Adoption & Foster Care Biographies

Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents

Adopted persons, adoptive parents, and birth parents have distinguished themselves in many fields including sports, literature, politics, and the arts.

This growing list includes biographical summaries and references for further reading. Future sections will include persons who were in foster care as children and/or young adults, and more special collections.

Click on the letter of the alphabet below to read background information and biographical summaries of people whose last names begin with that letter, or start with A and work your way through.

ADOPTEES (list of names)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

ADOPTIVE PARENTS (list of names)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

BIRTH PARENTS (list of names)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Groups

• Argentinian Orphans of the Dirty War: 1976-1985
• Operation Babylift: 1975
• Operation Pedro Pan: 1961-1962
• Orphan Trains: 1854-1930

Adoptee Olympic Athletes

Guest Authors at the Site

Presidential Connections

FOR YOUR LIBRARY

"Relative Origins: Famous Foster & Adopted People"
by Maria Dever, Aileen Dever

"Look Who's Adopted"
by Michael Taheri, James Orr, Jenny Wegrzyn

Adoption Profiles

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