actor
Ted Danson ~ Actor
Teri Garr ~ Actress
Tom Cruise ~ Actor
Valerie Harper ~ Actress

Adoptive Parents in Music

Dale Evans ~ Singer
Harry Belafonte ~ Singer
John Denver ~ Singer
Josephine Baker ~ Singer, Dancer
Judy Woodruff ~ News Anchor
Kris Kristofferson ~ Singer
Linda Ronstadt ~ Singer
Marie Osmond ~ Singer
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Musician
Patti LaBelle ~ Singer
Pearl Bailey ~ Singer
Regina Belle ~ Singer
Steven Curtis Chapman ~ Christian Musician

Adoptive Parents in Politics

Jesse Helms ~ U.S. Senator
John McCain ~ U.S. Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson ~ Texas Senator
Lloyd Bentsen ~ U.S. Senator
Paul Simon ~ U.S. Senator
Paull H. Shin ~ U.S. Senator
Ronald Reagan ~ U.S. President
William Delahunt ~ Politician

Adoptive Parents in Sports

Dan Marino ~ Athlete
Dan Wilson ~ Athlete
Karl Wallenda ~ Acrobat
Kirby Puckett ~ Athlete
Magic Johnson ~ Athlete
Natalie Williams ~ Athlete
Willie Mays ~ Athlete

Adoptive Parents in Literature

Gail Sheehy ~ Writer
Jann Wenner ~ Publisher
Jill Krementz ~ Author
Joan Didion ~ Author
John Gregory Dunne ~ Author
Kurt Vonnegut ~ Author
Robert Fulghum ~ Writer

Adoptive Parents in Business

John DeLorean ~ Entrepreneur
Richard King Mellon ~ Financier
Walt Disney ~ Founder of Disney