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Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine attended the performing arts Camp French Woods in New York as a kid.
Actress and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel attended the same camp as Adam Levine, Camp French Woods in New York, though apparently not at the same time.
Natalie Portman attended Camp Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts summer camp located in Loch Sheldrake, New York.
By all accounts funny man Jonah Hill had a stand up time at Indian Head Camp in Equinunk, Pennsylvania.
Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent childhood vacations at Island Lake Camp, which is located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.
As a child, Hollywood comedian Adam Sandler attended the dedicated URJ Eisner Camp in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts went to Camp Birchwood in LaPorte, Minnesota. The family-owned girls' summer camp is famous for its Wilderness Adventure program.
Zac Brown was a camp counselor at Camp Mikell in Toccoa, Georgia, and at Camp Glisson, a United Methodist summer camp and retreat center located in Dahlonega, also in Georgia.
The late, great Leonard Cohen worked as a counselor at Pripstein’s Camp Mishmar in St. Adolphe d'Howard, near Ottawa in Quebec. The facility is now permanently closed.
Long before she became Lady Gaga, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was a camp counselor at YMCA camp Hi-Rock in Mt. Washington, Massachusetts.
Known for her role as Becky Conner in the television sitcoms 'Roseanne' and 'The Conners,' Alicia Goranson worked as a counselor at a YMCA camp in Michigan.
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One of the first jobs 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' actress Rooney Mara ever had was as a summer camp counselor.
The late Penny Marshall worked as a counselor at Camp Diana-Dalmaqua in the Catskill Mountains, New York. Marshall was an actress before becoming a film director responsible for a string of hit movies, including 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' (1986) and 'Big' (1988).
Former First Lady Michelle Obama worked as a camp counselor at Camp Anita Bliss Coler in New York, one of the Fresh Air Fund's five overnight camps. The Fund provides life-changing summer experiences for children from New York City’s underserved communities.
Carly Simon, forever associated with the Gold-certified single 'You're So Vain' (1971), was a camp counselor in the ’60s at Indian Hill in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, where she met co-writer Jacob Brackman.
Oscar winner Denzel Washington worked as a camp counselor at Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Ben Affleck is an alumnus of Crossroads for Kids, a summer camp and leadership program in Massachusetts.
Legendary Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall enjoyed childhood summers at Camp Lokanda in New York's Catskill Mountains.
Musician Kenneth Brian Edmonds, better known by his stage name Babyface, attended Catholic Youth Organization Camp Rancho Framasa in Brown County, Indiana.
Oscar winner Adrien Brody attended summer camp at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in the Adirondacks in New York.
Mel Brooks, the legendary master of mirth, attended Camp Sussex in New Jersey as a kid. The camp was abandoned for several years before reopening as the site of the annual Vernon Lights Festival.
Singer Mariah Carey has a summer camp in Fishkill, New York named after her, called Camp Mariah, where she's also a board member. The camp provided the setting for her music video 'Always Be My Baby' (1995).
The 'National Lampoon' funny man attended the tranquil lakeside Camp Tamakwa in Ontario, Canada.
Brown Ledge Camp on Lake Champlain in Vermont numbers Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow among its happy campers.
Anne Hathaway attended the Johnsonburg Camp & Retreat Center in Johnsonburg, New Jersey just a few years before finding fame as an actress.
Camp Pasquaney in Hebron, New Hampshire is where 'Fight Club' and 'Birdman' actor Edward Norton spent some of his early childhood vacations.
Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon attended Camp Monterey, a residential camp for girls located in Tennessee.
French actress Léa Seydoux went to summer camp in Maryland for six years at the behest of her father, who wanted her to learn to speak English.
Superstar drag queen RuPaul attended Camp Cuyamaca near San Diego, California as a kid.
The highly successful director-producer siblings both attended Herzl Camp in Webster, Wisconsin, where they immersed themselves in what's described as "joyful Judaism."
Attending summer camp is a rite of passage for many children and teenagers. These supervised sleepaways are an important part of youth development, a fun-packed adventure that serves as an opportunity to do something totally different and unique.
Summer camps in America have attracted a fair share of kids who went on to become famous names in the worlds of film and music. Some even held down jobs as camp counselors before hitting the big time. But do you know who these stars are, and where they spent their summers?
Click through the following gallery and get to know these celebrity summer campers
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Attending summer camp is a rite of passage for many children and teenagers. These supervised sleepaways are an important part of youth development, a fun-packed adventure that serves as an opportunity to do something totally different and unique.
Summer camps in America have attracted a fair share of kids who went on to become famous names in the worlds of film and music. Some even held down jobs as camp counselors before hitting the big time. But do you know who these stars are, and where they spent their summers?
Click through the following gallery and get to know these celebrity summer campers.