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