Stan Lee in the 1940 Census

As most true comic fans know, Marvel's former editor-in-chief Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber and grew up in New York. Here he is in the census, dated April 8, 1940, when Stan was 17 years old. It shows that he lived at 1720 University Avenue in the Bronx with his father Jack (Jacob), mother Celia, and brother Larry (Lawrence), who would go on to write and draw for Marvel. Celia was the one who provided the census taker with the information. The family rented their home for $43 a month. The parents were Romanian immigrants and naturalized U.S. citizens. Stan did office work, making $150 in 1939 for 12 weeks of work. He had completed his 4th year of high school. (We know from other sources that Stan graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School in the Bronx in 1939 at the age of 16½.)

Here's the full census page.

Here's the detail from the page.

And here's a photo of the building Stan and his family lived in (1720 University Avenue) as it looks today, as well as a photo of the family dated 1932 (left to right: Stan, Jack, baby Larry, and Celia).