Can you recognize this singer?
Hint : Her first gig was on Disney Chanel.
Before she became a wrecking ball with short hair and the strength to take on all traditionalists in the world, Miley Cyrus was sweet Hanna Montana. This picture is before she made her TV debut and became Miley Cyrus. She isn't going anywhere, and that's a good thing.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She was a judge on American Idol
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty is the real name of Nicki Minaj. Born in Trinidad in 1982, she moved to NYC early in life, spending her formative years in Queens where she shopped her mixtape around. She recalls, "I don't think I had a lot of discipline in my household. My mom motivated me, but it wasn't a strict household. I kind of wanted a strict household." Perhaps that is why she was fired from 15 jobs in early adulthood.
Who is this talented actor?
Hint: He won 2 Oscars before he turned 40.
As a kid, De Niro grew up in Greenwich Village, but would hang out in Little Italy with the Italian youths and since he was so fair-skinned, they nicknamed him "Bobby Milk." De Niro's father is half Italian, and in 2006, the actor was granted Italian citizenship.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She was an internet celebrity before she released her Grammy winning debut album.
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is otherwise known as Cardi B. Born in 1992, in Washington Heights. Daughter of a Dominican dad and Trinidadian and Spanish mom, Cardi developed her trademark accent living there. Claiming to have had involvement with violent gangs as a youth let's take a look at this unearthed photo of lil' Cardi! What do you think? A few years after this period, she found herself in an abusive relationship and discovered stripping was her quickest way out financially.
Who is this action star?
Hint: Although he is regarded an A-list movie star, he never won an Oscar. He did win 2 Emmy though.
Born of all places in West Germany to an American father and German mother, Bruce Willis came to America only when he was two. Willis stuttered as a child and found that acting and being on stage was the best help for him. His first big role was as a private investigator in Moonlight. Turns out he actually was a PI after high school.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She won multiple Guinness records including most subscribers for a musician on YouTube (female) and most followers on Instagram for a female.
Ariana Grande-Butera was born in 1993 down in sunny, breezy Florida. From an early age, she performed at a local children's theater, and things went up, up, up from there! But before the stage shows and the realization of her musical dreams, Ariana was just a lil' sweetie like all of us. Here she is, everyone! If you look closely, you can see the adult we know hiding in there.
Who is this talented kid ?
Hint: She won 15 Grammy awards and 1 Oscar.
Born on May 5, 1988, in North London England, this young girl is only 6 years old and already is acting as an artist, experimenting and expressing herself. She recorded a demo for a school project and gave the demo to a friend who posted it on Myspace, which jump-started her career.
Who is this kid?
Hint: she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.
Who would believe that this innocent-looking little girl is going to become one of the most successful actors ever, a renowned philanthropist and endure one of the ugliest divorces and an even uglier relationship start? In the past year, she has shied from the limelight and is focusing on her family and keeping to herself.
Who is this kid?
Hint: He was the first person to win an Academy Award for a Hip Hop song
This is Eminem. Yeap, this cute, blonde, all American boy will grow up to piss everyone off and have the crowd come back for more. Growing up in a black neighborhood, these cute looks were also the reason for him getting beat-up and bullied at school. It was Dr. Dre who backed him as a rapper despite being white stating "I don't give a f@#$ if you're purple; if you can kick it, I'm working with you."
Who is this kid?
Hint: He changed his name when he turned 15
Bill Clinton was actually born William Jefferson Blythe III, but his mother remarried after his father died to a man named Roger Clinton, and Bill took his name at age 15. When he was 16, he was first chair saxophone at high school, but he decided he wanted to be a public official, saying " I loved music and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or Stan Getz."
Who is this kid?
Hint: She served in the army.
Israeli born Gadot rose to fame with her Wonder Woman role, similar to the way Heath Ledger reinvented the role of the Joker. Gadot, who starred in The Fast and The Furious is also Gucci's bamboo perfume global presenter. Gadot is not going anywhere soon. A mother of two, she is working hard to bring us joy.
Who is this kid?
Hint: Her first hit was an unaccredited backup vocal on a Hip Hop song.
