Famous, successful men without fathers?

Question

I'm doing research on boys growing up without fathers. Can you name some famous men (political, business and cultural leaders, for instance) who grew up in fatherless homes?

Answer 1

Tom Cruise,
Ed Bradley,
Alexander Haig,
Bill Clinton,
Alan Greenspan,
Bill Cosby,
Dr. Benjamin Carson
Les Brown

Tupac
Biggie Smalls

and many many more

Answer 2

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ~William Westmoreland We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. ~Pieter Geyl War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ~John Stewart Mill Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. ~Sir Winston Churchill The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. ~Ulysses S. Grant The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. ~George Orwell Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead! ~Admiral David Farragut

Answer 3

George Eastman (1853-1932) founder of Eastman Kodak Co. His father died when he was 8 and he dropped out of school at 14 to support his mother and 2 sisters.

Answer 4

Bill Clinton.

Answer 5

me, Robert Joel (Joe) Scott my father died when I was 11yrs. old.