13 Historic Figures' Salaries

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13 Historic Figures' Salaries

Picture a person of note from history. In fact, picture several of them from different eras, different fields, and different specialties. You're all going to dinner together. Table for six. After a 15-minute wait (this is a nicer place than where you'd usually go to), you're all seated, you all order, you're all being polite to the wait staff, you're all dining. Conversation strikes up. You ask the awkward yet burning question to the entire table: “How much money do you make?”

While it's a social faux pas, it's important to know how much famous people in our history made for a living, if for no other reason than to make us feel better about our meager paycheck. No matter what the actual figure is, it is for sure significantly less than what their estate is currently worth today. Check out this list of historical figure salaries and see which members of that dinner table you'd have to cover for when the bill arrives. 

Note: Current-day salaries are roughly calculated and are solely intended for an entertaining reference of scale. 

Jackie Robinson BROOKLYN DODGERS CRACKED COM 1947 SEASON PAY $5, 00o ESTIMATED SPENDING POWER NOW $58,0 000

Source: ESPN

Judy Garland WIZARD OF OZ CRACKEDcO SALARY IN 1939 For comparision, her male $500/week co-stars made $2500 to 3000 per week. The ESTIMATED SPENDING POWER NOW dog who played $9,300/week Toto made 25/week.

Source: LA Times

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