13. It's fairly common knowledge that President Gerald Ford was born as "Leslie", but the rest of his name was also rather demeaning. What was his full birth name?
From Quiz Mr. President, If You Please...
Answer:
Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
Born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., in Omaha, Nebraska in 1913, Ford was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974-1976. His mother divorced his father less than six months after he was born, and King lived with his mother. She remarried in 1916 to Gerald Rudolff Ford Sr., and their son's name was changed from Leslie Lynch King to Gerald Rudolph Ford. As a young man, Ford became an Eagle Scout and played on the football team at the University of Michigan; his ascendence to the presidency only occurred through a sequence of coincidences that allowed him to gain leadership without being elected on a major party ticket. After Spiro Agnew resigned the vice presidency in December 1973, Ford took the spot, and he became president upon Richard Nixon's resignation in August 1974.