Oprah Gail Winfrey, born Orpah Gail Winfrey, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran from 1986 to 2011.

Does Oprah Winfrey have children?

Oprah Winfrey is well known for her wealth and for the fact that she has not been married or had any children.

She was born to Vernita Lee who was a housemaid. Her father is Vernon Winfrey, who was a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who was in the Armed Forces at the time of her birth.

Throughout her childhood, she suffered from sexual abuse from family members.

At the age of 14, she became pregnant. However, her son was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.

During her Australian tour in 2015, she revealed for the first time she decided to name the baby son Canaan because Canaan means new land, new life.