http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/lists/homeless.html "Total Names: 145 Males: 107 Females: 38 Nobel Prize Winners: 1 Nobel Prize Nominees: 2 (includes above) Oscar Winners: 5 Oscar Nominees: 9 (includes above) Emmy Award Winners: 7 Emmy Award Nominees: 10 (includes above) Grammy Award Winners: 8 Grammy Award Nominees: 13 (includes above) Best-Selling Authors: 6 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients (U.S.'s highest civilian honor): 1 Knighthoods: 1 Note: This is a list of celebrities and other prominent and famous individuals who have experienced being homeless for a brief or extended period at one time in their lives, either as children or adults. If available, the location of where the person slept at night is indicated in parentheses. "Camping" refers to homeless camping, not recreational camping." THE NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL SURPRISE YOU!

Wow Harmony!  Thanks for such an excellent post & link! 

That list blows yr mind huh? I knew some of them but I was surprised to see Drew Carrey (staunch Republican) and William Shatner of Star Trek fame (Homeless after Star Trek was cancelled).

Amazing, isn't it! So yes, we have Captain Kirk, and George Orwell...and Shania Twain... and Jesus and Buddha and Sonique... and Eartha Kitt... and David Letterman... that list includes some pretty surprising folks!!

Wow... I never would have guessed!  Are they doing anything to help others that are homeless?

I wonder how we'd find out??

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/twain-shania/god-bless-the-child-10099.html Artist/Band: Twain Shania Lyrics for Song: God Bless The Child Lyrics for Album: Other Songs Hallelujah, hallelujah, God bless the child who suffers Hallelujah, hallelujah, God bless the young without mothers This child is homeless, that child's on crack One plays with a gun, while the other takes a bullet in his back This boy's a beggar, that girl sells her soul They both work the same street, the same hell hole Hallelujah, hallelujah, God bless the child who suffers Hallelujah, hallelujah, let every man help his brother Some are born addicted and some are just thrown away Some have daddies who make them play games they don't want to play But with hope and faith We must understand All God's children need is love And us to hold their little hands This boy is hungry, he ain't got enough to eat That girl's cold and she ain't got no shoes on her feet When a child's spirit's broken And feels all hope is gone God help them find the strength to carry on But with hope and faith Yeah, we can understand All God's children need is love And us to hold their little hands Hallelujah, hallelujah, let us all love one another Hallelujah, hallelujah, make all our hearts blind to color Hallelujah, hallelujah, God bless the child who suffers *fair use*

