Teacher's Day 2024: 10 famous people who used to be teachers

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Teachers' Day is celebrated Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He taught students at Mysore Presidency College, and the University of Mysore .

Hugh Jackman Best known for playing Wolverine in the X-men film series, the Australian actor became a Physical Education Teacher, coaching sports teams and tutoring students in English and drama in England.

Madan Mohan Malviya Madan Mohan Malviya was an educationist and activist. He founded the largest residential university in Asia, the Banaras Hindu University, and was also its chancellor for nearly two decades.

APJ Abdul Kalam Although Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was well-known as a scientist, he was also a scholar and a teacher. He died of a heart attack while going to a lecture at IIM Shillong.

JK Rowling The author of the bestselling Harry Potter book series once moved to northern Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. Rowling taught classes at night and wrote Harry Potter during the day.

Princess Diana Before she became Britain's beloved Princess of Wales, Diana worked in a London nursery as a teaching assistant. After completing her formal education, she got her first teaching job at the Young England Kindergarten in Pimlico, London.

Barack Obama Before he was president of the United States of America, Barack Obama was a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.  Obama taught Constitutional Law and Race Theory for over a decade. 

Sylvester Stallone The reel-life Rocky Balboa was actually a real-life teacher! He attended American College in Switzerland for two years and during this time worked as a PE teacher at a Swiss boarding school for girls to earn extra money.

Stephen King Author Stephen King got a teaching job in 1971. He taught English at a public high school, Hampden Academy in Maine. Later, he became a creative writing teacher at the University of Maine in 1977.

Swami Vivekanand Swami Vivekananda was not only one of the great Indian reformers but he was also known as one of India's best teachers. He founded the ‘Ramakrishna Mission’ in 1863.

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