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Features
- Baca, Jimmy Santiago
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Baiteke (under Kiribati)
- Baiul, Oksana
- Baker, Josephine
- Bálint, Lea
- Ballinger, John
- Bankhead, Tallulah
- Banks, John
- Barber, Dee Seton
- Barberie, Jillian
- Bartholomew, Freddie
- Bartram, John
- Basavis (under Devadasi)
- Bates, Daisy
- Batley, Robert Thompson (under Honorific Adoption)
- Baulch, Jamie
- Bauro (under Kiribati)
- Bay, Michael
- Bayard, James Asheton, Sr.
- Beachley, Layne
- Bear Woman
- Bede
- Beley, Ennis
- Bellwood, James Charles
- Bemo, John
- Ben Sira, Eva
- Berglas, David
- Bergman, Ingrid
- Berlin, Andy
- Best, James
- Bhagwat Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Bhanu Pratap Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
- Bhattacharya, Namita Kaul
- Bhayats (under India - Princely States)
- Bhupendra Vijay Singh (under Princely States: 10)
- Big Day, William
- Bijani, Laden & Laleh
- Bilderback, Nicole
- Bird, A. John
- Bishop, Bernice Pauahi (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)
- Bishop, Elizabeth
- Björk, Carl Axel
- Black, Pauline
- Blackburn, Tom (see Deacon, Joseph John)
- Blood Clot Boy
- Bloodvessel, Buster
- Bogams (under Devadasi)
- Bokassa I
- Bolívar, Simón
- Bonaly, Surya
- Boone, Daniel (under Honorific Adoption)
- Boson of Arles
- Bowen, Jim
- Bradford, William
- Brady, John Green
- Braimoh, Dilly
- Brainerd, David
- Brakhage, Stan
- Brickley, James
- Brimeyer, Alex
- Brodkey, Harold
- Brooks-Randolph, Angie
- Brosnan, Pierce
- Brown, James
- Brown, Leslie Calvin
- Brown, Lester Raymond
- Brown, Matthew
- Brown, Mick
- Brown, Rita Mae
- Bullock, Thomas (under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Burke, Andrew Horace
- Burke, Kathy
- Burnum, Burnum
- Burton, Richard
- Bussell, Darcey Andrea
- Bustamante, William Alexander
- Bute, John Crichton-Stuart
- Byrd, Robert C.
Barberie, Jillian
Barberie was born in Ontario and adopted as a baby by an electrician and a nurse, Jim and Mariel Warry. Her birth parents, immigrants from Ireland and England, felt they were too young to ... [more]
Bartholomew, Freddie
Bartholomew was born in Dublin but abandoned by his parents to the care of an aunt, Millicent Mary Bartholomew. In 1930 he began his film career as a child star with Fascination, and... [more]
Bartram, John
Bartram, born to a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, was orphaned when he was 13. He taught himself botany, medicine and surgery while working as a farm laborer. He was appointed Botanist to t... [more]
Basavis (under Devadasi)
Devadasi (mainly of Maharashtra and Karnataka states) and related practices ( Maharis in Kerala, Natis in Assam, Muralis in Maharashtra, Bogams in Andhra Pradesh, Jogatis and Basa... [more]
Bates, Daisy
Bates' mother was murdered by white racists when she was a baby. Her father left to look for her and never returned, so she was adopted by his best friend. She was the prime mover in the fam... [more]
Batley, Robert Thompson (under Honorific Adoption)
It is not unusual for adults to be adopted as honorary members of a family, clan or tribe. There are two main types. One is the publicity-stunt adoption of politicians, usually western l... [more]
Baulch, Jamie
Baulch was adopted at six months of age by a white family from a South Wales valley village. He was not an academic child at school but loved athletics, so his parents took him to the Newpo... [more]
Bauro (under Kiribati)
The Pacific island country of Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) includes the atoll of Abemama, inhabited by the tribe of Abemama, Kuria and Aranuka. The hereditary high chiefs of thes... [more]
Bay, Michael
Bay was adopted as a small baby by an accountant and child psychologist in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. His parents later also adopted a baby girl. His birth father is rumored to b... [more]
Bayard, James Asheton, Sr.
Bayard and his siblings were adopted by their uncle, John Bubenheim Bayard, when their father died. From 1797 to 1803 he was a member of the US House of Representatives from Delaware, fr... [more]
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