40 Wonderfully Old Photos of Famous People From Back in the Day
Time stops for no one, not even for the rich and famous. One day you are a teenager goofing around in front of the camera in your parents living room, and the next moment you are one of the richest people on earth. One second you are nervous about taking your yearbook photo and the next you have become a rock and roll legend. It's fun to look back at old pictures of famous people and see them as they were before their life had become something else entirely.
A young Martha Stewart posing for a modeling gig, not aware of the crazy twists and turns her life is going to have in the next couple of years or a 10 year old Tom Hanks posing for a school photo, oblivious to the exciting journey his life is about to take him on. We just wonder why we never knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was a breakdance champion.
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Steve Buscemi
A young Steve Buscemi performing with his band The Pawns of Love at Gerdes Folk City in the 80s.
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Notorious B.I.G after graduating kindergarten
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Harrison Ford
Working out to get ripped for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984.
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Gwen-Stefani
8th grader Gwen-Stefani with her brother Eric Stefani after getting autographs from the members of the band Madness.
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14 year old Bryan Cranston with the family dog, 1970.
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Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton of Office fame back in the 1960s as lead guitarist for the rock band The Grass Roots
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Willie Nelson
Visiting the White House where he smoked weed on roof with then-President Jimmy-Carters son Chip Carter.
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Prince Rogers Nelson as an adorable youngster.
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Patrick Sawyze, Scott Baio, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Greg Bradford
On the set of Skatetown-U.S.A., 1979.
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Princess Diana and Young Harry
Princess Diana corrals a young Prince Harry as they arrive for a school nativity play.
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Lon Chaney Jr.
Chilling with his German Shepherd Moose during a break in filming on the set of Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, 1943.
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Jimi Hendrix goofing around in his kitchen in 1969.
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Janet Leigh with her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis
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Tiny Tom Hanks
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Bruce Willis
In his Penns Grove High School Yearbook, 1973.
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Danny Trejo
Working out at Muscle Beach in Venice Beach, 1995. He was 51 years old here.
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Farrokh Bulsara
aka Freddie Mercury
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Adam West
aka Bruce Wayne
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Jason Statham
When he was a member of Britain's National Diving Squad, 1990.
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O'Shea Jackson Sr.
You might know as Ice Cube, senior in high school yearbook, 1987
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Martha Stewart
In her early 20s, when she was a fashion model.
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A very young Carrie Fisher showing off her dollhouse.
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Matthew McConaughey
A young Matthew McConaughey, runner up in the Little Mr. Texas contest, just 8 years old.
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Terry Crews
When he played basketball in high school, 1986.
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Mel Brooks
When he was a combat engineer disarming land mines during World War II
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A very wee Barack Obama practicing his swing.
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Kate McKinnon
Wee young Kate McKinnon dressed up as Dana Scully of the X-Files for Halloween.
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Bruce Springsteen
with his dad Douglas Frederick Springsteen in Mexico, 1972.
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Stan Lee
During his time in the U. S. Army Signal Corps during World War 2
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Vin Diesel stylin'.
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, 1968.
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Warwick Davis
During a break in filming Return of the Jedi, 1983.
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Carrie Fisher
What a legend!
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Leonardo DiCaprio
10 year old Leonardo DiCaprio when he won second place in the Oer Erckenschwick breakdancing competition in Germany, 1984.
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A rare photo of Stevie Wonder without his shades.
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Tony Hawk practicing in his garage in the 80s.
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Young Canadian darling Ryan Reynolds with his puppy, 1996.
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The incomparable Nick Offerman, 1994.
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Wilt Chamberlain in high school in the 50s
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Taking ballet lessons from dancer Marianne Claire to perfect his body building competition posing skills.
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