Dave Mustaine. (Photo: Archive)
Gabriel Byrne. (Photo: Archive)
Bill Clinton. (Photo: Archive)
Drew Barrymore. (Photo: Archive)
Jewel. (Photo: Archive)
Fiona Apple. (Photo: Archive)
Marilyn Manson. (Photo: Archive)
Rosie Perez. (Photo: Archive)
Rudyard Kipling. (Photo: Archive)
Mary J. Blige. (Photo: Archive)
Antwone Fisher. (Photo: Archive)
Tina Turner. (Photo: Archive)
Janice Dickinson. (Photo: Archive)
Jonathan Davis. (Photo: Archive)
Henry Rollins. (Photo: Archive)
Joyce Meyer. (Photo: Archive)
Axl Rose. (Photo: Archive)
Maya Angelou. (Photo: Archive)
Tavis Smiley. (Photo: Archive)
Eleanor Roosevelt. (Photo: Archive)
Tyler Perry. (Photo: Archive)
Oprah Winfrey. (Photo: Archive)
Queen Latifah. (Photo: Archive)
Marilyn Monroe. (Photo: Archive)
Chevy Chase. (Photo: Archive)
Missy Elliott. (Photo: Archive)
Billie Holiday. (Photo: Archive)
Rosie O’Donnell. (Photo: Archive)
Christina Aguilera. (Photo: Archive)
George Orwell. (Photo: Archive)
Richard Nixon. (Photo: Archive)
Robert Blake. (Photo: Archive)
Roseanne Barr. (Photo: Archive)
Ludwig van Beethoven. (Photo: Archive)
Gloria Steinem. (Photo: Archive)
The celebrities in this list have all confirmed that they were victims of child physical or sexual abuse. They give hope to similarly affected people out there and prove nothing can stop the human spirit from succeeding.
