Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: The billionaire sitting in the head honcho's chair at Virgin certainly does not have a high school diploma hanging on his wall. He was a lousy student who dropped off to start a magazine and started a mail-order record business to fund it. That's right, his financial venture eventually grew into Virgin Records.
Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: Back in the days when she was still Norma Jean, iconic photographs of her were yet to be made and she hadn't stared in famous films, Miss Monroe attended high school like everybody else. That is, until she left to become "Mrs. Dougherty" and married policeman James (Jimmy) at just 16 years old.
Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: When the man behind the Beatles drumset was just six years old, he suffered two serious illnesses -- a ruptured appendix that left him in a 10-week coma and a subsequent fall that required additional hospital time. His last hospital visit came at the age of 15 and barely able to read or write, Starr traded a seat in the classroom for a job at an engineering firm. He picked up drumming
Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: This Oscar winner dropped out to pursue her one and only dream of becoming an actress. After building an Australian acting career for several years, the US market picked up on the starlet after her role in "Dead Calm" and ditched her home down under for one in Hollywood.
Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: Just before turning 17 and years before landing the role of young Vito Corleone, this two-time Oscar winner abandoned a formal education to pursue his dream of acting.
Year Dropped Out: 11th Grade
Reason: Boarding up the heiress in a Connecticut high school didn't quite work as planned as she was quickly expelled for violating rules. But if you fail, try and try again, right? Well, that's what the socialite-turned-singer tried to do at an exclusive NYC high school, but it wasn't long before she left there as well.
Year Dropped Out: 10th or 11th Grade
Reason: The same year his famous actor, writer and director of a father divorced his mother, this "Iron Man" decided to leave Santa Monica High School and move back east to New York City where he grew up to pursue acting. He had already been cast by his father at the age of five in "Pound" but he landed his first post-academic role in "Baby It's You."
Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: Prior to performing her princess duties, the late Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, failed all of her O-level examinations (exams given to 16-year-old students in the UK to determine their education level) at West Heath Girls' School. She moved on to a finishing school in Switzerland where she (ironically) never finished before becoming engaged to Prince Charles at age 19.
Age Dropped Out: 18
Reason: At just 14 years old, young Tom had moved 15 times between the US and Canada and fully intended to become a priest. Yet, after settling at a high school in New Jersey, the Oscar-nominated actor, realized his love of acting and left academics and his dreams of priesthood behind as he headed to New York City.
Age Dropped Out: 17
Reason: The actress, comedian and producer has won a Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Oscar... but she says she dropped out because high school was too hard? Turns out this lady of "The View" never made it through due to undiagnosed case of dyslexia -- the star discovered the cause of her learning problems only as an adult.
Age Dropped Out: 17
Reason: "Hey girl, would you still love me if I was a high school dropout?" Um, yes. After doing his Mickey Mouse Club thing, "The Notebook" actor returned to his native Canada when the show was cancelled. He didn't last long up north though, and headed to Los Angeles shortly after to pursue his big-screen aspirations.
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