Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn Monroe was born in the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1, 1926, the third child born to Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe) (May 27, 1902 – March 11, 1984). Monroe's birth certificate names the father as Martin Edward Mortensen with his residence stated as "unknown". The name Mortenson is recorded as her surname on the conception declaration, granted that Gladys instantly had it adapted to Baker, the surname of her first spouse and which she still utilized. Martin's surname was misspelled on the life commencement endorsement advancing to more chaos on who her exact father was. Gladys Baker had married a Martin E. Mortensen in 1924, but they had disconnected before Gladys' pregnancy.