Cindy Crawford graduated high school as valedictorian and enrolled at Northwestern University on an academic scholarship for chemical engineering.
Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean has a Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
Wallace Shawn graduated from Harvard as a Fulbright scholar.
Marilu Henner has highly superior autobiographical memory, a condition that allows her to recall every detail of her life.
Dolph Lundgren is a Fulbright scholar who was accepted to MIT. He completed his Master’s degree in chemical engineering at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Geena Davis is a member of Mensa and almost qualified for the Olympics in archery in 1999.
Brian May received a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial London College. He also became a Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.
Ken Jeong was a physician before his acting career took off. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine and then worked for Kaiser Permanente.
Kesha received a near-perfect SAT score.
Modern Family star Nolan Gould graduated from high school when he was 13.
WWE star Raven became a member of Mensa with an IQ of 140.
Jodie Foster could read at the age of 3 and, within two years, understand scripts on her own. She went on to graduate Magna cum laude with a literature degree from Yale.
Kyle Hamilton of the Baltimore Ravens reportedly scored above 132 on his IQ test by the third grade.
Before her big break on Friends, Lisa Kudrow graduated with a biology major and got a job as a headache specialist. She even started working on a study concerning hemispheric dominance and headache types.
Awkward’s Ashley Rickards graduated high school at 15 and became a member of Mensa in 2011.
The Offspring frontman, Dexter Holland, was valedictorian in high school and later earned a PhD in molecular biology with his thesis on HIV research.
Mayim Bialik graduated with a Bachelor of Science and PhD in neuroscience with minors in Hebrew and Jewish studies.