Posthumous Child (i.e., Born After Father's Death)
Carver, George Washington
Carver was born into slavery, to a "good" owner, Moses Carver; his mother was the only slave he had ever owned, and she was well-treated. His father, from a neighboring plantation... [more]
Clinton, William Jefferson
President Clinton's father was killed in a car accident shortly before he was born. His mother remarried in 1950 and he was adopted by his step-father. He was governor of Arkansas, and US ... [more]
Fisher, Antwone
Fisher was born in a prison, where his mother was an inmate; his father died before he was born. He spent two years in an orphanage before being adopted by a family who physically and verbal... [more]
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson was born a few days after his father died, the third child of the family. When he was 13 he became an orderly and messenger in the Revolutionary Army against the British. One of his... [more]
Muhammad
Muhammad was born after his father died, and his mother died when he was six years old. He was then raised by his grandfather until he too died, when Muhammad was eight, after which he was ... [more]
Rajaram II Raje Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 1)
Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]
Rua Kenana Hepetipa
Rua was born shortly before his father died. He was sent by his mother as a baby to be raised by his father's people. He returned home when he was nine but was soon sent away again and neve... [more]
Swift, Jonathan
Swift's father died before he was born and his mother soon afterwards left him in Ireland to be raised by his uncle while she returned to England. (One version of his life states that his m... [more]
Williams, Jett
Williams is the birth child of Hank Williams, the country and western singing star. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama, (named Antha Belle Jett ) five days after he died and adopted by he... [more]