http://www.childrens-express.org/dynamic/public/sonique_goes_300701.htm Sonique goes back to school July 30 2001 The DJ explains why there’s no place like home. Award winning artist Sonique put down her shades and went back to school for a day to promote a new homelessness initiative for young people. The pop star, who has had two number one records, spoke frankly to pupils from her old school, Highgate Wood in North London, about her own experiences of homelessness when she was just 16. Wearing a snug, designer T-shirt brandishing the logo of the charity Shelter Sonique spoke candidly to us about her views on the subject. 'I now think its something that should be prevented. The only way you can do that is to go out to young people and try and explain something that wasn't explained to me. I'm one of those people who've been affected and I'll just do whatever I can to help.' Sonique's school visit was to help launch 'Housemate', an educational project from Shelter, the national campaign for homeless people. The singer and DJ became homeless in 1985 when her mother remarried and moved back to the West Indies. She moved into a YMCA hostel but was soon kicked out for owing rent. 'There was someone at the YMCA who was managing the place at that particular time who was a little hard on me. I owed them rent and he threw me out for that. He just wasn't having it.' Like other teenagers Sonique was excited by the chance to leave home, but she didn't realise how much responsibility was required to maintain her independence. Hostel 'You really do have to think twice. Because when you're out there, you're on your own, and usually you've too far to go back to your parents. So you are going through it all by yourself.' Sonique's spell of homelessness involved her sleeping at the bottom of her friend's bed and in a hostel. 'I was just running around, never secure in any way or form. At the beginning it seemed fun, but then I began to feel lower and lower.' Shelter says that the pop singer's experience is all too common. Its main aim with this project is to improve awareness on issues surrounding homelessness. Its new project 'Housemate' includes packs for teachers to use in the classroom. Tessa Hibbert, the charity's project manager, points out that people's impression of a homeless teenager is often a stereotypical one. 'A homeless person is anyone who doesn't have a safe, secure, decent and affordable home. Everyone's seen the image of teenagers sleeping on the street. But there are many more young people who are living on friends' floors or in unsuitable accommodation.' She has high hopes for the Housemate project. 'It's a guide for teachers to incorporate ideas about housing and homelessness into their lessons. It's trying to get messages across about how young people should plan if they want to leave home.' Sonique's flying visit to her old school was chaotic but fun for the pupils. Dozens of them were crammed into a small, stuffy portacabin - and waited ages for the chance to welcome her. Isabella Austin, 15, said: 'I think it's really good that she shows an interest in homeless people. Having someone famous like Sonique here telling us about homelessness is much better than an ordinary person doing it.' Sonique was a self-confessed rebellious teenager. She says her main aim was to be independent and live life to the full. Her mother's return from the West Indies proved to be a turning point in her life. Sonique's desire for independence at an early age led initially to misfortune. But luckily for her she was able to turn things round to a positive end and a glittering career as a musician. And her advice for young homeless people? 'Once you are on the streets it's a very difficult situation to get out of. All I would say is just have faith in yourself, because virtually no-one else will.' The pop star told us she thought homelessness should be taught alongside sex education in schools. She pointed out that lack of knowledge about both subjects could - in extreme circumstances - kill. Calls Shelter gets thousands of calls every year from young people who find themselves homeless every year. Sonique reckons the way forward is prevention rather than cure. Providing education and understanding of issues surrounding homelessness enables young people to make informed decisions and choices. We were all impressed by Sonique's decency and good motives in giving up time to promote this project. She clearly cares about the plight of young homeless people. Most of the pupils present may have been there purely for a photocall with a famous pop star, but we reckon she said some really inspiring things. People listened and afterwards they thought about them. Horizontal rule About the team This article was produced by Gabriella Gay, 15, Camille Noriega, 16 and Abeyna Jones and Tinu Adeniji-Adele, 18. It was published as part of Teen Talk, the Children's Express page in New Nation. *fair use*

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http://www.epath.org/involved/events/IF2005_Swank.php Hilary Swank Supports the 2005 Imaginary Feast "The work PATH does is vital to all of our continued efforts to help the homeless."- Hilary Swank More About the Imaginary Feast For the last 21 years, People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) has invited you to become part of our Imaginary Feast, a special "non-event" which benefits homeless individuals and families. Instead of attending another dinner event, we invite you to stay in the comfort of your own home. You can express your gratitude through a contribution that will directly go towards helping others find a better life. Your gift will enable PATH to provide housing, employment training, street outreach and a variety of other supportive services. There are far too many children, women and men living on the streets of Los Angeles in cardboard boxes and cars. In a land of plenty, they are barely surviving. Give today, and help us brighten the holidays for individuals and families in need.

http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/crit/960326a.htm "She admonished the audience to help the homeless; to care about the AIDS epidemic."

http://web.salvationarmy.org.uk/alove/engage_god_homelessjesus.asp clip: "“It is impossible for a man who is warm to understand one who is cold.” Alexander Solshenitzin, author. A case can be made that Jesus was born homeless. His family was of course forced to leave their home, to become transient and to sleep rough (and give birth) for at least that one night. But what is perhaps of greater interest is the fact that Jesus chose the way of homelessness during his three years of ministry. In Luke 9 Jesus responds to a man who says he will follow him wherever he goes: 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.'" Jesus on the Homeless http://mindprod.com/politics/laser/jesus.html "Jesus is Homeless All you Christians out there in VILAND, check out Matthew 25:40 Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. If this is correct, Jesus is out there somewhere in downtown Victoria right now homeless, huddled in a doorway, cold, wet, hungry and shivering because no one will let him come inside to get warm. Why are you doing this? What crime do you think he committed that deserves such cruel and unusual punishment? If you reject this teaching, please be honest and stop calling yourself a Christian."

