Music and Dance
- African Children's Choir
- Ahbez, Eden
- Alda, Frances Jeanne
- Andrews, Ben
- Angelou, Maya
- Antoine, Josephine Louise
- Armstrong, Louis Daniel
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Baker, Josephine
- Barber, Dee Seton
- Black, Pauline
- Bloodvessel, Buster
- Brown, Lester Raymond
- Bussell, Darcey Andrea
- Carmody, Kev
- Chaplin, Charles Spencer
- Church, Charlotte
- Clapton, Eric
- Connolly, Brian
- Danilova, Alexandra Dyonysievna
- Diddley, Bo
- Duchin, Peter Oelrichs
- Edwards, Skye
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Fremstad, Olive
- Geisha
- Genée, Adeline
- Glazer, Tom
- Goldie
- Harry, Deborah
- Hill, Faith
- Hirst, Damien
- Hopkins, Antony
- Ice-T
- Iwasaki, Mineko (under Geisha)
- Jakszyk, Jakko M.
- James, Wendy
- Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu
- Kitt, Eartha
- La Marr, Barbara
- Leleiohoku, William Pitt Kalaho'olewa II (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)
- Lemke, Leslie
- Lennon, John Winston
- List, Liesbeth
- Little Richard
- McLachlan, Sarah
- Melcher, Terry
- Monroe, William Smith
- Myers, Billie
- Naked, Bif
- Nelson, Willie
- Phair, Elizabeth Clark
- Roach, Archie
- Robinson, Bill
- Rosnes, Renee
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Rowell, Victoria
- Sainte-Marie, Buffy
- Schramm, Leo Paul
- Seal
- Sherrin, Scott
- Strozzi, Barbara
- Taare, Sonny
- Te Kanawa, Kiri
- Te Wiata, Inia
- Trapp Family
- Tsuya-Giku (under Geisha)
- Vanessa-Mae
- Welch, Bruce
- Wheeler, Caron
- White, Donald Edwin
- White, Eartha Mary Magdalene
- Wilkomirski, Binjamin
- Williams, Jett
Black, Pauline
Black's birth mother was a teenage secretary, Jewish, and her father was a Nigerian prince, Oladosu Adenle. She was born Belinda Magnus and because her parents were unmarried her mother was... [more]
Bloodvessel, Buster
Douglas Trendle was born in Stoke Newington, London, and raised by his great-aunt and -uncle, believing his mother was his Auntie Lily. He overheard that he was adopted when he was seven: &... [more]
Brown, Lester Raymond
Brown was trained as a musician at Ithaca College, the New York Military Academy and Duke University, where he started his first band. He worked mainly from the 1930s to the 1970s, including... [more]
Bussell, Darcey Andrea
Bussell's parents were married but separated before she was born. Her mother (also a ballerina) remarried and she was adopted by her step-father, a dentist. She has been principal baller... [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]
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
The Chaplin half-brothers started out in variety as children - their parents were in show business - and went on to long and successful careers in America. Sydney was a straigh... [more]
Church, Charlotte
Church is one of the world's most successful singers, following in the footsteps of the Welsh boy soprano, Aled Jones. Her career took off in 1997 with the album Voice of an Angel. Her moth... [more]
Clapton, Eric
Clapton was born to an unmarried girl of 16 and a Canadian soldier, and raised by her parents. His mother left home, returning in 1957, but for some years the fiction was maintained that th... [more]
Connolly, Brian
Connolly was born to an unmarried woman and remained in hospital care until he was two, when he was fostered by the McManus family, who already had three born-to children. His foster brothe... [more]
Danilova, Alexandra Dyonysievna
Danilova was born near St. Petersburg and both her parents died when she was three. She and her older sister were then brought up either by relatives, her godmother and foster parents, and ... [more]
