7 Celebrities You Never Knew Came From Poverty

Jim Carrey

Jim’s father was a struggling musician, and according to Jim’s interview on “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” the family went from “lower middle class to poor” when he couldn’t make ends meet. They eventually lost their home and started living in a van, and Jim was forced to drop out of high school to help pay the bills. But he didn’t let it stop him from pursuing his dream career.

Ringo Starr

Ringo’s parents scraped by working at a bakery in a poor area of Liverpool. Sadly, his father walked out on the family when Ringo was just three years old. Ringo’s health was also very fragile as a child, sending him to the hospital for months at a time. When he finally regained his health at age 15, he knew that returning to school was out of the question. Instead, he opted to find a job, and we all know how that turned out.