High school dropouts:
- Cary Grant
- George Carlin
- Groucho Marx
- Hank Williams
- Herman Melville
- Humphrey Bogart
- Joe DiMaggio
- John Travolta
- Johnny Depp
- Keanu Reeves
- Kid Rock
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Neil Young
- Orville and Wilbur Wright
- Prince
- Quentin Tarantino
- Ray Charles
- Roy Rogers
- Tom Cruise
- William Faulkner
- Woody Guthrie