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I've read a bit about the famous african explorers Henry Morton Stanley, aka John Rowlands, and Paul du Chaillu who where both men than kept the majority of their life before their famous exploits secret as well as the former having changed is whole identity.

To that I'd like to ask if there where any other notable individuals who did the same during the late 1800s and how difficult/easy it was for someone to don a new identity back then, as well as then gain a good career in the public eye such as a businessman, politician, or published scientist.
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