Photographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People

If you thought that Michael Jordan was the epitome of cool and Albert Einstein didn't know how to have a good time then prepare to have your perceptions shattered.

A significant part of being a successful celebrity is the act of persuasion. This includes the constant act of generating and maintaining a public image that appeals to a wide audience. Kurt Cobain did dense and brooding, Bill Clinton did regal and commanding, and Stalin did intense and intimidating.

Yet here are ten photos that prove that sometimes what the spin media show us about famous people is not exactly the whole story.

Teenage Eminem adorned in Alf T-shirt

Kurt Cobain eating pizza

Hillary and Bill 'The Dude' Clinton at Yale

Dean Martin and John Wayne cooking spaghetti

Hitler looked ominous even when riding a sled

Michael Jordan as a dorky College kid

Stalin: Part time dictator, part time model

Colonel Sanders with Alice Cooper

Winston Churchill says 'Line up, ladies!'

Albert Einstein: everyone's favourite drunk uncle