Adoptees you may know..

For some people, adoption may seem kind of unusual, uncomfortable... or just not the "norm".

However, I think we all known more adoptees than we even realize... both famous and in our own lives..

Below is a list of some well-known adoptees... who knew so many? Pretty cool.

Entertainers

• Halle Berry -- actress

• Ingrid Bergman -- actress

• Richard Burton -- actor

• Charlotte Church -- singer

• Nat King Cole -- singer

• Ella Fitzgerald -- singer

• Melissa Gilbert -- actress

• Deborah Harry -- singer

• Faith Hill -- singer

• John Lennon -- musician

• Ray Liotta -- actor

• Sarah McLachlan -- singer

• Marilyn Monroe -- actress

• Priscilla Presley -- actress

• Shania Twain -- singer

Writers

• Louisa May Alcott

• Maya Angelou

• Charles Dickens

• James Michener

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Leo Tolstoy

Political leaders

• Alexander the Great

• President William Clinton

• President Gerald Ford

• President Herbert Hoover

• Nelson Mandela -- former president of South Africa

Business leaders

• Larry Ellison -- chairman and CEO of Oracle Corporation

• Steve Jobs -- cofounder of Apple Computer

• Tom Monaghan -- founder and CEO of Domino's Pizza

• Dave Thomas -- founder of Wendy's International

Others

• Aristotle

• John J. Audubon -- naturalist

• Les Brown -- motivational speaker

• George Washington Carver -- inventor

• Crazy Horse -- Lakota chief

• Jesse Jackson -- political activist

• Malcolm X -- civil rights leader

• Moses -- Hebrew prophet