#1 Bill Gates
Bill Gates was once the richest man on Earth (Before he donated a lot of his money to charities), but he dropped out of school before working on computers.
#2 Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was not very smart in his early years. His dad died when he was 18 thinking Einstein was never going to accomplish anything and was stupid. He turned out to be one of the smartest people in the world, his most famous equation being e=mc^2
#3 Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, but before that was a successful life, starting with him dropping out of school. He was the founder of Apple.
#4 The Wright Brothers
Without these two brothers, our advancements in airplane technology would not be as much. But they too dropped out of school.
#5 William Shakespeare
He advanced the English Language greatly, and wrote many poems and plays. But he too didn't last to the end of school.
#6 Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell is known to be one of the strictest judges ever to be on any talent show, but not for a bad reason.
#7 Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the practical electrical light bulb, helping us in many ways recently. Without him, our light sources would not be as advanced.
#8 Mark Zuckerberg
The inventor of that website you use almost every day to keep up with friends also dropped out of school before working on Facebook!
#9 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is one of Americas most famous olden day times presidents, who is known for partly abolishing slavery. He dropped out of school when he was just 12 to help his parents on a farm, and later became the US President.
#10 Princess Diana
She dropped out of school and later became the Princess of England.
#11 Quentin Tarantino
The movie director you all know and love! He also dropped out of school and now is one of the most famous directors of all time.
#12 Moral of the story?
Although School is VERY important, and you should stay until the end, not everyone who drops out ends up working at McDonalds or Burger King!
