Lord Byron
Poet Lord Byron is also known as George Gordon. He fathered a daughter with Claire Clairmont. The child was raised by her mother until she was 15 months old. Byron decided to take over and forced Clairmont to give the child up for adoption. Byron then took the little girl to Italy. He changed her name from Alba to Allegra and then left her at a convent to be cared for by nuns. She sadly died just one year later.
Strom Thurmond
If you don’t know who this is, we can help you. Strom Thurmond is a previous US senator who was famous for supporting segregation. It shocked the public when it was revealed he had a child with a 16 year old black maid. It wasn’t revealed until after his death.