10 celebrities who are actually more intelligent than they appear

Judge people by their appearance - not the most rewarding occupation. It is by example prove the heroes of today's selections. Much of it, it just does not say that they have made some significant strides in education and science. Nevertheless, they are really a lot smarter than they appear.

Shaquille O'Neal

Play basketball Shaquille O'Neal started since high school, and have been doing this professionally in college. Therefore, the study is usually relegated to the background. In spite of this, not so long ago, basketball has decided to catch up. In 2012 he became a Doctor of Science in the field of corporate training and personnel management.

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone is not only a very charismatic actor, but as a director, screenwriter and producer. His films he makes himself completely from beginning to end.

Brian May

British rock musician, best known as the guitarist of Queen, and the author of many hits of this group. But apart from all this, he is also a scientist-astrophysicist. Brian already largely prepared a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Astronomical Research in the infrared range, and had two scientific publications on astronomy, when the success of Queen forced him to interrupt a career in science.

David Duchovny

Until the next "Agent Mulder" became interested in theater and aktorstvom, he learned not successful in graduate school at Yale University, where he became a master of English literature and was preparing to defend his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on "Magic and Technology in Contemporary Poetry and Prose".

Rowan Atkinson

Of course, the funny and silly Mr. Bean - nothing more than a screen image. But looking at the most Rowan Atkinson's hard to believe that he is a chartered engineer - Master of Electrical Engineering. This degree he received at Newcastle University.

Ken Jeong

American actor, most famous for his role as extravagant millionaire in the film "Bachelor Party". In 1995, Jong graduated from the Medical University of North Carolina and later passed an internship as a practicing physician.

Cindy Crawford

American supermodel, actress and host of MTV. Generally, it is believed that the girls-models do not really shine education. But Cindy graduated from high school with a perfect score and received an academic scholarship to Northwestern University, where she studied chemical engineering. However, after the first quarter Cindy dropped out to focus on a modeling career.

Dolph Lundgren

His appearance is a huge, rough soldier does not fit with the presence of a sharp mind. Meanwhile, Dolph Lundgren received a Master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, and became a Fellow of the Fulbright Program at MIT (MIT), opens the way to the title of Doctor of Science.

Natalie Portman

In 1998, while studying in high school, the actress became a co-author of the research work on the topic "The enzymatic hydrogen production", which gave her the opportunity to participate in the Intel science competitions, where she reached the semifinals. Portman even missed the premiere of the movie "Star Wars. Episode I ", to prepare for final exams. In June 2003, Natalie became a graduate of Harvard University with a BA in psychology. "I'm not worried whether college ruining my career. I better educated than a movie star, "- she said in an interview with New York Post.

Dexter Holland

Permanent leader and guitarist of the punk rock band The Offspring has succeeded not only in music. Holland graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in biology. He then studied at the same university a couple of years to get a master's degree in molecular biology. Having a place in the doctoral program, Holland gave it up to concentrate all his attention on music.