Famous - But No Children

Do you have a right NOT to have children? Do we have a right NOT to be born? Choosing to remain 'child-free' or 'childless' is something that sparks various reactions - but not everyone has actually given it deep thought. The names and viewpoints discussed in this book may spur some thinking among those considering becoming parents, feminists, ecologists, the religious right, and the child-free community. The Internet is full of lists of people who are reported as not having had children; some of these lists contain errors. Here, the author has added dates and places of birth and death, to aid.

Introduction; Author's note; Chapter 1. To Bear or Not to Bear: That is the Question; Chapter 2. Don't They Like Children?; The Ann Landers Survey; If You Had It To Do Over Again-Would You Have Children?; Chapter 3. Questions and Answers; Chapter 4. The Procreation -- I.Q. Connection; Chapter 5. Child-free and the Professions; Actors/Actresses:; Adventurers (explorers, daring risk takers) who did not sire/bear children:; Architects who did not sire/bear children:; Artists who did not sire/bear children:; Cartoonists who did not sire/bear children.

Champion Athletes who did not sire/bear children:Comedians who did not sire/bear children:; Dancers/Choreographers who did not sire/bear children:; Fashion Designers who did not sire/bear children:; Film makers/directors who did not sire/bear children:; Food-related personalities who did not sire/bear children:; Founders who did not sire/bear children:; Historians who did not sire/bear children:; Inventors who did not sire/bear children:; Journalists, news reporters, editors who did not sire/bear children:; Judges who did not sire/bear children:; Lyricists who did not sire/bear children.

Mathematicians who did not sire/bear children:Mu…