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Features
- Caddell, James
- Cain, Dean George Thomas
- Caines, Michael
- Callahan, John
- Cameron, Rhona
- Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki
- Campbell, Ben Nighthorse
- Canadian Native Children
- Capitein, Jacobus
- Capote, Truman
- Caprotti, Gian Giacomo
- Captives
- Cardozo, Abraham
- Carl Louis John
- Carlson, Richard Warner
- Carmody, Kev
- Carr, Harold Herbert
- Carruthers, Kitty
- Carruthers, Peter
- Carter, Forrest
- Carver, George Washington
- Casals, Rosemary
- Casement, Roger David
- Castelo Branco, Camilo
- Catches, Pete
- Catherine I
- Cerullo, Morris
- Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch
- Chanel, Gabrielle Bonheur
- Chaplin, Charles Spencer
- Chaplin, Sydney
- Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste
- Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope
- Child Migrants
- Childebert II
- Childebert III Adoptivus
- Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Chips, Horn
- Chisholm, Colin
- Choi Yong Sul
- Chosroes II
- Christy, Hirini Whaanga
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Church, Charlotte
- Church, John
- Clapton, Eric
- Clare, Monica
- Clausen, Curt
- Clinton, William Jefferson
- Clitus Niger
- Cochran, Jacqueline
- Cockenoe
- Cohn, Leopold
- Colden, Cadwallader
- Cole, Carol
- Cole, George
- Cole, Lynnette
- Cole, Nat Kelly
- Cole, Nat King
- Collins, Joely
- Commager, Henry Steele
- Connolly, Brian
- Conrad, Joseph
- Constantius I (under Roman Empire)
- Cookson, Catherine Anne
- Coolidge, Sherman
- Coombs, Herbert Cole (under Honorific Adoption)
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Cornwell, Patricia
- Cosmas Melodus
- Crawford, Christina
- Crazy Horse
- Cross, June
- CuChulain
- Cugoano, Ottobah
- Cullen, Countée
- Cullen, Eric Robertson
- Culpepper, Daunte
- Custis, George Washington Parke
- Cyrus the Great
Caprotti, Gian Giacomo
Caprotti was a student of the immortal Leonardo da Vinci, who was his frequent model and collaborated with him in some of his paintings. But he was probably more than this. Two sources (... [more]
Captives
The capture of children and adults in war and by raiding parties was and still is a fairly common practice. They were occasionally intended as food, sometimes used as hostages, more often a... [more]
Cardozo, Abraham
Cardozo was a member of a Portuguese Marrano family. (The Marranos are the Jews of Spain and Portugal who involuntarily converted to Christianity in the 14th century and later, many of whom... [more]
Carl Louis John
Carl was the birth son of Emperor Leopold II but was adopted by his uncle, Duke Albert of Sachsen-Teschen. He was sent to be governor of the Austrian Netherlands in 1794, by which time he w... [more]
Carlson, Richard Warner
Carlson, an adoptee, has been a journalist for United Press International and the three major US television networks, CBS, NBC and ABC. He has been a television presenter and news broadcast... [more]
Carmody, Kev
Carmody was initially raised in Queensland with his family. His father was Irish and his mother an Aboriginal woman. Aged nine, he was separated from them and became one of the Stolen Gener... [more]
Carr, Harold Herbert
Carr was born to Elizabeth (Irish-Maori) and Herbert Williams (Welsh), but soon afterwards he was given to his mother's sister and her husband as a tamaiti whangai. His mothers were from an ... [more]
Carruthers, Kitty
Adoptive (not biological) brother and sister, the Carruthers were 1984 US Olympic pairs figure skating silver medalists. They became professionals after the Games and retired from regular p... [more]
Carruthers, Peter
Adoptive (not biological) brother and sister, the Carruthers were 1984 US Olympic pairs figure skating silver medalists. They became professionals after the Games and retired from regular p... [more]
Carter, Forrest
Carter is included here specifically to debunk his "autobiography," The Education of Little Tree. In this he claimed to be a Cherokee boy, raised by his grandparents in the 1930s ... [more]
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