Thank you for trying, Harmony!  You are so kind! 

Hazel

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I'd say I was coming through with some results, at least! LOL!

As Always you did and doing a wonderfull job

Happy 2006 you all

vero

And Happy New Year to you also! and to everyone!

One of the most disturbing aspects of homeless for me is that so many people (especially those supposed to be helping low-income and/or homeless people) look down on them and judge them, thinking that "if the homeless were "better people", they would not be experiencing what they are."

There are quite a few names on that list that are surprising, and these judmental people mentioned above would probably be fawning all over them (ok, only the live ones). :p

I actually stopped at the J's...no particular reason.  But one of the last names I saw was "Jesus".  And lest anyone worry about that, the very last name I saw was "Jewel".  All I know about her was that she sings, doesn't she?

Anyway, Jesus told his disciples to go into the world to preach, and not to take food, money or even extra clothing....hmmm....who does that sound like now?

in between all the horrible, sad stuff... a reminder of how far people can rise up out of the ashes...

A Lionel Aldridge . . . American football player; television sportscaster-analyst; played in two winning Super Bowl games (homeless for 2 1/2 years). Photo: The Topps Company. Matthew Ansara . . . actor; son of actress Barbara Eden and actor Michael Ansara (streets in the Los Angeles area) (sources: 20/20 Downtown, ABC-TV newsmagazine, January 30, 2002, Barbara Eden oncamera sit-down interview conducted by Connie Chung / People magazine, March 11, 2002, Barbara Eden print interview). B John Drew Barrymore . . . actor; father of actress Drew Barrymore (streets/shelters). Jean-Michel Basquiat . . . artist-actor (streets of New York City where he began as a graffiti artist and found fame as a canvas artist with the help of Andy Warhol. The poster at right is for a 1996 movie based on his life. The cast included actors Jeffrey Wright [title role], Benicio Del Toro, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Parker Posey, Courtney Love, and Tatum O'Neal.). Arthur Bell . . . ballet dancer (streets of Brooklyn in New York City). Photo: CNN. Danny Bonaduce . . . actor; radio-show host; American author (car, just before beginning his radio career). Matt Borlenghi . . . Emmy Award-nominated actor (streets/truck/outdoor camping in Santa Monica, California) (sources: Entertainment Tonight, June 13, 2002, Matt Borlenghi oncamera sit-down interview conducted by Maria Menounos / Entertainment Tonight website article, June 12, 2002) . John Green Brady (John G. Brady) . . . governor of Alaska 1897-1906 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many "orphan trains," accompanied on this particular trip by future North Dakota governor Andrew Burke). Photo: Alaska State Library. Sherry Brantley . . . American author; lecturer. T. Casey Brennan . . . American author (homeless shelter in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA). Shannon Briggs . . . boxer (streets of New York City while a teenager). Wes Browning . . . artist; writer; former university professor (cars/kitchen floor of friend's apartment/couch at friend's business). Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha) . . . religious leader; source for Buddhism; Enlightened One in the Buddhism religion (outdoor camping). Photo: artist's rendering. Andrew Burke . . . governor of North Dakota 1870-1873 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many "orphan trains," accompanied on this particular trip by future Alaska governor John Green Brady). C Cappadonna . . . rap music singer (self-imposed homelessness on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland: "It was by choice. But it was more of my way of rebelling against the materialistic world."). Cally Cardwell . . . mother of actress-singer Lena Cardwell (public transportation terminals in New York City with her daughter). Lena Cardwell . . . actress-singer (train, bus, and subway terminals in New York City for two years as a child with her mother). Photo: NBC-TV. Drew Carey . . . Emmy Award-nominated actor-writer-producer-comedian; best-selling American author (star of the television series The Drew Carey Show) (car) (source: Entertainment Tonight, May 23, 2002; birthdays segment, co-host Mary Hart: "Which star of The Drew Carey Show once lived out of his car? That's Drew Carey himself, who turns 44 today.") Jim Carrey . . . actor-writer-producer-comedian (yellow VW van in various Canadian locations with older brother John Carrey, older sister Rita Carrey, and parents Percy Carrey and Kathleen Carrey/outdoor camping in a tent with his family in the backyard of the home of his older married sister, Patricia Carrey). Lenedra Carroll . . . mother and manager of Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel (VW van; one of two used by mother and daughter). Todd Chaisson . . . singer-musician; lead vocalist of the band "Substance D" (cardboard box in the back of a grocery store in North Hollywood, California). Charlie Chaplin . . . Oscar-winning actor-writer-director-producer; British-born author; knighted (streets of London during his childhood after his father died and his mother suffered a mental breakdown). John Chapman . . . early American naturalist-nurseryman who traveled the American Midwest planting, harvesting, selling, and giving away apple trees; legendized in stories, poems, and songs as "Johnny Appleseed" (outdoor camping/barns). Kelly Clarkson . . . Grammy Award-winning singer; American Idol television talent show 1st-season winner 2002 (car/shelter, with her female roommate after a major structural fire forced them out of a 71-unit apartment building in West Hollywood, California in March 2002) (source: Inside Edition television newsmagazine, September 5, 2002; story/interview with her roommate-fellow Texan, actress-singer-dancer Janet Harvick. Janet: "It was really, really rough because we had just moved here, and we had just moved in the day of the fire. We knew nobody here—I mean nobody, so the night of the fire, the next day, and night, we stayed in our car." / US Weekly magazine, September 23, 2002; print story: "'My apartment [building] burned down; my car got towed twice,' recalls Clarkson, who, with nowhere to go, lived in a homeless shelter for several days.") Photo: TV Guide. Willy Chow . . . martial arts master instructor (streets/outdoor camping in Hawaii). Kurt Cobain . . . Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-musician; rock star; lead vocalist of the band "Nirvana" (outdoor camping under a bridge in Aberdeen, Washington USA/cardboard box on the porch of a drummer friend/hallway floor of an apartment building/hospital waiting room/old couch in a garage). (source: book, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of kurt Cobain, by Charles R. Cross, 2001). Photo: Rolling Stone magazine. James A. Conrad . . . American author; physics researcher (car/outdoor camping; hurricane). Photo: jamesaconrad.com. (more- see URL at top of threa

