Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families
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- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon
- Ada (under Alexander the Great)
- Akabusi, Kriss
- Alexander the Great
- Alexander VI
- Aristotle
- Arthur
- Astor, Joshua
- Audubon, John James
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Bankhead, Tallulah
- Bayard, James Asheton, Sr.
- Black, Pauline
- Bokassa I
- Boson of Arles
- Bussell, Darcey Andrea
- Bute, John Crichton-Stuart
- Cain, Dean George Thomas
- Carl Louis John
- Carr, Harold Herbert
- Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch
- Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste
- Childebert II
- Childebert III Adoptivus
- Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Chosroes II
- Christy, Hirini Whaanga
- Conrad, Joseph
- CuChulain
- Custis, George Washington Parke
- Cyrus the Great
- d'Alembert, Jean le Rond
- de Beauharnais, Eugène-Rose
- de Beauharnais, Hortense
- Delamere, Paora Kingi
- Duchin, Peter Oelrichs
- Edward VI
- Ellison, Edward Pohau
- Ephraim and Manasseh
- Erichthonius
- Eumenes I
- Finn Mac Cumhal
- Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore
- Fyodorova, Victoria
- God's Wife
- Griffis, Joseph
- Hannibal, Abram Petrovich
- Hawai'ian Royal Families
- Head, Bessie
- Heracles
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Hugh of Cluny
- Hura, Maata Te Reo
- Hyllus
- India (Princely States)
- Isidore of Seville
- Ivan VI
- Jehoash
- Jesus Christ
- Karl XIV Johan
- Karna
- Kishi Nobusuke
- Knight, Edward Austen
- Krishna
- Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis
- Li Peng
- Love, Makere Rangiatea Ralph
- Lue Gim Gong
- Mabon Mab Modron
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
- Manuera, Eruera Riini
- Maui
- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
- McAuley, Catherine
- Melcher, Terry
- Melville, Herman
- Melzi, Francesco
- Michael V Kalaphates
- Midas
- Nebuchadnezzar II
- Norwegian Ruling Families
- Oedipus
- Parata, Tame Haereroa
- Parker, Quanah
- Peter III
- Philip V
- Pomare Dynasty
- Ponsonby, Sarah
- Pryderi
- Roman Empire
- Romulus and Remus
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Seki Takakazu Kowa
- Semiramis
- Short, William
- Singh, Vishwanath Pratap
- Skanudharova
- Smith, Joseph Fielding
- Strozzi, Barbara
- Tangiia Nui
- Te Ariki Upoko Tini
- Te Atua, Henare
- Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
- Tu Tapu
- Utrillo, Maurice
- von Kleist, Heinrich
- William the Conqueror
- Williams, Jett
- Yoshida Shigeru
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon
George Gordon was the grandson of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother died in 1791 and his father in 1795, leaving him in the care of two guardians: William Pitt the Younger (the ... [more]
Ada (under Alexander the Great)
Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [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]
Alexander the Great
Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [more]
Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI was born into the wealthy and corrupt Borgia family of Valencia, Spain, and adopted by his maternal uncle, Alfonso Borgia (later Pope Callistus III). He collected religiou... [more]
Aristotle
Aristotle was the son of Nicomachus, physician to King Amyntas II. His parents died when he was still a very young boy and he was brought up by a guardian, Proxenus, who sent him to Plato's... [more]
Arthur
King Arthur was born the son of Uther and Igerna, who was the wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall. He was raised by Sir Ector in secret and became king on Uther's death, proving his right to ... [more]
Astor, Joshua
Astor is the birth son of Joe "Gannex" Kagan, friend of the British prime minister Harold Wilson, but was adopted aged three by his step-father, Michael Astor, MP (one of the weal... [more]
Audubon, John James
Audubon was born in what is now Haiti, the son of a well-to-do married French naval captain and slave trader and his Creole servant-mistress. His mother died soon after his birth and his fa... [more]
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach was born in Eisenach, the eighth and last child of Johann Ambrosius and Maria Elisabeth Bach. His mother died in 1694 and his father in 1695. The nine-year-old orphan and his brother J... [more]
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