Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

male
apple, CEO, American entrepreneur, pixar, ipod, Mac user…adopted
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is...

Childebert The Adopted

male, deceased (662)
merovingian dynasty, Clotaire III, Irish, monastery, Frankish, Neustria
When King Sigebert III died in 656, Grimoald the Elder had Sigebert's son Dagobert II shorn of hair and packed off to an Irish monastery and then...
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

male, 70 years old
associate producer, Television producer, soap opera actor, adopted, Adoption, homicide
Ian Smith (born June 19 1938) is an Australian soap opera character actor and television scriptwriter, best known today for his long-running role...
Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson

female, 50 years old
organic food, Magic realism writer, Whitbread Prize, napoleonic, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, BBC…adopted
Jeanette Winterson OBE (born August 27, 1959) is a British novelist. Born in Manchester, she was adopted by a Pentecostal couple, who brought her...
Les Brown

Les Brown

male, 64 years old
Phi Beta Sigma brother, Toastmasters International, National Speakers Association, adopted, Toastmasters, author
Les Brown, born 1945 in Liberty City, Florida, is a motivational speaker and author. Born a twin in low-income Liberty City in Miami, Florida, Les...
Soon-Yi Previn

Soon-Yi Previn

female, 39 years old
andre previn, korean, Conductor, Korean adoptee, adopted, American
Soon-Yi Previn or Soon-Yi Farrow (born October 8, 1970) is the adopted Korean daughter of Mia Farrow and Andre Previn. She is married to director...
Jon Huntsman Jr.

Jon Huntsman Jr.

male, 49 years old
Wharton school, George W. Bush administration, missionary, Mormon, Wharton School alumni, apostle…adopted
Jon Huntsman , Sr., W�59, was profiled in an article about the most influential people in Utah. The article focused on Huntsman�s incredible phil...
Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

female
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni, Canada's Walk of Fame, Bahá'í individuals, University of Massachusetts, Digital artist, Best Song Academy Award winning songwriter…adopted
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20 1941) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual...
Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

female, 65 years old
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, diva, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Saint Mary's College Auckland, Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, gisborne…adopted
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, AC, DBE, (born March 6, 1944) is an internationally famous New Zealand opera singer. In 1981, she was seen and...
Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden

female, 53 years old
Nightline, ABC, 20/20, adopted, American Broadcasting Company personality, executor
Cynthia McFadden (born May 27, 1956 in Lewiston, Maine) ("adopted") is a correspondent for ABC News. McFadden currently co-anchors "Nightline" and...