Street Children, Children Who Grew up Alone
Without Adult Supervision (at Least Temporarily), or Ran Away from Home or Care
Baca, Jimmy Santiago, Bellwood, James Charles, Brady, John Green, Choi Yong Sul, Fitzgerald, Ella, Glazier, Sidney, Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram, Henson, Matthew Alexander, Houdini, Harry, Jacobs, Peter, La Marr, Barbara, Li Lu, Long Lance, Buffalo Child, Lue Gim Gong, Michabo, Rat-Children of Shah Daula, Robinson, Bill, Ruth, George Herman ("Babe"), Shin, Paull H., Tyson, Mike G., Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukura,
La Marr, Barbara
La Marr was born Reatha Watson in central Washington state, but her parents moved to California when she was very young. She left home at the age of 14 and never returned, making a living a... [more]
Li Lu
Li Lu was one of the leaders of the Chinese student democracy movement which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. His parents were victims of the Cultural Revolution: when he was a ... [more]
Long Lance, Buffalo Child
Long Lance (born Sylvester Long) claimed to be a Blackfoot or Blackfoot-Cherokee chief. In fact he was almost certainly not a Blackfoot at all, but rather of mixed ancestry, including Afric... [more]
Lue Gim Gong
Lue was born into a wealthy farming family in Canton. An uncle who had already emigrated to the USA returned with stories of the great opportunities there, and at the age of 12 Lue prevaile... [more]
Michabo
Michabo is the Great Hare, the grandson of the Moon and son of the West Wind. His mother died in childbirth but he was not fostered, because he was born fully developed and with all knowled... [more]
Rat-Children of Shah Daula
According to a centuries-old tradition, barren women who worship at the shrine of the Sufi saint Shah Daula, in Gujrat, Pakistan, will become fertile. But unless they donate their first-bor... [more]
Robinson, Bill
Bojangles' early life is obscured by legends, some of them propagated by himself, but it seems that he was orphaned as a baby (or at the age of six) and raised by his grandmother. He began ... [more]
Ruth, George Herman ("Babe")
Babe Ruth was the eldest of eight children born to a Baltimore bartender and his wife. They had no time for their son, and when he was seven they placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School ... [more]
Shin, Paull H.
Shin was born in Korea. His birth mother died when he was four and he was abandoned to the care of his grandmother by his father. He ran away from home and his village to live as a street c... [more]
Tyson, Mike G.
Tyson, the youngest of three children, was born into a poor African-American family in Brooklyn, New York. His father never was a significant part of his life, and both his parents died bef... [more]
