66 Smartest Celebrities That Are Not Only Talented, But Also Intelligent

"Cindy Crawford, the modeling icon who now hawks a furniture line. Graduated as class valedictorian from DeKalb High School and pursued a degree in chemical engineering at Northwestern University on an academic scholarship."

"Terry Crews. The man is a diversification master and can learn anything."

"Jim Varney is known for playing a goofy guy named Ernest "Hey Vern!" Was a genius. Extremely intelligent, even though he played a character that lacked common sense and was generally dumb. Enjoyed spending his free time working on pocket watches and working with the small machinal parts inside to see how they work."

"John Cena. He can speak Chinese semi-fluently, plays the piano, and do a slew of other things that I can’t remember off the top of my head."

"Bradley Cooper. Speaks French, went to Georgetown for undergrad, and has a master, just not what I imagine when I see him."

"Mira Sorvino. Harvard graduate and learned mandarin when she did a student exchange to Beijing."

"I mostly watched him for Big Fat Quiz of the Year, and he doesn't really take that seriously, but in some of his youtube videos, he sounds pretty damn intelligent than what most people give him credit for. Reminds me of an interview he had on an American Day time show they basically didn't take him seriously and he somehow cleverly made them look like idiots."

"Peter Weller has a Ph.D. in Art History and has taught history at Syracuse University."

"We all think he is dumb because he makes dumb movies, but that’s what makes him so smart. He does movies where the studio essentially just pays for him and his buddies to go on a couple of months of vacation (often in some beautiful area) where he just plays himself. He gets paid millions of dollars to vacation with his buddies."

"Charlie Day is a really smart guy. He usually plays characters not too dissimilar from Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny. But IRL he's a multi-instrumentalist, writer, producer, and just an all-around intelligent guy."

"Manny Jacinto, known for playing Jason on A Good Place. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering at one of the top schools in Canada."

"Tom Morello has a degree in Social Studies from Harvard."

"James Woods is a crazy conspiracy theorist, but went to MIT and supposedly has an IQ of 180."

"Till Lindemann, the man has a certification in pyrotechnics, but I'm pretty sure other than the music most people know him as that German rock singer."

"Kesha. She had an almost perfect score on the SATs and was accepted to Barnard, but she dropped out to pursue music."

"Apparently Sofia Vergara was about to become a dentist, and the only reason why she stopped was to become an actor."

"Rob Gronkowski. My understanding is he hasn't spent any of his NFL salaries but lives off sponsorships only. There are many NFL players, like "The Fridge" who go broke quickly after leaving the league."

"Will Smith turned down a scholarship to MIT to become a rapper."

"Nathan Fielder graduated from one of Canada's top business schools with really good grades."

"Flava Flav is actually very musically talented. When someone asked Chuck D why they had him in Public Enemy because all he did was say, 'Yeaaah booooyyy,' Chuck replied that Flava was the only one who could play an instrument. In fact, he could play about nine different ones and was actually quite gifted."