Yale University, New Haven, CT
It’s not surprising that a lot of successful people attended an Ivy League university, including presidents. Former U.S. presidents are Yale University alumni, including William Howard Taft, Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, George H.W. and George W. Bush. Other celebs have attended the precocious university as well.
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Yale also has a legacy of A-listers. Hollywood heavyweights like Jodie Foster, Edward Norton, and Claire Dames are all alumni. Plus, the most brilliant actress of our generation and Academy Award winner, Meryl Streep, studied drama at Yale. In 1975, she got her master of fine arts degree. She’s got talents and the brains.