Lady Gaga started playing piano at age 4, writing her own songs at 13. Born on March 28, 1986, at the age of 11, she was accepted to the Juilliard School in Manhattan but didn't go. Instead, she went to a private Catholic school, holding her first New York nightclub show at age 14. One of only 20 ever granted early admittance to NYU's Tisch School of Arts she quit after a year to pursue her music career.
Who is this actor?
Hint: He won a Golden Globe for playing himself.
This smiling boy's smile is going to be the downfall of many of New York's finest women. Do you see those eyes? Those are the eyes of a true artist. After Friends finished he created a comedy show about himself (and won a Golden Globe for it) and harnessed his gear-head to host BBC's Top Gear.
Who is this handsome actor?
Hint: a lot of his roles involved sword fights.
This charming little English boy (you can tell by the sweater) got his first big break only 2 days out of acting school! Not a lot of Orlando isn't broken. He broke his left arm and cracked his skull three times, broke his nose, his right and left leg, his right wrist and he also broke his back. He also broke some ribs while shooting The Lord of the Rings.
Who is this kid?
Yeah, this little toddler is going to become everyone's sweetheart more times than once. Since her debut in the early 90's she's won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. But for us, she'll always be Rachel from Friends and Brad Pitt's mythological ex.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She dated both Nick Jonas and Justin Biber.
Selena Marie Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas in 1992. "My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except [that we] go to the park and have barbecues on Sundays after church." She actually got her high-school diploma by homeschooling! Selena began auditioning at an early age and met Demi Lovato during a casting call for Barney & Friends!
Who is this kid?
Hint: She was part of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in her youth.
This smiling little English girl is no other than Amy Winehouse. During her short career, she had time to produce two albums, with her second album Back to Black in 2008 landed 5 Grammy awards in her lap, making her the first British woman to win five Grammys including Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Winehouse made her last public appearance at Camden's Roundhouse just three days before she died in 2011.
Who is this kid?
Hint: He was portrayed in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
The martial arts icon. The man who single-handedly made Kong Fu and Karate popular and laid the cornerstone for today's UFC franchise. Born in 1940 in San Francisco to a Chinese father and half Chinese half Caucasian mother, Lee began martial arts training when he was 16 years old. Here he is presumably 9 years old.
Who is this kid?
Hint: He hold the record for the biggest gap between top 10 hits (over 30 years)
The father of heavy metal, the Prince of Darkness, the founder of Black Sabbath, there are few artists that have made in impact like Ozzy Osbourne. Nicknamed "Ozzy "since grade school, he suffered from dyslexia that was diagnosed only many years later. When he heard She Loves You at the age of 14, he knew he wanted to be a rock star and quit school at the end of the year. He worked as a construction site laborer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker, car factory horn-tuner, and abattoir worker. He also committed a couple of low-level failed burglaries including stealing a TV that he dropped and abandoned. He spent 6 weeks in prison, and his father, deciding to teach the young delinquent a lesson, never paid the fine to release him.
Who is this kid?
Hint: His last album sold over 10 million copies in the U.S alone.
This smiling little 3-year-old is going to live long after his demise and change the world - it's Tupac Shakur is? And did you know that Tupac was named after South American revolutionary Túpac Amaru and that his full name is Túpac Amaru Shakur? I bet you didn't know that his mother Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party. A month after she been acquitted of charges of conspiracy, Tupac was born. Born in East Harlem, New York, on June 16, 1971, he was originally named Lesane Parish Crooks, but his mother changed it. No wonder he would grow up to be an American revolutionary!
Who is this kid?
Hint: Her media nickname is ' Goddess of Pop'.
Yep, this is Cher and this ain't no mistake. This is her mugshot, which was taken when she was only 13 years old. What exactly did she do? Well, she only borrowed her mom's car. Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian and spent her whole childhood dreaming of being famous. Her talent showed when she organized the production of Oklahoma for her fifth-grade class. Not only did young Cher produce the show, but she also choreographed it, directed it and did the parts for the boys, who were hesitant to participate. Cher said she "always knew she was going to be a star" and after learning this, we'd agree!
Who is this kid?
Hint: She won a Golden Globe at the age of 20.
A daughter of an academy award winner and feminist icon has to become something special. That's the golden rule. Hudson did just that. After winning a Golden Globe for her role in Almost Famous she has appeared in an array of films crossing genres and challenging herself and her fans anew in each appearance.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She has made 35 appearances on international Vogue magazine covers.
