15 Famous People Who Didn't Make It Big Until Way After Their Twenties

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    1. Colonial Sanders didn't come up with the secret recipie until he was 50 years old.

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    2. Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant ramen, did not invent Cup Noodles until he was 61.

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    The patron saint of poor college students didn't even invent his first instant ramen prototype until he was 48.

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    3. Vivienne Westwood didn't have her first runway show until she was 41.

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    And was already in her mid-30s before she opened up her first shop.

    4. Peter Roget invented the thesaurus at 73.

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    Before that, he'd been tooling around as a doctor obsessed with words that meant the same thing.

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    5. Charles Darwin didn't publish his theory of evolution until he was 50.

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    And after the untimely death of his oldest daughter, whose passing traumatized him so much that he couldn't even bring himself to come to her funeral.

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    6. Ray Kroc didn't found the McDonald's corporation until he was 52.

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    Before that, he had merely been a milkshake multi-mixer salesman.

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    7. Julia Child didn't even learn how to cook until she was nearly 40.

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    And didn't release her first cookbook until she was almost 50.

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    8. Rodney Dangerfield was an an aluminum siding salesman whose comedy career didn't take off until his 40s.

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    9. Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't get to publish her Little House On The Prairie books until she was in her 60s.

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    10. Raymond Chandler published his first novel, The Big Sleep, when he was 51.

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    11. Martha Stewart did not start her first catering business until she was 35.

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    12. Phyllis Diller didn't even start her stand-up career until she was 37.

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    13. John Pemberton didn't invent Coca-Cola until he was 55.

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    14. Phillip Glass was an unknown cab driver who didn't get his first major work performed at the Metropolitan Opera House until he was almost 40.

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    15. Vera Wang didn't design her first bridal gown until she got married at 40.

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