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5. John Wayne
The favorite actor of many a person, John Wayne wasn’t always known as John. In fact, he was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, and there are some sources that list him as Marion Michael Morrison, as well as Marion Mitchell Morrison. Apart from being an actor and producer, he was famous for being among the top box office draws for over three decades.
His career took off in as early as 1939 when he starred in Stagecoach, which made him an instant mainstream star. After that, he went on to star in an incredible 142 pictures. Wayne personified the nation’s frontier heritage – eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them, he played a vast array of roles including cowboys, cavalrymen, as well as unconquerable loners.
The oldest of two children born to Clyde and Mary “Molly” Morrison, Wayne moved to Lancaster, California, around the age of seven. The family moved again a few years later after Clyde failed in his attempt to become a farmer.
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