Who are some famous people who learnt languages later in life?

They say, "You can't teach an Old Dog New Tricks". This may not necessarily be true, but, by God, is it difficult !

And it seems that learning a new language may be the most difficult for an older person to learn - well, at least for me !

Who are some famous people who learnt languages later on life?

I know Wagner Moura was asked to play Pablo Escobar for the Netflix TV show, "Narcos". And as he's Brazillian, took lessons to learn Spanish. Currently, he's not perfect, but is conversational in Spanish.

Albert Einstein learnt the basics of English in his 40s when he had to colloborate with more English language scientists in the European circles he was in, in the 1920s. But he was never truly fluent. By the time he passed away, as an immigrant in America, he still wrote in German, but was still only conversational in English.

Mary Donaldson was an Australian sales director in 2000. Then her life changed when she met Frederick X of Denmark at a bar in Sydney. They married in 2004, however even before the wedding, she soon realized she would have to learn the Danish language in her 30s. And by all accounts, her Danish today ain't too bad.