What effect does the divorce rate have on the odds of an individual's
success?(rhetorical-no answer requested)
1.)Which famous and/or successful people came from:  

       a.) single parent homes
       b.) extended family homes(i.e. aunts, uncles, grandparents)
       c.) state sponsored care(foster homes)
       d.) adoption

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Request for Question Clarification by answerguru-ga on 28 Sep 2002 15:24 PDT

So are you looking for an answer to just the following question:

1.)Which famous and/or successful people came from:   
 
       a.) single parent homes 
       b.) extended family homes(i.e. aunts, uncles, grandparents) 
       c.) state sponsored care(foster homes) 
       d.) adoption

Hello,

A list of famous children of single parents can be found at Single
Parent Central (1).

Other children of single-parent families include:

Audrey Hepburn (2)
Courtney Cox (3)
Olivia Newton-John (4)
Andie MacDowell (5)
Don Johnson (6)
Mariah Carey (7)
Matt Damon (8)
Kirsten Dunst (9)
Bette Davis (10)
Gene Simmons (real name Chaim Witz) (11)

Here are some people raised by relatives other than their parents:

Eric Clapton (grandparents) (12)
Tammy Wynette (grandparents) (13)
Willie Nelson (grandparents) (14)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (grandparents) (15)
Evel Knievel (birth name Robert) (grandparents) (16)
Isaac Hayes (grandparents) (17)
Sen. Mike Mansfield (aunt and uncle) (18)
Lady Bird Johnson (birth name Claudia) (aunt) (19)

Some celebrities fit in two categories:

John Lennon lived at times with his mother and at times with his aunt
and uncle (20)

Jewel (real name Jewel Kilcher) spent part of her childhood with her
aunt and part with her father. (21)

Kurt Cobain lived at times with his mother, other times with his
father, and another time with his aunt. (22)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived with his father, then an aunt and uncle
(23).

FosterClub has a list of famous former foster children. See footnote
(24).

About.com has a list of famous adoptees. See footnote (25).

I hope this answer meets your needs. If not, please request
clarification.

References

(1) "Famous Single Parents" (and their children), Single Parent
Central
http://www.singleparentcentral.com/famoussingleparents.htm

(2) "Audrey Hepburn biography," PageWise Inc.
http://nene.essortment.com/audreyhepburnb_otd.htm

(3) "Courtney Cox Picture Site," Aclasscelebs
http://www.aclasscelebs.com/courtneyc/biocontact.htm

(4) "ONJ Biography," Lori A. Buck
http://members.aol.com/Shakesp95/onjbiogr.htm

(5) "The Andie MacDowell Page," Pavel Hruza
http://projekt.pinknet.cz/AndieMacDowell/biograph.html

(6) "Biography - Don Johnson," Dana M. Fritz
http://www15.brinkster.com/donjohnson/Biography/biography.html

(7) "Mariah Carey pics," AskMen.com
http://www.askmen.com/women/4c_mariah_carey.html

(8) "Matt Damon Biography," Tiscali Entertainment
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/matt_damon_biog.html

(9) "Kirsten Dunst Biography," Adoring.net
http://www.adoring.net/kirstendunst/biography.htm

(10) "Bette Davis Biography," Lynn Daugherty
http://www.lynnpdesign.com/classicmovies/davis/bio.html

(11) "The KISS F.A.Q.," Julian Gill
http://www.kissfaq.com/members/bio_gene.html

(12) "The Eric Clapton FAQ - Biography," Steve Horowitz
http://216.239.51.100/search?

q=cache:qn5n0mCO9wEC:www.ericclaptonfaq.com/biography.html+biography+raised+grandparents&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

(13) "Tammy Wynette:biography," PageWise Inc.
http://www.allsands.com/Entertainment/People/tammywynette_vrj_gn.htm

(14) "Willie Nelson Biography," Rolling Stone.com
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=2701

(15) "Garcia Marquez' Labryinth: A Literary Biography," Proseworld.com
http://www.proseworld.com/marquez.html

(16) "Evel Knievel's Biography," Evel Knievel's WorldWide MarketPlace
http://www.evelknievel.com/bio.html

(17) "Isaac Hayes Biography," Isaac Hayes
http://64.224.120.195/Bio/bio-2.html

(18) "Mike Mansfield Biography," Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs
http://www.mcpa.org/tribute/biography.htm

(19) "Lady Bird: A Comprehensive Biography of Mrs. Johnson," Kirkus
Reviews/Amazon.com
http://hallaudiobook.com/nonfiction/313.shtml

(20) "John Lennon - Bio," Instant Karma!
http://www.instantkarma.com/johnbio.html

(21) "Jewel's Biography," Alan Fraze
http://members.tripod.com/~Putzman1/bio.htm

(22) "A short biography of Kurt's life," Renske Pols
http://www.gironet.nl/home/jpols/kurt_bio.htm

(23) "Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Philosopher," Lucidcafe
http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96jun/rousseau.html

(24) "Famous Foster Kids," FosterClub
http://www.fosterclub.com/funstuff/famous/ind.html

(25) "Famous People Who Are Adoptees," About.com
http://216.239.51.100/search?

q=cache:ZBJElsV_r2oC:stepparenting.about.com/library/blfamousa.htm+famous+single+parents&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

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