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Childhood Photos of 38 Famous Celebrities You Need to See

Have you ever been curious about what famous people looked like before they were famous?

In this article, we go back in time to see old pictures of famous people when they were younger.

We will show you their old school pictures and the first pictures of them when they started acting or singing. It’s fun to see what they looked like a long time ago.

We usually think of celebrities as they are now, so seeing them as kids is surprising.

Some were always good-looking, but others were less popular back in school and looked very different.
These old pictures show us that even famous people had awkward times and simple starts in life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger with Wilt Chamberlain and Andre the Giant on the set of Conan the Destroyer, 1983



Nirvana’s first photo shoot, 1988.

Eminem when he was 18 years old.

Peter Dinklage in high school.

Amy Winehouse when she was 8.

Sean Connery, 23.

Lady Gaga, 8.

Prince, 17.

George Clooney, 15.

Alan Rickman, 18.

Angelina Jolie, 11.

Susan Sarandon, 1963.

Charlize Theron, 14.

Tom Hanks in 1974

Clint Eastwood, 26.

Betty White, 1954.

Stephen Colbert, 21

Teenage Ryan Seacrest

Britney Spears, 11.

Amy Poehler’s high school yearbook.

Leonardo DiCaprio, 16.

Madonna in High School

Helen Mirren, 25.

Jamie Foxx, 17.

Bill Nye in the ninth grade.

Meryl Streep, 1966.

Beyonce, 7.

Drew Carrey in the marines, 1978.

Goldie Hawn, 19.



Bruce Willis, 22.

Dwayne Johnson, 15.

Samuel L. Jackson, 1965.

Jimi Hendrix, 19.

Robert Downey Jr. when he was in High School.

Neil deGrasse Tyson in High School.

Zooey Deschanel.

Steven Spielberg

Hilary Duff

Adam Sandler

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jimmy Fallon