Unimpressive Famous People and Real Facts About Them

4. Dikembe Mutombo

Georgetown Hoyas basketball star

• Received a USAID scholarship to study medicine
• John Thompson had to convince Dikembe to play basketball
• Dikembe is 6’11” tall
• He did not speak English when he got to campus. He now speaks 9 languages.
• Joined the MBA in 1991
• He never picked up a basketball until his teen years
• His friends call him “Deke”