Did you ever wonder if any famous people were adopted, or if anyone famous ever adopted children? Find out about some people whose lives have been touched by adoption!

Jamie Foxx is an Academy Award winning television and film actor and singer. His grandparents adopted Jamie when he was a baby.

Julie Andrews is an academy award-winning actress who has been performing since she was a girl. She and her husband, Blake Edwards, are the parents of five children; the two youngest daughters were adopted from Vietnam.

Dave Thomas was the man who started the famous fast food restaurant, Wendy's. Dave was adopted when he was six weeks old.

John Glover Roberts, Jr. became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 2005. John and his wife Jane have two children, Josephine and Jack. Both children were adopted as infants.

Dan O'Brien won the Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal in 1996, to become the world's greatest athlete. Dan and five of his brothers and sisters were adopted transracially.

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies. George is also an adoptive parent of Amanda, Katie, and Jett. Lucas adopted Katie and Jett as a single father.

Lynette Cole was crowned Miss USA 2000. Lynette was in foster care when her parents adopted her and her brother.

Kirk Cameron, from the hit television series Growing Pains and wife, actress Chelsea Noble, have a family of six children, four of whom are adopted.

Daunte Culpepper began his sixth season as a starter for the Minnesota Vikings in 2005. Daunte's birth mother was in prison in Ocala Florida when she gave birth to him. His grandmother, Emma Culpepper, had already been a mom to 14 foster children, and she adopted Daunte.

George Burns and Gracie Allen were famous comedians and stars of the hit television show The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. In the 1930s the couple adopted two children: Sandra Jean and Ronald "Ronnie" John.

Fred Rogers was known to the world as Mr. Rogers. He was the creator and host of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest running program ever shown on public television (1967 - 2001). When Fred was eleven years old, his parents adopted Fred's sister Elaine.

Other famous adopted people include:
Alexander the Great – King of Macedonia
Andy Berlin – entrepreneur: chairman of Berlin, Cameron & Partners
Anthony Williams – politician
Aristotle – philosopher
Art Linkletter – comedian
Babe Ruth – Hall of Fame baseball player
Bo Diddley – musician
Brent Jasmer – actor
Buffy Sainte-Marie – musician and actress
Carl Theodor Dreyer – film director
Charles Dickens – author
Charlie Chaplin – actor
Charlotte Church – singer
Charlotte Anne Lopez – Miss Teen USA
Christina Crawford – author
Clarissa Pinkola Estes – author
Coco Chanel – fashion designer
Crazy Horse – Lakota war chief
Dana Plato - actress
Daniel Boone – soldier and explorer
Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels – rapper
Dean Cain – actor
Debbi Harry – singer
Dr. Ruth Westheimer – sexologist and broadcaster
Eartha Kitt – singer and actress
Edgar Allen Poe – poet and author
Edward Albee – playwright
Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady, activist and U.N Delegate
Elie Wiesel – humanitarian and author
Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer
Eric Clapton – musician
Eric Dickerson – athlete
Faith Daniels – news anchor
Faith Hill – country singer
Flip Wilson – comedian
Freddie Bartholomew – actor
Frederick Douglass – abolitionist and diplomat
Gary Coleman – actor
George Washington Carver – inventor
Greg Louganis – Olympic diver
Halle Berry – actress
Herman Melville – author
Harold Robbins – author
Ice-T – rapper and actor
Ingrid Bergman – actress
J.R.R. Tolkien – author
Jack Nicholson – actor
James Brown – musician
James Dean – actor
James McArthur – actor
James Michener – author
Jean Jacques Rousseau – philosopher
Jesse Jackson – minister
Jett Williams – country singer and author
Jim Palmer – athlete
Johann Sebastian Bach – composer
John J. Audubon – naturalist
John Keats – poet
John Lennon – musician
Josephine Baker – singer and dancer
Langston Hughes – poet and author
Larry Ellison – entrepreneur: founder of Oracle Corp.
Leo Tolstoy – author
Les Brown – motivational speaker
Little Richard – musician
Liz Phair – singer
Louis Armstrong – musician
Louisa May Alcott – author
Lucy Maud Montgomery – author
Malcolm X – civil rights leader
Marilyn Monroe – actress
Mark Acre – athlete
Mark Twain – author
Matthew Laborteaux – actor
Maya Angelou – author
Melissa Gilbert – actress
Michael Reagan – author
Mike Tyson - boxer
Moses – prophet
Muhammad – prophet and founder of Islam
Nancy Reagan – First Lady
Nat King Cole – singer
Nelson Mandela – President of South Africa
Newt Gingrich – politician
Patricia Cornwell – author
Patrick Laborteaux – actor
Peter and Kitty Carruthers – figure skaters
Pierce Brosnan – actor P
resident Gerald Ford – politician
President William Clinton – politician
Priscilla Presley – actress
Ray Liotta – actor
Reno – performance artist and comedian
Rep. Jim Lightfoot – politician
Richard Burton – actor
Rudyard Kipling – author
Sam Goldwyn – film producer
Sarah McLachlan – singer
Scott Hamilton – figure skater
Sen. Paull H. Shin – politician
Sen. Robert Byrd – politician
Shari Belafonte-Harper – actress
Stan Mikita – hockey player
Steve McQueen – actor
Steve Jobs – entrepreneur: co-founder of Apple computer
Surya Bonaly – figure skater
Tim Green – football player and commentator
Tom Monaghan – entrepreneur: founder of Dominoes Pizza
Tommy Davidson – comedian
Truman Capote – author
Victoria Rowell – actress
William Somerset Maugham – author
William Tecumseh Sherman – Civil War general
Willie Nelson – singer
Wilson Riles – educator

