Who says teens are useless good for nothings with too much time on their hands? Here are some people who definitely prove whoever thinks so wrong. All these people are or were in their teens when they made it big. They're all people who are familiar household names. Check them out!

The boy creator of the immensely popular web browser, Firefox. Firefox is now the second most popular web browser used (after Internet Explorer)

He started working on it at the age of 17, after interning at Netscape and realizing its weaknesses. Now he's 19 and he's fast becoming a real threat to the large Microsoft corporation. Watch this space.

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Eminem

This amazingly successful rapper started at the age of 19 after a disturbed childhood, going on to become possibly the most successful hip-hop artiste in the history of time. Controversial and colorful, you can love him or hate him but you can't ignore him.

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Maria Sharapova

This Russian tennis player emerged onto the world tennis scene at the tender age of 14 after turning pro in 2001.She started the year at ranking 532, at the end of it she climbed to ranking 186. Now she's rank 9 and if experts are to be believed, she's definitely going to be No.1 some day.

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Christopher Paolini

This young writer, also featured on our amazing author segment, wrote the popular fantasy book Eragon at the age of 15. Now he's 19, lives at home in Montana and is hard at work on the next volume in the Inheritance Trilogy, Eldest.

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Keisha Castle-Hughes

This charming young actress won her first Oscar nomination at the age of 14 for her acclaimed performance in the movie Whale Rider. She was the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Oscar.

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