Richard Gere
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gere is a descendant of MayflowerHigh School Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, William Brewster and Francis Cooke. Gere’s father, Homer George Gere, was an insurance agent for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Gere’s mother, Doris Anna (née Tiffany), was a homemaker. He has three sisters and a brother. In 1967, Gere graduated from North Syracuse Central , where he excelled at gymnastics and music, playing the trumpet. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on a gymnastics scholarship, majoring in Philosophy, but did not graduate, leaving after two years to pursue acting.
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