Other famous adoptive parents include:
Al Roker – news anchor
Angelina Jolie – actress
Art Buchwald – comedian
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr. – publisher
Barbara Walters – journalist
Ben Stein – actor and game show host
Bette Davis – actress
Bob Hope – entertainer
Brad Pitt – actor
Brooke Adams – actress
Burt Reynolds – actor
Calista Flockhart – actress
Cecil B. De Mille – film director
Charles Bronson – actor
Connie Chung – news anchor
Dale Evans – singer & cowgirl
Dan Marino – football player
Dan Savage – journalist
Dan Wilson – baseball player
David Kelley – television producer
Diane Keaton – actress
Dianne Wiest – actress
Donna Mills – actress
Ed McMahon – entertainer
Edie Falco - actress
Erma Bombeck – comedienne
Estelle Parsons – actress
Eve Arden – actress
Father George Clements – minister
Gail Sheehy – author
Gale Sayers – Hall of Fame football player
Gary Merrill – actor
Gloria Swanson – actress
Harry Belafonte – singer
Hedy Lamarr – actress
Helen Hays – actress
Henry Fonda – actor
Horace George Hamilton – administrator
Isabella Rossellini – actress
Jamie Lee Curtis – actress, author & English Baroness
Jane Fonda – actress
Jane Wallace – TV personality
Jane Wyman – actress
Jann Wenner – publisher
Jill Ireland – actress
Jill Krementz – author
Jim Palmer – athlete
Jo Beth Williams – actress
Joan Didion – author
Joan Fontaine – actress
John DeLorean – auto designer and entrepreneur: founder of DeLorean Motor Car Co.
John Denver – singer
John Gregory Dunne – author
Josephine Baker – singer and dancer
Judy Woodruff – news anchor
Karen Grassle – actress
Kate Capshaw – actress
Kate Jackson – actress
Kirby Puckett – athlete
Kirstie Alley – actress
Kris Kristofferson – singer
Kurt Vonnegut – author
Linda Ronstadt – singer
Loni Anderson – actress
Louis Gossett, Jr. – actor.
Magic Johnson – athlete
Marcia Wallace – actress
Marie Osmond – singer
Maury Povich – talk show host
Mia Farrow – actress
Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
Natalie Williams – WNBA basketball player
Nell Carter – entertainer
Nicole Kidman – actress
Oscar de la Renta – designer
Parker Stevenson – actor
Patti LaBelle – singer
Paul Newman – actor
Pearl Bailey – singer
Peter Falk – actor
President Ronald Reagan – politician
Regina Belle – singer
Rep. James Leach – politician
Richard King Mellon – financier
Robert Fulghum – author
Rosie O'Donnell – actress
Roy Rogers – singer & cowboy
Sally Jessy Raphael – talk show host
Sammy Davis, Jr. – entertainer
Sarah Purcell – entertainer
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell – politician
Sen. Gordon Humphrey – politician
Sen. John McCain – politician
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen – politician
Sen. Paul Simon – politician
Sen. Paull H. Shin – politician
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson – politician
Sharon Stone – actress
Sir Christopher Guest – actor & English Baron
Stephen Spielberg – film director
Susan Ruttan – actress
Taurean Blacque – actor
Ted Danson – actor
Teri Garr – actress
Tom Cruise – actor
Valerie Harper – actress
Victoria Rowell – actress
Walt Disney – entrepreneur: founder of Disneyland
William Delahunt – politician
William Wordsworth – poet
Willie Mays – athlete