Jon Stewart - Top 10 Fun Facts

  • 12 years ago
John Stewart - Top 10 Fun Facts - as part of the celebrities series by GeoBeats.

10 – Jon didn’t do well on his first stand up routine, lasting only 2 minutes out of the allotted 4. [tv.com]
9 – He once worked as a shelf stocker at Woolworth’s, but was fired by the manager who was also his brother. [tv.com]
8 – His birth name is Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz. [imdb.com]
7 – His high school class voted him ‘Best Sense of Humor’ for the yearbook. [imdb.com]
6 – Jon played on the soccer team at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. [imdb.com]
5 – He once worked as a bartender. [askmen.com]
4 – Jon installed a gumball machine near his desk to help him quit smoking. [tv.com]
3 – His college soccer team still gives out an award named ‘Liebo’ after his birth name. [imdb.com]
2 – He participated in a celebrity edition of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ and won $125,000 for his charity. [imdb.com]
1 – Jon was a member of ‘Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity’ but dropped out because he disliked the hazing approach. [tv.com]

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