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More professions of famous people…

George Washington started as a farmer and later became a successful whiskey distiller.

Herbert Hoover (US president 1928-1932) was an engineer.

China’s leader, Mao Tse Tung was a library assistant.

Buffalo Bill Cody (performer) and Robert Mitchum (tough guy actor) both rode horses -- Bill for the Pony Express, and Bob for a circus.

“Joltin’” Joe Dimaggio (baseball’s hitting streak wonder from the Yankees) worked in a box factory.

Robert Redford (actor, director, activist, & creator of the Sundance Film Festival) did a stint as a Parisian sidewalk artist.

Actor Raymond Burr (movie and TV actor), earlier in his life, was a shepherd.

Roseanne Barr (aka Roseanne Arnold, aka Roseanne) was a chef.

Lana Turner (famous film beauty from the 1940’s and ‘50’s) was an usherette.

Lee Marvin (famous tough guy actor from the 50’s-80’s) cleaned septic tanks for a living before Hollywood called.

Sir Ben Kingsley (Oscar winner in 1982 for playing Ghandi) tested penicillin.

And Princess Grace Kelly (actress and Princess of Monaco, died in a tragic car accident) was a model for insecticides.