Military and Defense
- Adler-Collins, Je Kan
- Alexander the Great
- Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire)
- Baker, Josephine
- Banks, John
- Bokassa I
- Bolívar, Simón
- Boone, Daniel (under Honorific Adoption)
- Bustamante, William Alexander
- Carl Louis John
- Cochran, Jacqueline
- Constantius I (under Roman Empire)
- Crazy Horse
- CuChulain
- de Beauharnais, Eugčne-Rose
- Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji (under India - Princely States: 3)
- Eirik Blood-Axe (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Farragut, David Glasgow
- Francisco, Peter
- Gaius Marius the Younger (under Roman Empire)
- Gardiner, Wira
- Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
- Gökçen, Sabiha
- Hadrian (under Roman Empire)
- Hĺkon I [The Good] (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Hĺkon of Trondhjem (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Halfdan the Black (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Hamilton, Alexander
- Hannibal, Abram Petrovich
- Harald of Sogn (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Haynes, Lemuel
- Hoo-moo-thy-ah
- Houston, Samuel
- Hyllus
- Ibrahim Pasha
- Ingjald the Evil-Adviser (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Jackson, Andrew
- Jackson, Thomas (Stonewall)
- Janissaries
- Julian the Apostate (under Roman Empire)
- Jumping Bull
- Karl XIV Johan
- Karna
- Klein, Hans-Joachim
- Lee, John Doyle
- Long Lance, Buffalo Child
- Magnus the Blind (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Magnus the Good (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire)
- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
- McNab, Andy
- Mills, Robert Scourfield
- Montu / Chons
- Nana Saheb (under India - Princely States: 6)
- Olaf the Tree-Feller (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Pasha, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa
- Philip V
- Pliny the Younger (under Roman Empire)
- Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (under India Princely States: 3)
- Sargon I
- Scipio Africanus Minor (under Roman Empire)
- Semiramis
- Sennacherib
- Sherman, William Tecumseh
- Stokes, Richard
- Sun Kewang
- Svein Ulfson (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Tangiia Nui
- Te Waharoa
- Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (under Roman Empire)
- Tito
- Tu Tapu
- Vanunu, Mordechai
- Watton, Paul
- Westheimer, Ruth Siegel
- Xianzi (under Chinese Qing Dyansty)
- Zai Yi (under Chinese Qing Dynasty)
- Zaid bin Haritha
Adler-Collins, Je Kan
Adler-Collins was the child of a military family who was taken into care at the age of three when his mother shot his father during a domestic dispute. He was abused in care for years, but ... [more]
Alexander the Great
Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [more]
Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Baker, Josephine
Baker (the surname of her second husband) was born Josephine Carson to an unmarried couple in the slums of St. Louis, Missouri. Her father abandoned the family before she was a year old, an... [more]
Banks, John
Banks was a New Zealand National Party MP from 1981 to 1999 and has been Minister of Tourism; Sport, Fitness and Leisure; Local Government; and Civil Defence (he resigned his cabinet posts ... [more]
Bokassa I
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was born to a married couple, and his father was a chief. His father was murdered by the French colonial occupiers when he was six, and his mother committed suicide a wee... [more]
Bolívar, Simón
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar, “The Liberator,” was born into a wealthy Creole family in Venezuela, but his father died when he... [more]
Boone, Daniel (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]
Bustamante, William Alexander
Little is known for certain about Bustamante's early life, which he seems to have deliberately concealed or fabricated, but he was probably born in Jamaica into poverty, one of 13 children,... [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]
