These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

Madonna

This pop icon once attended Rochester Adams High School and performed well both in the classroom and on the court. She was a straight-A student and, much more secretly, a natural brunette. She got a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan but dropped out to pursue singing. 

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The More You Know

  • 35 minutes before Elvis Presley was born, his mother gave birth to his stillborn identical twin.
  • At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.
  • As a child, Johnny Depp was allergic to chocolate.
  • At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
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