  The 6 Most Famous People Ever Discovered While Hiding  Maybe
the most destructive fantasy people have is that if they just
stay at home and do nothing, they will be "discovered" by some
agent or producer who'll sign them to a huge deal based on
little or no effort. Let's face it: Almost all prominent people
got where they are thanks to years or decades of grinding work.
Almost all. Those "amazing talent discovered at random" stories
do happen, and sometimes to people who actively didn't want it
to. It's like their world-altering ability was the result of
some latent mutant power they were either completely unaware of
or terrified to embrace, lest it should threaten to destroy the
entire planet like Jean Grey in X-Men 3.  #6. Jerry Rice's Speed
Was Noticed While He Was Running from the School Principal  Ron
Wurzer/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images  Jerry Rice is possibly
the greatest football player of all time. He is a Hall of Famer
from the San Francisco 49ers and is essentially what you would
get if a bunc