Sports
- Abramovich, Roman
- Acre, Mark
- Agnelli, Umberto
- Akabusi, Kriss
- Baiul, Oksana
- Banks, John
- Baulch, Jamie
- Beachley, Layne
- Bellwood, James Charles
- Bonaly, Surya
- Burnum, Burnum
- Cain, Dean George Thomas
- Cameron, Rhona
- Campbell, Ben Nighthorse
- Carruthers, Kitty
- Carruthers, Peter
- Casals, Rosemary
- Choi Yong Sul
- Clausen, Curt
- Cochran, Jacqueline
- Culpepper, Daunte
- Delamere, Paora Kingi
- Dickerson, Eric Demetric
- Dodson, Adrian
- Dodson, Michael
- Fashanu, John
- Fashanu, Justinius Sonny
- Goolagong-Cawley, Evonne Fay
- Green, Tim
- Griffith, Calvin
- Hamilton, Scott Scovell
- Hansen, Ashia
- Holt, Gary
- Jagamarra, Malcolm
- Jones, Pei Te Hurinui
- Liu, Gordon
- Louganis, Gregory E.
- Love, Makere Rangiatea Ralph
- Macarthur, Wally
- Mikita, Stan
- Mills, Billy
- Moore, Brian
- Morcom, Luke Sidney
- Mourning, Alonzo
- Naismith, James
- O'Brien, Daniel Dion
- Palmer, James Alvin
- Perkins, Charles
- Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (under India Princely States: 3)
- Reagan, Michael E.
- Reynolds, George
- Rollason, Helen
- Ruth, George Herman ("Babe")
- Saigo Siro
- Sanderson, Teresa Ione
- Scott, George
- Senser, Joe
- Smith, Robyn
- Stewart, Albert Oliphant
- Terupe, Tui
- Thorne, Grahame
- Tyson, Mike G.
- Vander-Kuyp, Kyle
- Webster, Tumoana
- Weinstock, Arnold
- Whitbread, Fatima
- Wolde, Degaga
- Åhlstad, Simon
Burnum, Burnum
Burnum was born Harry Penrith (he took an Aboriginal name after his great grandfather in 1976) into a nomadic Aboriginal family at Wallaga Lake, New South Wales. When his mother died soon a... [more]
Cain, Dean George Thomas
Cain's birth-father is Japanese-Irish and his mother is white; he identifies himself as Japanese, but has never had any contact with his father. His parents were divorced before he was b... [more]
Cameron, Rhona
Cameron was born in Dundee or Musselburgh, Scotland, and adopted when she was very young. Her adoptive father also died, when she was 14, sending her into a long-term depression. She was... [more]
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse
Campbell is part Portuguese, Northern Cheyenne (and has been inducted into their council of chiefs) and possibly also Apache and Pueblo, a rancher and horse trainer, jewellery designer, jud... [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]
Casals, Rosemary
Casals was born to poor El Salvadoran immigrant parents in San Francisco. Before she was a year old her parents sent her and her older sister to be raised by their great aunt and uncle. Thi... [more]
Choi Yong Sul
Choi was born in Choong Chung province, Korea, then under Japanese occupation. A Japanese shopkeeper in his village, who had no sons, kidnapped Choi when he was about eight years old and to... [more]
Clausen, Curt
Clausen was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and adopted as a baby. He graduated from Duke University in 1990 and is an administrative analyst for the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Department of... [more]
Cochran, Jacqueline
Cochran was born sometime between 1906 and 1910, and was orphaned as a baby. She was a foster child in a feckless, poverty-stricken family (she got her first pair of shoes when she was eigh... [more]
