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Chris Herren

Chris Herren was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, into a middle class family. Growing up, he was always athletic, and earned a basketball scholarship to Boston College. Herren was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Draft, and played...

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas, into an upper middle class family. He dropped out of college to start a career in acting, and had his breakthrough starring in Zoolander in 2001. Since then, Wilson has starred in movies...

Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe was born in Sydney, Australia, into a middle class family. Growing up, he played a lot of sports, but eventually decided to focus on swimming. His hard work paid off when he qualified for the 2000 Olympics, where...

Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton was born in Stockport, England, into a middle class family. Growing up, Hatton didn’t know what he wanted to do, but at the age of 18 he became a professional boxer. During his career, Hatton had a 48-3...

Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi was more in Cleveland, Ohio, into a middle class family. Growing up, Cudi didn’t really know what he wanted to do, and dropped out of high school. He decided to pursue a career in music, and had his...

David Freese

David Freese was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, in a middle class family. After high school, he felt burned out on baseball, but after a few years started playing again. After being drafted by the San Diego Padres, Freese was...

CC Sabathia

CC Sabathia was born in Vallejo, California, in a relatively poor family. He played 3 sports in High School, and got a scholarship to play baseball and football at Hawaii. However, he was drafted in the MLB, and started his...

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham was born in New York City, in a relatively wealthy family. She went to artsy schools as a kid, and after attending Oberlin College she had her breakthrough as the creator and writer of the hit show Girls....

Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach was born in Rochester, New York, the youngest of 7 siblings. She started playing soccer at 4, and found she was very talented. At 21, Wambach made the Women's National Team, and made an immediate impact. After 14...