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This list of famous people who married their high school sweethearts is loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Celebrities are not exactly known for long-lasting relationships, but this list is about to add some nuance to that stereotype. This compilation of couples ranges from athletes, to politicians, to actors, to musicians, who started dating when they were teenagers.
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When you have a high school sweetheart, you think it'll last forever, and for some celebrities
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it truly does. Today on Rank Worthy, we're counting down the top 10 celebs who were high
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school sweethearts, as voted on by you, the viewer. Welcome to Rank Worthy, the show where
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we rank just about everything. Jon Bon Jovi is best known as the singer of the rock band Bon Jovi
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who's sold over 130 million albums worldwide. Dorothea Hurley is a karate instructor and
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restaurant owner. John and Dorothea grew up together and started off as friends as she was
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dating his best friend. After they broke up, Dorothea and John started dating. It took them
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a few years to tie the knot, though. On a tour stop in Los Angeles during 1989's The New Jersey
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Syndicate Tour, John and Dorothea eloped to Vegas, getting married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel
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at the age of 27. The pair have four children together. James Todd Smith is best known by his
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rap name LL Cool J, who has had seven albums go platinum, meaning they sold over one million
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copies each. Simone Smith is a jewelry designer. The pair started dating when LL Cool J was 19
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and Simone was just 17. The couple got married in 1995. In 1998, LL Cool J dedicated the song
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Candy from his album Phenomenon to his wife. In the early 2000s, Simone was diagnosed with
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bone cancer, but she beat it with the couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in
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2020. The pair have four children and one grandson. Mitt Romney is a former senator
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governor and nominee for president Ann Romney is an equestrian and author The pair met when he was attending Cranbrook School and she was attending Kingswood School They were engaged by the time Mitt graduated in 1965 informally agreeing to marry after his senior prom
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While Mitt was away on missionary work, Ann dated future business academic Kim S. Cameron
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but Mitt would frequently write her letters imploring her to wait for him. The couple got
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married in 1969 when Mitt was 22 and Ann was 18. Ann was an active participant in both of Mitt's
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presidential campaigns. The pair have five children and 24 grandchildren. Calvin Cortezar
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Broadus Jr. is best known by his rap name Snoop Dogg and has sold over 35 million albums worldwide
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Shante Taylor is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. They met while attending Long Beach Polytechnic
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High School. The pair later married at the age of 26 in 1997. Due to Snoop Dogg's admitted
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infidelities, the couple divorced in 2004 before remarrying in 2008. Snoop has said that he was
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able to convince his wife to stay with him only after a whole lot of begging and pleading. The
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pair of three children together, a grandchild, and Shante is a stepmother to Snoop Dogg's son
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from a previous relationship. Paul David Hewson is best known by his alias Bono, which he performs
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under with the rock band U2, which has sold between 150 and 170 million records worldwide
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Allie Stewart is an activist and businesswoman. Bono and Allie met while attending Mount Temple
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Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland when he was 13 and she was 12. When Bono's mother died
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when he was only 14 Allie would take care of him as he was left emotionally adrift They didn start dating until he was 16 and she was 15 though The couple married in 1982 when Bono was 22 and Allie was 21
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The pair have four children together. Paula Patton is an actress who's appeared in films including Hitch
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Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, and Warcraft. Robin Thicke is a singer and producer best known for his hit Blurred Lines
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and is a judge on The Masked Singer. Paula and Robin first met at an under-21 hip-hop club in Los Angeles called Ballistics when she was 16 and he was 14
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According to Robin, he sang Stevie Wonder's Jungle Fever to her as they danced
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They started dating two years later. The couple married in 2005 but divorced in 2015 with Paula accusing him of domestic violence, infidelity, and drug and alcohol addiction
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They reached a custody agreement for their one son in 2017. Ron Howard is an actor and director who has appeared in The Andy Griffith Show
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and American Graffiti and directed films including How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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and The Da Vinci Code. Cheryl Alley is an actress appearing in movies including Splash, The Paper, and Ed TV
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Ron and Cheryl met while they were attending John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California
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The couple married in 1975 when Ron was 21 and Cheryl was 22
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The pair have four children together including actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard and two grandchildren. LeBron James is a professional basketball player who
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has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and the Los Angeles Lakers
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Savannah Brinson is a businesswoman and a philanthropist LeBron and Savannah met when they were both attending St Vincent St Mary High School in Akron Ohio While they started dating in high school they didn marry
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until 2013 when LeBron was 29 and Savannah 27. Their first date was at an Outback Steakhouse and
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showing they've moved up in the world, Beyonce and Jay-Z performed at their wedding in San Diego
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California. The pair have three children together. Sarah Palin is a former governor of Alaska and
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one-time Republican nominee for vice president under John McCain. Todd Palin is an American
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oil field production operator and commercial fisherman. The couple met while attending
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Wasilla High School in the early 1980s. They eloped in August 1988. After 31 years of marriage
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Todd filed for divorce, citing incompatibility of temperament. In the divorce documents
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Todd demanded an equal 50-50 split of their assets, which includes several real estate
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properties, book royalties, securities, and shared bank accounts. Their combined net worth
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is estimated at $12 million. The pair have five children and seven grandchildren
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Marshall Mathers, better known by his rap name Eminem, has sold over 170 million records worldwide
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Kim Scott is best known as the ex-wife of Eminem and the subject of many of his songs
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They met in high school when he was 15 and she was 13. Eminem was shirtless on a table
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rapping LL Cool J's I'm Bad when they met. Kim and her twin sister Dawn lived with Eminem and his mother as teenagers
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Eminem and Kim married in 1999, but divorced in 2001. They later remarried in 2006 before divorcing again four months later
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