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