Others ("Strangers")
Adie, Kate, Ahbez, Eden, Akabusi, Kriss, Albee, Edward Franklin, Allan, Jani, Amo, Anton Wilhelm, Andal, Andrews, Ben, Anstis, Toby, Argentinian Orphans of the Dirty War, Aspinall, John Victor, Aucoin, Kevyn, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, Baiul, Oksana, Bálint, Lea, Banks, John, Beachley, Layne, Bellwood, James Charles, Bemo, John, Berlin, Andy, Best, James, Bijani, Laden & Laleh, Björk, Carl Axel, Black, Pauline, Blood Clot Boy, Bowen, Jim, Bradford, William, Brady, John Green, Brakhage, Stan, Brimeyer, Alex, Brown, Mick, Burke, Andrew Horace, Caines, Michael, Callahan, John, Canadian Native Children, Capitein, Jacobus, Caprotti, Gian Giacomo, Carver, George Washington, Catherine I, Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch, Chips, Horn, Chisholm, Colin, Choi Yong Sul, Church, John, Clare, Monica, Clausen, Curt, Cochran, Jacqueline, Cockenoe, Cole, George, Cole, Lynnette, Cole, Nat Kelly, Connolly, Brian, Coolidge, Sherman, Cornwell, Bernard, Cornwell, Patricia, Cosmas Melodus, Cullen, Countée, Cullen, Eric Robertson, Cyrus the Great, d'Alembert, Jean le Rond, Daniels, Faith, Danilova, Alexandra Dyonysievna, Day, Sabrina Sidney (see Hannibal, Abram Petrovich), Diamond, Jeff, Divine, David, Douglas, Anthony, Duleep Singh (under India - Princely States: 5), Eaton, Peter, Edwards, Skye, Ellison, Lawrence J. (Larry), Emerick, Louis, Estés, Clarissa Pinkola, Fashanu, John, Fashanu, Justinius Sonny, Fever, Fred, Field, Shirley Ann, Fish, Laura, Fisher, Antwone, Fisher, Florence, Fitzgerald, Ella, Foundlings, Frampton, Phil, Francisco, Peter, Frankovich, Mike J., Fremstad, Olive, Genet, Jean, German Democratic Republic, Goldie, Gorham, Clare, Grayson, Larry, Green, Tim, Griffis, Joseph, Gökçen, Sabiha, Haas, Michael, Hamilton, Scott Scovell, Hannibal, Abram Petrovich, Hansen, Ashia, Harry, Deborah, Henson, Matthew Alexander, Hill, Faith, Hirst, Damien, Holmes, Ann, Houston, Samuel, Hughes, Langston, Hyde, Joseph Peter, Jakszyk, Jakko M., James, Lennie, Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu, Jobs, Steven Paul, Johnson, Nkosi, Jones, Stewart Whyte McEwan, Jumping Bull, Karna, Kay, Jackie, Kinder der Landstraße, Kindertransport, Krishna, LaBadie, Florence, Langstone, Frank, Laurent, Robert, Lear, Frances, Lee, George Patrick, Leitch, David, Lemke, Leslie, Leonard, Hugh, Lifton, Betty Jean, Lin Huoping, Linkletter, Art, List, Liesbeth, Lopez, Charlotte Anne, Loxterkamp, David, March, Naomi (Nimmy), Mariner, William, Masters, Tom, McArthur, James, McAuley, Catherine, McMillon, Doris E., McNab, Andy, McRobbie, Narelle, Melville, Herman, Melzi, Francesco, Memminger, Christopher Gustavus, Michener, James Albert, Midas, Middlemiss, Philip, Momotaro, Monaghan, Thomas, Monroe, Marilyn, Montezuma, Carlos, Moore, Brian, Morcom, Luke Sidney, Moses, Mountain Wolf Woman, Mourning, Alonzo, Munk, Kaj, Murray, Andrew Buist, Myners, Paul, Nanbaree, Nazi Germany, Nettles, John, Nguyen, Martine (see under Bokassa I), O'Brien, Daniel Dion, O'Connell, James F., O'Connor, Hugh, O'Neil, Robert Vincent, Jr., Oedipus, Omahuru, Ngatau, Orphan Trains of the USA, Palmer, James Alvin, Pascale, Lorraine, Pelzer, David J., Perrott, Caroline, Phair, Elizabeth Clark, Pidgley, Tony, Plato, Dana Michelle, Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga, Pryderi, Quinn, Phil, Rabbit Boy, Radisson, Pierre-Esprit, Rat-Children of Shah Daula, Reagan, Michael E., Restavecs, Richardson, Anna Ryder, Roach, Archie, Robbins, Harold, Rollason, Helen, Romulus and Remus, Rosnes, Renee, Rowson, Martin, Rukupo, Raharui, Saffian, Sarah Ruth, Sainte-Marie, Buffy, Salter, Shane, Sargon I, Schad, Brenda, Scott, Todd M., Seal, Seed, Michael, Semiramis, Shenandoah, Sherrin, Scott, Shoah, Sissay, Lemn, Slocum, Frances, Smith, Robyn, Soll, Joe, Spain, 1936-75, Sudbury, Julia, Te Kanawa, Kiri, Te Waharoa, Thomas, R. David, Thomson, John, Thorne, Grahame, Troxler, G. William, Valero, Helena, Vander-Kuyp, Kyle, Vanunu, Mordechai, Verdingkinder, Wark, Betty, Watton, Paul, Webster, Tumoana, Wheatley, Phillis, White, Donald Edwin, Wilkomirski, Binjamin, Williams, Jett, X, Malcolm, Zweig, Stefan Jerzy,
Adie, Kate
Adie is especially famous for her reports from war zones (Turkey, Lebanon, the Gulf War, China, the former Yugoslavia, etc.). Her mother became pregnant while her husband was away at war an... [more]
Ahbez, Eden
Ahbez is known as the First Hippy. His life story is unclear but one version has him born in 1908 (another after World War I) to a large and poverty-stricken family in Brooklyn. He and his ... [more]
Akabusi, Kriss
Akabusi was born an Igbo prince in Nigeria, but taken to England as a child, where he went into care when his mother returned to Nigeria. He spent time in a children's home and also had mul... [more]
Albee, Edward Franklin
Albee has won three Pulitzer Prizes. His 13 plays (including The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Tiny Alice, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Three Tall Women) are among the most famous in 20th... [more]
Allan, Jani
Allan was adopted aged one month by a wealthy British-South African couple, John and Janet Fry. John Fry died when she was 10. She has been a model and married a wealthy South African, G... [more]
Amo, Anton Wilhelm
Amo was born on the Gold Coast (Ghana) about 1703 and taken to Amsterdam when he was about four. He was given to the Duke of Wolfenbüttel and baptised Anton Wilhelm. He was educated with su... [more]
Andal
In Tamil Nadu tradition, Andal was a girl (by some considered to be a manifestation of the goddess Bhoodevi) found under a tulsi bush in the flower garden of the temple of Vishnu at Srivill... [more]
Andrews, Ben
Andrews was born in Yugoslavia and adopted by an American diplomatic family there. He became interested in the guitar as a child but did not become entirely focused on the instrument until ... [more]
Anstis, Toby
Anstis began broadcasting while still a comprehensive school-boy in Northampton, where he was born (also representing his county in rugby and cricket). He got a degree in marketing and psyc... [more]
Argentinian Orphans of the Dirty War
Between 1976 and 1985 the military dictators of Argentina operated a policy of kidnapping, torturing, murdering and "disappearing" their political opponents. Children of their vic... [more]
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