Jackson Browne
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany shortly after World War II, because his father was stationed there, working on “Stars and Stripes.” He had begun singing folk songs at local venues by the time he was a teenager and went on to work as a songwriter for other artists after graduating high school. He didn’t release his own album until six years later, but he hit the top ten chart almost immediately with “Doctor My Eyes.” Throughout his career, he’s sold over eighteen million albums and has been called one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Valorie Burton
The former Miss Texas runner-up turned motivational speaker got her start as an Air Force brat, moving around the country. She then started a marketing and public relations firm before starting a life coach and training company. Over the course of her life, she’s written a dozen books, including “Get Unstuck,” “Successful Women Speak Differently,” and “Rich Minds, Rich Rewards.”
Natalie Morales-Rhodes
The “Today Show” anchor was born in Taiwan due to her father’s Air Force career. That career also led them to Panama, Brazil, and Spain before she eventually graduated from high school in Delaware. She started working in journalism while at WVIT-TV in Connecticut and quickly moved to be on-air at News 12 in the Bronx before going to MSNBC and “Today.”
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm first started playing soccer while she and her family were living on an Air Force base in Florence, Italy. From there, she quickly excelled at the sport, becoming the youngest player to ever play on the US women’s national soccer team. In 1989, she joined the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. In the four years she played on the team, the Tar Heels only lost a single game and won all four NCAA Division I tournaments. She continued playing until after her appearance in the 2004 Olympics.
Tim Curry
Tim Curry, known for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and various comedies, was the son of a chaplain in the Royal Navy. After his father died of pneumonia in 1958, he went to boarding school, which led to his degree in acting. He stumbled into the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and slowly developed it into his own. After its Broadway run ended, he continued with a variety of other plays, television appearances, and films.