QUIZ: Can You Recognize These Celebs by Their Yearbook Photos?

Obama went to Punahou School, a prestigious institution in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was one of three black students who attended there. But he eventually grew up to become the 44th president of the United States of America.

Downey attended Santa Monica High but dropped out when he was 16. He went on to become a major Hollywood star and is best known for his role as “Iron Man” in the Marvel Universe films.

Hanks attended Skyline High School in Oakland, California, but wasn’t very popular with anyone. He eventually grew up and fell for a mermaid in “Splash” and later played Forrest, a boy with mental development issues who ran a lot from the kids who taunted him growing up.

Padalecki went to Madison High School in San Antonio, TX. He eventually went on to pursue a career as an actor and is now famous for playing the demon hunter Sam Winchester on the television series “Supernatural.”

Williams graduated from Redwood High School in Marin County, California in 1969. As a student, he joined the theater department to help him deal with his shyness. He later went on to play funny roles like the alien Mork in the TV series “Mork and Mindy.”

McConaughey was raised in Longview, Texas, and was known for being the most handsome student in Longview High School. But aside from his good looks, he’s also a very talented film star.

Rogers graduated from Greater Latrobe High in Latrobe, PA. He later went on to appear in a children’s educational show called “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” that ran for 31 seasons.

Streep graduated from Bernards High School in Bernardsville, NJ in 1966. She went on to star in a number of Broadway plays, musicals and movies and some even describe the “Mamma Mia!” star as the best actress of her generation.

After high school, Jones went to Harvard and became roommates with Al Gore, the future vice president of the United States. Jones also played a deputy marshal in the film “The Fugitive.”

Clooney graduated from Augusta High School in August, Kentucky in 1979. At the time, he had earned the title of Prince at his senior prom but became Hollywood royalty after starring in the medical TV drama, “E.R.”

Roberts graduated from Cambell High School in Smyrna, Georgia in 1985. She made her Hollywood debut in the movie “Mystic Pizza.” Eventually she took on bigger roles in films like “Pretty Woman.” In fact, a famous scene in that film was when she laughed after her co-star Richard Gere closed a jewelry box with a necklace as she stuck her hand in it.

Jay-Z had a rough childhood while growing up in Brooklyn, NY. His dad left him and his mother when he was 11. But that didn’t stop him from growing up to become a world-famous rapper, record producer and an influential hip-hop artist and rapper.

The comedian/actress/talk show host grew up in Metairie, Louisiana and considered becoming a veterinarian, but found her true calling in front of a live audience and in front of cameras.

Hudson was part of Dunbar Vocational High School’s chorus in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated in 1999 and went on to appear as a contestant on “American Idol” and eventually landed roles in films like “Cats” and “Dreamgirls.”

Mariah Carey attended Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York and was nicknamed Mirage because she had the reputation of cutting class a lot to work on her music.

Jackson went to Riverside High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He lost out on a role in the “Mississippi Burning” because the director thought his accent wasn’t Southern enough but he went on to star in other hit films like “Pulp Fiction.”

Back in the day, Snoop Dogg went by his birth name, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School along with future Hollywood star Cameron Diaz.

When she was 16, Hathaway became the first teen to get accepted to The Barrow Group, a New York City theater company and acting school. When she turned 17, she landed a major role in the show “Get Real.” And eventually appeared on the big screen in films like “Brokeback Mountain” alongside Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Harmon has been on television for a number of years. He attended Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, California, and is best known for playing Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on “NCIS.”

Richie grew up in the Tuskegee Institute where his family members had worked for several years. He eventually earned a Bachelor’s in Science in Economics. While attending Tuskegee, Richie joined the Commodores, an all-male band group that help skyrocket his music career.

Damon attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two eventually became Hollywood actors and have been known to collaborate on projects from time to time.

Cox graduated from Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Alabama in 1982. A few years later, she starred in the live action film, “Masters of the Universe” and later went on to star on the hit sitcom, “Friends.”

Nicholson graduated from Manasquan High School in 1954. His classmates voted him “Class Clown” which was pretty ironic given that decades later he wound up playing the villainous clown, “The Joker” in a Batman film.

Longoria, who is best known for her starring TV role on “Desperate Housewives,” graduated from Miller High School in Corpus Christi, TX. She was also the head drum major at her school, too.

Clarkson graduated from Burleson High School in Burleson, Texas, in 2000. Two years later, she was a contestant on “American Idol” and won. Shortly after that, she released her single, “A Moment Like This,” which earned the spot of bestselling song in 2002.

Jennifer Lopez graduated with the class of 1986 at Preston High School in the Bronx borough of New York City. During school she played sports like track and field and tennis. After she graduated she first took on a job working at a law office.

Jimmy Fallon attended Saugerties High School in upstate New York and graduated with the class of 1992. He was known as the class clown back then and he performed in his school’s theatre productions.

Ice Cube, who went by the name O’Shea Jackson in school attended William H. Taft High School in Woodland Hills in California. Jackson rode a bus for an hour each way to get to school each day, where he witnessed the socioeconomic contrasts that would later influence his music.

Sam Elliott graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon in 1962. He later attended Clark College in Portland and after appearing in a stage production of “Guys and Dolls,” the Vancouver Columbian newspaper suggested that he should be a professional actor.

This school photo was taken in 1994, the same year that the band Maroon 5 was founded by Levine and his friends. The band used to be known as Kara’s Flowers and they got their first big break with an appearance on “Beverly Hills 90210.”

Nick Nolte attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska after he was expelled from a private school for fighting and underage drinking. His acting credits include “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” and “Angel Has Fallen.”

Sigourney Weaver was known as Susan Weaver while she was in school. She attended a girls’ school in Manhattan before transferring to a boarding school in Simsbury, Connecticut. She took on the name Sigourney at the age of 14 after reading the name in “The Great Gatsby.”

Jon Bon Jovi attended Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey, where he graduated from in 1980. Bon Jovi was already playing in local bands during his time in school and he got his first recording job in 1980.

Farrah Fawcett attended high school in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her graduating class of 1965 voted her “Beautiful Woman” in their yearbook that year.

Viola Davis attended high school in Central Falls, Rhode Island. It was during her time in high school that she fell in love with acting after being involved with the school’s arts and theatre program.

Tina Fey attended Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, where she was an honors student and co-editor of the school’s newspaper. She was also a member of the choir, drama club and tennis team.

Alex Rodriguez was born in New York City before his family moved to Miami. There Rodriguez attended Westminster Christian School where he graduated from in 1993. That year, he became the first high school baseball player to try out for the U.S. national baseball team.

Drake, who was known as Aubrey Graham during his school days, got his start in show business in 2000 at the age of 15 when he played Jimmy Brooks in “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” He dropped out of school for the role and graduated high school officially in 2012.

Kurt Cobain attended Aberdeen High School, but dropped out just two weeks prior to graduation after learning that he did not have enough credits to graduate that year. He then left home and was homeless for a time before staring his career in the music industry.

Cindy Crawford attended DeKalb High School in her hometown of DeKalb, Illinois. She was the class of 1984’s valedictorian that year. She earned an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, but dropped out after one quarter to focus on modeling.

John Mayer attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Connecticut. His father was a high school principal and his mother was a middle school English teacher and he grew up with two brothers.