48 Famous People Who Went To School Together
Some of them are still pretty close...
Damjan
- Published in Film & TV
Most secondary school yearbooks include a part where students can determine who will most likely be famous. But, with the chances of ending up in Hollywood being so slim, it's quite a shock when two students do.
You would say that the odds are pretty slim. But, in fact, there are numerous celebrities who went to school with other celebrities. Now, we have to admit that there are certain places (Hollywood, for instance) where all the kids have parents in showbiz, which increases their chances of becoming famous.
We have prepared a list with 24 celeb duos who were classmates or went to the same school. But, not all people on your list have wealthy and influential parents, nor did they go to fancy schools.
So, it must be faith and not the family they are born into. Some sources say that the top seven high schools with the most famous alumni are Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.), Santa Monica (Calif.), Hollywood (Los Angeles), Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Laguardia Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass.), Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Take a look at our list, and try to spot which celebs were predestined for fame and which had to work for it.
1. Cameron Diaz & Snoop Dogg
The actress and rapper went to Long Beach Polytechnic School, a high school in California known for its football program. Cam has stated that she is "quite confident" she purchased marijuana from Snoop Dogg in the past.
Getty Images2. Meghan Markle & Katharine McPhee
"Meghan and I did musicals together as kids," Kat wrote on Instagram. "She grew up to be the Duchess of Sussex and I grew up to star on the West End, so same life if you ask me."
Nowadays, the ladies are close friends.
Instagram / Katharine McPhee3. Ansel Elgort & Timothee Chalamet
Both performers attended New York City's prestigious LaGuardia High School as teenagers. The up-and-comers were both nominated for acting honors at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards just a few years later.
Merritt/Getty Images4. Rachel Bilson & Rami Malek
The Oscar winner and the O.C. alum went to high school together, but after sharing a throwback photo from their graduation trip to New York, Rami reached out to Rachel and asked her to take it down.
She says, "...I even wrote to him a really nice message: 'I'm so sorry. Go get the Oscar! You're doing amazing.' And I never hear anything back, which is fine. But I was super bummed because he was always so nice and we were good friends."
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Jon Kopaloff/Getty Image5. Zach Braff & Lauryn Hill
This brilliant duo from Columbia High School in New Jersey combined humor and music skills.
John Shearer/WireImage.com, Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic6. Lady Gaga & Nicky Hilton
Both actresses went at New York City's Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic all-girls school. Paris Hilton also enrolled but did not complete the program.
Larry Busacca/Getty Images, Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Clear Channe7. John Krasinski & B.J. Novak
Before acting together in The Office, the Boston area's Newton South High School classmates played in the same school play.
Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Imeh Akpanudosen/WireImage8. Tupac Shakur & Jada Pinkett Smith
The famous rapper and actress both attended the Baltimore School of the Arts.
Twitter9. Claire Danes & Morena Baccarin
These two Homeland actresses went to the same New York middle school.
Eric Charbonneau/WireImage10. Sean Penn & Robert Downey Jr.
They enjoyed their school days by the beach at Santa Monica High School.
Getty Images; startraksphoto.com11. Charlie Sheen & Rob Lowe
They began their friendship in high school in Santa Monica. Lowe wanted to get into the theater, while Sheen wanted to become a baseball player.
L. Cohen/WireImage12. Adele & Jessie J
Both singers attended BRIT School for Performing Arts.
Sylvia Linares/FilmMagic, Steve Granitz/WireImage13. Rachael Leigh Cook & Josh Hartnett
They both went to Minneapolis South High School.
Flynet, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for PCA14. Ed Helms & Brian Baumgartner
The Westminster High School alumni came together on The Office.
NBC15. Kate Hudson & Liv Tyler
There is a two-year age difference between them, so they attended Santa Monica's Crossroads School for a brief time together.
Getty Images16. David Duchovny & John F. Kennedy Jr.
The politician shared a classroom with Duchovny at New York's Collegiate School.
Dario Cantatore/Getty Images, Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage17. Jay Z & Busta Rhymes
The rappers both attended classes at George Westinghouse High near Brooklyn.
Getty Images18. Anderon Cooper & Christian Slater
They went to Dalton School in New York together before starring onscreen or covering battles for CNN.
Steve Granitz/WireImage.com, Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com19. Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
The Hollywood actors were friends at Cambridge Ridge and Latin High School in Boston long before they co-wrote and performed in Good Will Hunting together.
Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage20. Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
The famous singers went to Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup21. Neil Patrick Harris & Freddie Prinze Jr.
They met in La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mex and became friends
Steve Granitz/WireImage.com, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images22. John Cusack & Jeremy Piven
The two actors not only live across the street from one other, but they also went to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. They also studied acting with Piven's parents, Byrne and Joyce Piven, who are both well-known acting professors.
Kevin Winter/Getty Images23. Nicole Kidman & Naomi Watts
Before they moved to Hollywood, they were pals at North Sydney Girls' High School.
Jason Kempin/Getty Images24. Jennifer Aniston & Chaz Bono
They both attended LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts.
Anthony Behar/Sipa, Araya Diaz/WireImageIt is hard not to notice that many of these celebs are children of wealthy and influential people from the business world, politics, and showbiz. So it is not so strange that they've met.
They move in the same circles, often live in the same posh neighborhoods, and as a result, go to the same high-end schools.