Famous People Who Where In Foster Care or Adopted

Most people think of Foster care and Adoption they think of kids with all kinds of issues and who are drug and alcohol children.  Well some are but there are some who go on to be famous. Can you name a few.  Some have said Dave Thomas, Steve Jobbs, Micheal Oher and Patrick Willis.  And yes they were.  Well, below is a list of Celebritys you might not of thought of or known about.  

Entertainers: 

Marilyn Monroe- Actress 

Tina Turner      Singer

Willie Nelson - Singer/Activist 

Carol Burnett - Actress 

Jimmy Wayne - Singer 

George Lopez - Actor/Comedian 

Angela Shelton - Director/Actress 

Ice-T - Actor- 

Earl "DMX" Simmons - Rapper/Actor

Ray Charles - Singer/Pianist 

Sylvester Stallone - Director/Actor

Frank Stallone - Singer/Actor 

Cher - Actress - 

Eddy Murphy - Actor/Comedian 

Charles Murphy - Actor/Comedian

Ray Liotta - Actor 

Cassidy Mack - Actress 

Leonardo DiCaprio- Actor/Director

Frances McDormand- Actress 

Eartha Kitt - Actress 

Michael Bey - Producer/Director 

John Lennon - Singer/ Beattles

Billie Holiday - Singer 

Rachel Crow - Actress/Singer 

James Hetfield - Singer/Metallica 

Louis Armstrong - Trumpeter 

Jack Nicholson - Actor 

Faith Hill - Singer

Victoria Rowell - Actress

Kristen Chenoworth - Actress/Singer 

Melissa Gilbert - Actress 

James Brown - Godfather of Soul

James Dean - Actor 

Jamie Foxx - Actor/Singer 

Snooki - Reality Television   

Gary Coleman - Actor

Richard Burton - Actor 

Charlotte Ayana - Actress/Model

Priscilla Presley - Actress 

Rajesh Khanna - Actor

Sarah McLachlan - Actress(

Lee Major - Actor 

Little Richard - Singer 

Eriq LaSalle - Actor

Esai Morales - Actor 

Public Figures: 

Bill Clinton 

Steve Jobbs

Thomas Monaghan 

Dave Thomas

L.L. Bean

Gerald Ford

Vidal Sassoon

Herbert Hoover

Malcolm X

Nelson Mandela 

Tom Vilsack

Eleanor Roosevelt 

Jesse Jackson

Percy Spencer 

Rhonda Sciortino 

Kate Adie

Bruce Oldfield

Athletes:

Scott Hamilton

Bill Mills

Mike Tyson

Babe Ruth

Alonzo Mourning

Jimmy Grahams

Colin Kaepernick

Michael Oher

Patrick Willis

Tyrann Mathieu

Scott Fujita

Jim Thorpe

Darold Williamson

Daunte Culpepper

Lopez Lomong

Yes, some of these were just adopted by step parents but it is still an adoption. Some were just in Foster Care for a short time.  Some were cared for in Kinship care. 

Alot of people only see the ADD, ADHD, Autism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder, Sensory Issue Disorder, and the list can go on. But we are more then that.  We are doctors, dentist, nurses, famous people, teachers, business owners. We are so much more then just our pass.