Historical figures with disputed parentage

French painter (1798–1863)

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

Austrian civil servant; father of Adolf Hitler (1837-1903)

man with a mysterious history (1812–1833)

French general (1867–1965)

African-born Russian general and military engineer (c.1696–1781)

Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977)

18th-century European adventurer and intellectual

Duke of Florence (1510-1537)

Ghanaian-German philosopher

Mauregatus the Usurper () was the king of Asturias from 783 to 788 or 789. He was an illegitimate son of Alfonso I, supposedly by a Moorish serf. He usurped the throne on the death of Silo, the husband of his half sister Adosinda, earning himself the nickname of the Usurper. The nobility had elected Alfonso II at Adosinda's insistence, but Mauregatus assembled a large army of supporters and forced Alfonso into exile in Álava.

Duchess of Augustenburg

Imposter-pretender to the throne of England

Pretender to the Russian throne

French writer (1679–1763)

Spanish painter (1606-1670)

European braggart, self claimed to be the Son of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III

Archbishop of York

British composer, writer and grocer

Illegitimate Daughter of Henry I

12th-century illegitimate son of King Richard I of England. Peerage person ID=104867

Illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England

wife of the Duke of Morny (1838–1898)

Spanish priest

American actress (1919-1993)

(1209-1249)

12th-century illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England

English mercenary

11th-century Scottish prince

alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II

Polish general

illegitimate son of Edward II of England

Italian noblewoman

mother of Abraham Lincoln (1784–1818)

British navy officer and explorer

English knight, illegitimate son of Richard III