Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics.

Classical and religious scriptural

  • Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, orphaned in early childhood.
  • Cyrus the Great, Persian emperor, orphaned in childhood.
  • Moses, major prophet in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, orphaned as an infant.
  • Muhammad, central figure in Islam, orphaned at age 6.
  • Romulus and Remus, traditional founders of ancient Rome, orphaned in infancy.

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I'm crazy about my students, who are . orphans. like me, running from their very own version of the Bronx . But when I'm not teaching or playing in Ping-Pong tournaments, I run right back to New York . . ... Much like the . foundlings. of Charles Dickens's and Henry Fielding's tales, the picaresque hero Stocking moves from episode to episode, seeking the story of his birth only to find he is the illegitimate son of his protector, the madame of Holy Ground, a famous Manhattan ...