15 Celebrities That Were Adopted!

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Marilyn Monroe's mother was psychologically unstable and institutionalized, so she bounced around at least to nine differnet foster homes until she was 11.

Babe Ruth's parents placed him at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a combination reform school and orphanage run by Catholic monks, who were given custody of Ruth.

Michael Oher's birth mother was addicted to drugs and alcohol, and he was only one of her 12 children that she couldn't support. He was then Adopted by the Tuohy family.

Maya Angelou's parents divorced when she was a young child and she and her brother were sent by their father to live with his mother in Arkansas.

Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah John Jandali, an unwed couple who put Jobs up for adoption as an infant.

Melissa Gilbert was adopted after one day of birth by actor and comedian Paul Gilbert.

Sarah Ann McLachlan was adopted in Nova Scotia, Canada, by Jack and Dorice McLachlan, who also had two adopted sons, Ian and Stewart.

Michael Bay was adopted as a small baby by an accountant and child psychologist in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.

When Jamie Foxx was 7 months old while his mother, Louise, divorced from his father, and was then given to his grandparents, Mark and Esther Talley, who later adopted him.

Faith Hill was adopted at one week old by Edna Perry, a bank teller, and Ted, a factory worker, who already had two biological sons.

Kristin Chenoweth was adopted in 1968 at only five days old.

Nicole Richie was adopted by Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey. The couple took Nicole into their home at the age of 3.

Ray Liotta was adopted at 6 months old by Alfred and Mary Liotta and raised in New Jersey along with a younger adopted sister.

Bill Clinton was born to a widowed mother and was sent to live with his grandparents as a child.

Reverend Jesse Jackson was adopted by his mother’s second husband at the age of 16.

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American film star Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson or Norma Jean Baker, 1926 - 1962). Original Publication: People Disc - HW0704 (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

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