For any Hadid, a time before fame is something that barely exists. Born to model Yolanda Hadid and real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, her modeling career began at age 2! She was discovered by Guess clothing and modeled with baby Guess before stopping to concentrate on school. Those interim years while Hadid focused on her studies, going on to start a degree in criminal psychology, are the only very few years she was not in front of the screen. As you know, now she is one of the most successful models around and was even named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.
Who is this kid?
Hint: He was born in Hawaii.
Just imagine seeing this 4-year old on his tricycle in your neighborhood a few decades ago. Let's say you were accompanied by a friend who was able to tell you this child's future. His father was Kenyan and his mother was from Kansas. Would you believe them if they told you he would go on to become America's first Afro-American president? This photo was likely taken in 1965 in the state of Hawaii, where he was born. He sure was cute, wasn't he?
Who is this kid?
Hint: Although he does mostly action movies, one of his biggest roles was in a musical.
Oh yeah, that's John Joseph Travolta. Good looks were a given for Travolta. His father was a semi-pro football player and his mother was an actress and a singer. Travolta is an avid aviator. He literally lives on an airstrip he owns and has four planes. In 2007 he was honored the Living Legends of Aviation award.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She is very outspoken supporter of the LGBT community.
This 4-year-old all American girl is a bundle of talent. Would you believe Taylor Swift started writing songs only a year after this picture was taken? Her Grandmother was an Opera singer, so I guess it's all in the genes. December 13, 1989 in Pennsylvania, Swift already sang The Star-Spangled Banner for the 76'ers at the age of 11. She recorded her first album at the age of 16 and went on to be the youngest artist to win a Grammy in 2010. Her music has a special appeal to women all over the world in addition to her appeal to many Americans with her All American music and vibe.
Who is this kid?
Hint: Although she was part of some very big franchises she mostly work on indie movies in the last few years.
For her young age, Kirsten has had enough time to do a lot of mileage in Hollywood. The Twilight Saga gained her international fame, in addition to her relationship and breakup with her co-star Robert Pattinson. In 2017 she announced being involved with a Victoria Secret model Stella Maxwell stating for an interview with The Guardian "it's cool that you don't have to nail everything down anymore. That whole certainty about whether you're straight or gay or whatever."
Who is this kid?
Hint: He did a collaboration with Michael Jackson
I know it sounds weird, but if someone had ever asked me what Notorious B.I.G. looked like when he was six, this is exactly what I would've imagined. Interesting, right? It does take style to pull off a pink suit, after all. But this guy is just too damn awesome. Notorious B.I.G. was also known as Christopher Wallace, but received the nickname "Big" because of his size; "Biggie Smalls" was another nickname, but he recorded under "The Notorious B.I.G." when the name Biggie Smalls was already in use by another rapper. March 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of his death; the case is still unsolved.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She was The sex symbol of her generation
I'm not saying I couldn't have recognized her without her signature blonde hair. It's just that her curly brown hair and the circumstances in which this photo was taken are quite unusual when you're used to a more glamorous image of Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn was born Norma Jean Mortensen and was in a foster home and orphanage in childhood. One of her first jobs was working at the Radiophone Factory in 1944, and that's what you see pictured here. Photographer David Conover was at the factory on assignment from the U.S. Army Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit, and she quickly became a model after he took her picture. She first used the name "Jean Norman" but took the name Marilyn Monroe after a 20th Century Fox executive picked it -- Marilyn was from a Broadway star's name, and Monroe was her mother's maiden name.
Who is this kid?
Hint: She won 5 awards for her debut single (and has more than 100 now)
This little 2-year-old is gonna rock the world. Don't be fooled by Rihanna's babyface, that's a real go-getter strong woman! She is so strong that no one at school knew about the migraine headaches that plagued her because she didn't want to be different, she overcame an abusive relationship and scored her first No.1 hit when she was only 18! Born on February 20, 1988, she started a girl band at the age of 15 but of the three girls, she was the only one producer Evan Rodgers liked. Rogers later assisted her to get a contract from Def Jam records and went on to become Rihanna! Did you know that when she was 16 she left Barbados to live in America with Evan Rogers and his wife so she could promote her budding career?