| There are over 100,000 adoptions a year in the | | | | stories and novels, including Oliver Twist, A Tale of |
| United States alone, but it is something that isn't | | | | Two Cities, Hard Time, and A Christmas Carol. |
| talked about too much-other than when celebrities | | | | Although he died a long time ago, his legacy is still |
| adopt. People all around us have been adopted, but it | | | | very much alive today.o Dave Thomas: (1932-2002) |
| usually does not come up in normal day-to-day | | | | He was the founder of Wendy's restaurants. Due to |
| conversations. There are many very successful, | | | | Dave Thomas's drive to providing fantastic |
| famous, and infamous people who have been | | | | hamburgers to the public, Wendy's became the |
| adopted throughout history. The following short | | | | country's third most popular burger restaurant. In the |
| profiles of a few of these people are only a small | | | | 1990s, Dave starred in every single one of his 800 |
| number of adopted people on the list-and who | | | | commercials. Because of this, he became a |
| knows, maybe some of these are merely rumors.o | | | | house-hold name.o Edgar Allan Poe: (1809-1849) This |
| Alexander the Great: He was the King of Macedonia | | | | extremely well-known short story writer, editor, |
| (336- 323 B.C.). He was an incredible military | | | | poet, and literary critic is known for his disturbingly |
| commander-one of the most successful; he was | | | | macabre works. After his parents' death while he |
| undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, | | | | was still very young, he was taken in by John and |
| Alexander the Great, or also called Alexander III, | | | | Frances Allan, but was never formally adopted. Some |
| conquered almost the entire world that was known | | | | of his more famous works include The Raven, The |
| to the ancient Greeks. As successful a leader as he | | | | Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The |
| was, he sadly died one month shy of his 33rd | | | | Black Cat, and The Pit and the Pendulum.o Eleanor |
| birthday.o Aristotle: (384- 322 B.C.)This famous Greek | | | | Roosevelt: (1884-1962) This remarkable woman was |
| philosopher was a student of Plato's and a teacher of | | | | the First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945. |
| Alexander the Great's. He was one that | | | | She adamantly supported the New Deal policies, |
| revolutionized Western philosophy-which is still used | | | | which her husband began. Among her many |
| today. He is said to have single-handedly founded the | | | | achievements, she was also a United States Delegate |
| sciences of Logic, Psychology, and Biology. While we | | | | to the United Nations General Assembly from 1946 |
| have much from Aristotle, it is believed that much of | | | | to 1952.o Jean Jacques Rousseau: (1712-1778) He |
| his written work was lost.o Charles Dickens: | | | | was a philosopher, composer, and literary figure. His |
| (1812-1870) He is a well-known English novelist from | | | | political philosophy helped to influence the French |
| the Victorian time period. He is considered one of | | | | Revolution. His writings are still studied today, and still |
| "English language's greatest writers". He wrote short | | | | have some influence. |