A closer look

Even the most powerful media mogul in history is a victim of society's inability to read. Winfrey was named 'Orpah' after the biblical figure from the Book of Ruth. However, literally everyone—from family members to teachers to the people making her birth certificate—constantly mispronounced and misspelled it by transposing the P and the R. She eventually just gave up and embraced 'Oprah,' proving that sometimes it's easier to change your identity than to correct stupid people.