21. Marilyn was a big fan of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, going so far as to call him her hero. “I used to read everything I could find about him,” she claimed in her ghostwritten autobiography.
Lincoln is probably one of the most commonly referenced presidents when it comes to picking favorites, so there was no surprise here. If she was really such a big fan, it would be interesting to know what books about him she potentially read.
Who would have thought that Marilyn Monroe would have been a history buff? Not many, most likely.
