Adoption Resources

I Found a Better Way
Life Issues Institute offers a free ad slick that emphasizes the blessings of adoption. Download the PDF or, if you prefer to receive a copy by snail mail, simply email us.

“A” is for Adopted
Eileen Tucker Cosby and her husband, David, have adopted two children. Eileen is the author of a great book called “A” is for Adopted, a wonderful, gentle way to introduce the concept of adoption to children. Order here.

National Council for Adoption
For a list of recommended adoption agencies and other information, please visit the National Council for Adoption.

Show Hope: A Movement to Care for Orphans
Founded by Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth, this nonprofit organization is helping to make a difference for the millions of orphans and waiting children around the world.Steve and his wife, Mary Beth, are working with others to make adoption a blessing to more families.

Famous people who have been involved in the process of adoption:

People Who Were Adopted:

• Alexander the Great – King of Macedonia, 356-323 B.C.
• Andy Berlin – entrepreneur: chairman of Belin Cameron & Partners
• Anthony Williams – politician
• Aristotle – philosopher
• Art Linkletter – comedian
• Bo Diddley – musician, performer
• Brent Jasmer – actor
• Buffy Sainte-Marie – musician, actress
• Carl Theodor Dreyer – Danish film director
• Charles Dickens – writer
• Charlotte Anne Lopez – Miss Teen USA
• Christina Crawford – author
• Clarissa Pinkola Estes – author
• Crazy Horse – Lakota war chief
• Dan O’Brien – decathlete
• Daunte Culpepper – football player
• Dave Thomas – entrepreneur: founder of Wendy’s
• Debbi Harry – singer
• Edgar Allen Poe – poet, writer
• Edward Albee – playwright
• Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady
• Eric Dickerson – athlete
• Faith Daniels – news anchor
• Faith Hill – country singer
• Freddie Bartholomew – actor
• Gary Coleman – actor
• George Washington Carver – inventor
• Greg Louganis – diver
• Halle Berry – actress
• Ingrid Bergman – actress
• James McArthur – actor
• James Michener – author
• Jean Jacques Rousseau – philosopher
• Jesse Jackson – minister
• Jesus – adopted by Joseph the carpenter (Bible)
• Jett Williams – country singer and author
• Jim Palmer – athlete
• John J. Audubon – naturalist
• John Lennon – musician
• Langston Hughes – poet and writer
• Larry Ellison – entrepreneur: chief executive of Oracle
• Leo Tolstoy – writer
• Les Brown – motivational speaker
• Louisa May Alcott – writer
• Lynnette Cole – Miss USA 2000
• Malcolm X – civil rights leader
• Marilyn Monroe – actress
• Mark Acre – athlete
• Mark Twain – writer
• Matthew Laborteaux – actor
• Melissa Gilbert – actress
• Michael Reagan – dancer
• Moses – adopted by the princess of Egypt (Bible)
• Nancy Reagan – First Lady
• Nat King Cole – singer
• Nelson Mandela – politician
• Patrick Laborteaux – actor
• Peter and Kitty Carruthers- figure skaters
• President Gerald Ford – politician
• President William Clinton – politician
• Priscilla Presley – actress
• Ray Liotta – actor
• Reno – performance artist, comedian
• Rep. Jim Lightfoot – politician
• Richard Burton – actor
• Sara Gilbert – actress
• Sarah McLachlan – singer
• Scott Hamilton – figure skater
• Sen. Paull H. Shin – politician
• Sen. Robert Byrd – politician
• Shari Belafonte-Harper – actress
• Steve Jobs – entrepreneur: co-founder of Apple computer
• Surya Bonaly – figure skater
• Tim Green – football player/commentator
• Tom Monaghan – entrepreneur
• Tommy Davidson – comedian
• Victoria Rowell – actress
• Wilson Riles – educator

People Who Placed Children for Adoption:

• Andy Kaufman – actor
• David Crosby – singer
• Kate Mulgrew – actress (Star Trek)
• Joni Mitchell – singer
• Roseanne Barr – actress

People Who Adopted Children:

• Al Roker – news anchor
• Angelina Jolie – actress
• Art Buchwald – comedian
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr. – publisher
• Barbara Walters – famous journalist
• Ben Stein – actor and game show host
• Bette Davis – actress
• Bob Hope – entertainer
• Brooke Adams – actress
• Burt Reynolds – actor
• Calista Flockhart – actress
• Cecil B. De Mille – film director
• Charles Bronson – actor
• Connie Chung – news anchor
• Dale Evans – singer
• Dan Marino – football player
• Dan Wilson – Seattle Mariners (baseball)
• David Kelley – television producer
• Diane Keaton – actress
• Dianne Wiest – actress
• Donna Mills – actress
• Ed McMahon – entertainer
• Erma Bombeck – comedienne
• Estelle Parsons – actress
• Eve Arden – actress
• Father George Clements – minister
• Gail Sheehy – writer
• Gary Merrill – actor
• George Burns – comedian
• George Lucas – film director
• Gloria Swanson – actress
• Gracie Allen – comedian
• Hank Williams, Sr. – country music legend
• Harry Belafonte – singer
• Hawkshaw Hawkins – WWVA Jamboree and WSM Grand Ole Opry
• Hedy Lamarr – actress
• Helen Hays – actress
• Henry Fonda – actor
• Horace George Hamilton – administrator
• Isabella Rossellini – -actress
• Jamie Lee Curtis – actress
• Jane Fonda – actress
• Jane Wallace – TV personality
• Jane Wyman – actress
• Jann Wenner – publisher
• Jill Ireland – actress
• Jill Krementz – author
• Jim Palmer – athlete
• Jo Beth Williams – actress
• Joan Didion – author
• Joan Fontaine – actress
• John DeLorean – entrepreneur
• John Denver – singer
• John Gregory Dunne – author
• Josephine Baker – singer and dancer
• Judy Woodruff – news anchor
• Julie Andrews – actress
• Karen Grassle – actress
• Kate Capshaw – actress
• Kate Jackson – actress
• Kirby Puckett – athlete
• Kirstie Alley – actress
• Kris Kristofferson – singer
• Kurt Vonnegut – author
• Linda Ronstadt – singer
• Loni Anderson – actress
• Louis Gossett, Jr – actor.
• Magic Johnson – athlete
• Marcia Wallace – actress
• Marie Osmond – singer
• Maury Povitch and Connie Chung – talk show host and journalist, respectively
• Mia Farrow – actress
• Michelle Pfeiffer – actress
• Natalie Williams – Utah Starz (WNBA)
• Nell Carter – entertainer
• Nicole Kidman – actress
• Oscar de la Renta – designer
• Ozzy (and Sharon) Osbourne – musician
• Parker Stevenson – actor
• Patti LaBelle – singer
• Paul Newman – actor
• Paula Poundstone – comedian
• Pearl Bailey – singer
• Peter Falk – actor
• President Ronald Reagan – politician
• Regina Belle – singer
• Rep.James Leach – politician
• Richard King Mellon – financier
• Robert Fulghum – writer
• Rosie O’Donnell – actress
• Roy Rogers – entertainer
• Sally Jessy Raphael – talk show host
• Sammy Davis, Jr. – entertainer
• Sarah Purcell – entertainer
• Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell – politician
• Sen. Gordon Humphrey – politician
• Sen. Jesse Helms – politician
• Sen. John McCain – politician
• Sen. Lloyd Bentsen – politician
• Sen. Paul Simon – politician
• Sen. Paull H. Shin – politician
• Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson – politician
• Sharon Stone – actress
• Sir Christopher Guest – actor
• Stephen Spielberg – film director
• Steven Curtis Chapman – Christian musician
• Susan Ruttan – actress
• Taurean Blacque – actor
• Ted Danson – actor
• Teri Garr – actress
• Tom Cruise – actor
• Valerie Harper – actress
• Victoria Rowell – actress
• Walt (and Lily) Disney – founder of Disneyland
• William Delahunt – politician
• Willie Mays – athlete