October 06, 2004

Stars and their majors

Here's an article highlighting famous people and their majors. Some of them may surprise you.

Some highlights:
James Gandolfini
, Emmy award-winning actor, majored in communications at Rutgers.

Richard Gephardt, politician and former Presidential hopeful, earned a degree in speech from Northwestern University.

Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, majored in philosophy at the University of Illinois.

Lee Iacocca, former head of Chrysler Motor Company, studied history at Lehigh University.

Mick Jagger, lead singer for the Rolling Stones, majored in economics at the London School of Economics.

Ashton Kutcher, actor, majored in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa.

Lucy Liu, actress, studied Asian Languages at the University of Michigan.

Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court Justice, majored in economics at Stanford.

Brad Pitt, actor and heartthrob, was two credits shy of a journalism degree from the University of Missouri.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California and actor, studied economics at the University of Wisconsin.

Denzel Washington, Oscar-winning actor, has a degree in journalism from Fordham University.

Posted by: Lawrenkm at 07:22 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
Post contains 172 words, total size 1 kb.

1 That's interesting. I mean Hugh = Philosophy, it's amazing he didn't study something totally different, lol.

Posted by: Jen at October 06, 2004 07:49 AM (GhV7/)

2 Ashton Kutcher - biochem engineering? Maybe that's what attracted Demi to him.

Posted by: Norman at October 06, 2004 08:25 AM (sANa9)

3 Let's hear it for my philosophy brother... maybe I really AM in the wrong field. Where'd I put that digital camera...

Posted by: Kevin at October 06, 2004 11:14 PM (GW18l)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

Comments are disabled. Post is locked.
15kb generated in CPU 0.0095, elapsed 0.1981 seconds.
35 queries taking 0.1911 seconds, 131 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.