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Features
- Sacagawea
- Saffian, Sarah Ruth
- Saigo Siro
- Sainte-Marie, Buffy
- Sajjan Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Salter, Shane
- Samuel
- Sancho, Ignatius
- Sanderson, Teresa Ione
- Sardar Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Sargon I
- Savage, Dan
- Sawant Singh (under India - Princely States: 8)
- Schad, Brenda
- Schramm, Leo Paul
- Schreiber, Lorna
- Schuon, Frithjof (under Honorific Adoption)
- Schweig, Eric
- Schünemann-Pott, Friedrich
- Scipio Africanus Minor (under Roman Empire)
- Scott, George
- Scott, Todd M.
- Scully, Julia
- Seal
- Seed, Michael
- Seki Takakazu Kowa
- Semiramis
- Sennacherib
- Senser, Joe
- Seymour, Alan
- Shabazz, Betty Jean Sanders
- Shabbona
- Shahaji II Bhonsle (under India- Princely States: 2)
- Shahaji III (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Shahu Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)
- Shahu II Raje (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Shahu Pratapsinhji Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Shahu Shivaji II Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)
- Shahu Shivaji Raje Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Shakers
- Shambhu Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Shelton Kenneth
- Shelton, Fincourt
- Shenandoah
- Shepenwepe II (under God's Wife)
- Sherman, William Tecumseh
- Sherrin, Scott
- Shin, Paull H.
- Shivaji IV Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)
- Shivaji V Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)
- Shoah
- Short, William
- Simon, Ella
- Singh, Vishwanath Pratap
- Sissay, Lemn
- Skanudharova
- Slaves
- Slocum, Frances
- Smith, John Walter
- Smith, Joseph Fielding
- Smith, Robyn
- Smith, Venture
- Soll, Joe
- Soseki Natsume
- Spain, 1936-75
- Spalding, Henry Harmon
- Spencer, Percy LaBaron
- Stands In Timber, John
- Stanhope, Albert
- Stanley, Henry Morton
- Stewart, Albert Oliphant
- Stokes, Richard
- Stradling, John
- Strozzi, Barbara
- Sudbury, Julia
- Sun Kewang
- Svein Ulfson (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Swaroop Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Swift, Jonathan
- Sykes, Annette
Sargon I
Sargon united the kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad, including parts of modern Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. His early life is largely a mystery. One ancient Sumerian legend states that he was th... [more]
Savage, Dan
According to the Canada Adopts! list of famous adoptees, at http://www.canadaadopts.com/adoptiveparents/famous.shtml , Savage, the Seattle-based syndicated columnist, is an adoptee, but th... [more]
Sawant Singh (under India - Princely States: 8)
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]
Schad, Brenda
Schad was adopted as a baby. Her mother was a Choctaw girl of 16 (who was herself orphaned at 13 and raised by her uncle) and her father was a Cherokee boy. She is said to be the person ... [more]
Schramm, Leo Paul
Schramm was born to Marie Hofmann and an unknown father, in Vienna. His mother later married Gustav Schramm, who adopted the boy. He was a musical prodigy, giving his first professional ... [more]
Schreiber, Lorna
Schreiber was born at Yarrabah Mission, Queensland. She was taken from her parents at the age of 10 and raised in a mission school until she was 16 when her tribe successfully demanded that... [more]
Schuon, Frithjof (under Honorific Adoption)
It is not unusual for adults to be adopted as honorary members of a family, clan or tribe. There are two main types. One is the publicity-stunt adoption of politicians, usually western l... [more]
Schweig, Eric
Schweig was born to an Inuit mother and a Chippewa Dene father in Inuvik, the Northwest Territories. At six months he was adopted by a German-Canadian family. During his childhood in Inuvi... [more]
Schünemann-Pott, Friedrich
Friedrich Schünemann was born in Hamburg. His studies in Marburg led him to leave the established church and join the free church movement in Germany. His religious and revolutionary politi... [more]
Scipio Africanus Minor (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
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