Chevy Chase. (Photo: Archive)
Rosie Perez. (Photo: Archive)
Mary J. Blige. (Photo: Archive)
Janice Dickinson. (Photo: Archive)
Marilyn Manson. (Photo: Archive)
Fiona Apple. (Photo: Archive)
Roseanne Barr. (Photo: Archive)
Tyler Perry. (Photo: Archive)
Robert Blake. (Photo: Archive)
Rosie O’Donnell. (Photo: Archive)
Billie Holiday. (Photo: Archive)
Bill Clinton. (Photo: Archive)
Drew Barrymore. (Photo: Archive)
Dave Mustaine. (Photo: Archive)
Rudyard Kipling. (Photo: Archive)
Henry Rollins. (Photo: Archive)
Tavis Smiley. (Photo: Archive)
Eleanor Roosevelt. (Photo: Archive)
George Orwell. (Photo: Archive)
Queen Latifah. (Photo: Archive)
Gloria Steinem. (Photo: Archive)
Jonathan Davis. (Photo: Archive)
Christina Aguilera. (Photo: Archive)
Marilyn Monroe. (Photo: Archive)
Jewel. (Photo: Archive)
Richard Nixon. (Photo: Archive)
Gabriel Byrne. (Photo: Archive)
Maya Angelou. (Photo: Archive)
Antwone Fisher. (Photo: Archive)
Missy Elliott. (Photo: Archive)
Axl Rose. (Photo: Archive)
Joyce Meyer. (Photo: Archive)
Tina Turner. (Photo: Archive)
Ludwig van Beethoven. (Photo: Archive)
Oprah Winfrey. (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.
