List of dropouts

List of dropouts

This is a list of people who dropped out of high school or college. Only articles which substantiate this assertion should be added to this list.

A through G

;A

* Bryan Adams
* Woody Allen
* Dame Julie Andrews
* Christina Applegate
* Billie Joe Armstrong

;B

* The Notorious B.I.G.
* Lucille Ball
* Roseanne Barr-Arnold
* Drew Barrymore
* Sean Bean
* Max Bemis
* Jack Benny
* Humphrey Bogart
* Marc Bolan
* John Boorman
* Peter Bogdanovich
* Marlon Brando
* Charles Bronson
* Pierce Brosnan
* Aaron Brown
* Raymond Burr

;C

* Neve Campbell
* George Carlin
* Jim Carrey
* Erika Christensen ("G")
* Kurt Cobain
* Joe Cocker
* Billy Connelly
* Simon Cowell
* Joan Crawford
* Russell Crowe
* Tom Cruise

;D

* Beverly D'Angelo
* Steve Dahl
* Michael Dell
* Robert DeNiro
* Johnny Depp
* Leonardo DiCaprio
* Matt Dillon
* Ami Dolenz
* Patty Duke-Astin

;E

* Eric "Eazy-E" Wright
* Larry Ellison
* Eminem
* Rupert Everett

;F

* W.C. Fields ("G")
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Errol Flynn
* Dave Foley
* Harrison Ford
* Henry Ford

;G

* Clark Gable
* Eva Gabor
* Greta Garbo
* Jennie Garth-Facinelli
* Bill Gates
* Nona Gaye
* Andy Gibb ("G")
* Euell Gibbons
* Jackie Gleason
* Whoopi Goldberg
* Cuba Gooding, Jr.
* Ryan Gosling
* D. W. Griffith
* Dave Grohl
* Woody Guthrie

("G: grammar school dropout; never made it to high school.")

H through Q

;H
* Pete Hamill
* Tom Hanks
* Sean Hannity
* George Harrison
* Tony Hawk ("G")
* Margaux Hemingway
* Lance Henriksen ("G")
* Benny Hill
* Paris Hilton
* Judd Holdren
* John Huston

;I

;J
* Peter Jackson
* Peter Jennings
* Steve Jobs

;K
* Nicole Kidman
* Evel Knievel
* Kiera Knightly
* Suvi Koponen
* Yaphet Kotto

;L
* Jack LaLanne ("G")
* Lady Allison Joy Langer-Courtenay
* Jude Law
* Mike Lazaridis
* Heath Ledger
* Brandon Lee (twice!)
* Tommy Lee
* Jennifer Jason Leigh
* John Lennon
* Jared Leto
* Rush Limbaugh
* Traci Lords

;M
* Steve Martin
* Groucho Marx
* Ewan McGregor
* Rod McKuen ("G")
* Herman Melville
* Alyssa Milano
* Marilyn Monroe
* Demi Moore
* Vic Morrow
* Madman Muntz

;N

;O

;P
* Trey Parker
* Joe Pesci
* Joaquin Phoenix (AKA Leaf Phoenix)
* Sidney Poitier ("G")

;Q

("G: grammar school dropout; never made it to high school.")

R through Z

;R
* Michael Rapaport
* Keanu Reeves
* Leah Remini
* Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
* Nicole Richie
* Chris Rock
* John D. Rockefeller
* Will Rogers
* Rene Russo

;S
* Charlie Sheen
* Alicia Silverstone
* Dave Sim
* Russell Simmons
* Jessica Simpson
* Nikki Sixx
* Kevin Smith
* Thomas J. Smrt
* Norman Solomon
* Steven Spielberg
* Terence Stamp
* Patrick Stewart
* Alan Sugar
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Hilary Swank

;T

* Quentin Tarantino
* Avey Tare
* Dave Thomas (American businessman)
* Uma Thurman
* John Travolta
* Tré Cool

;U

;V
* Vincent Van Gogh
* Stevie Ray Vaughn

;W
* Leeanna Walsman
* Kanye West
* Barry White
* Barry Williams ("G")
* Brian Williams
* Gretchen Wilson
* Kate Winslet
* John Woo
* Elijah Wood
* Steve Wozniak
* Wright Brothers

;X

;Y
* Adam Yauch

;Z
*Ahmet, Diva, Dweezil, Lala and Moon Unit Zappa "G: grammar school dropout; never made it to high school."

References

*Lucaire, Ed. "The Celebrity Almanac (1992)". Published by Prentice Hall, New York.


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