Jewel at the 19th Annual "Help The Homeless Program and Walk" - November 18, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/y4ajv7 Jewel has been formerly homeless, as has been noted.

no photo credit given- picture of Jewel taken as she participated in Fannie Mae Homeless Walkathon, 2006 fair use for humanitarian purposes

http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=144714 Halle Lived In Homeless Shelter Mar 15, 2007 - World Entertainment News Network Oscar winner Halle Berry was forced to seek refuge in a homeless shelter when she was a struggling actress - because her mother refused to send her money. The stunning Catwoman star moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was 21 in the hope of becoming an actress but she quickly ran out of cash. And her mom refused to help her out financially - because she knew her daughter would have to learn to fend for herself. Berry says, "She drove me there, but I don't think she ever thought it would pan out. "After a month or two, I ran out of money and called her. I said, `Mum, I hate to ask you this, but could you send me some money? I just have rent money. I can't eat this week.' "And she said, I'm not going to start this calling home asking Mom for money. No. Figure it out or come home.' I was so mad. I didn't speak to her for a year and a half." The 40-year-old actress now accepts her mother did the right thing and she's grateful for her tough love. She adds, "It taught me how to take care of myself and that I could live through any situation, even if it meant going to a shelter for a small stint, or living within my means, which were meager. "I became a person who knows that I will always make my own way." *fair use*

Am just coming back to my energy level after a long time of feeling burned out- so I am re-activating threads and topics and trying to come up to speed again.