There is a fair percentage of people on here that are engineers, so thought I would just post this interesting article here of some people who actually practiced engineering before becoming famous. There are some others too listed in the comments sections, eg) Dolph Lundgren, Frank Capra, Herbie Hancock, Mike Judge, etc.
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We all have talents and some of those talents outshine others. Take a look at six well-known, even famous, people who have an engineer’s mind and skills, but who have been acclaimed for talents other than engineering.
The following six people range from Hollywood, to politics, to music, and to comic strips. Plus, we’ve tacked on bonus list of five more people who studied engineering or a sister science/technology field but never practiced the craft.
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http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs...-are-engineers
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Bonus: 5 more people that were almost engineers
The following five people studied engineering or a sister science/technology field but never practiced the craft.
Tom Landry: The famed NFL coach studied industrial engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.
Rowan Atkinson: Mr. Bean himself finished his degree in electrical and electronics engineering at Newcastle University before getting his Masters in engineering at Oxford.
Brian May: Although he’s an astrophysicist, May is most widely known as the guitarist from the band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special."
Ashton Kutcher: As a University of Iowa student, Kutcher was majoring in biochemical engineering when he was discovered and his acting career began. He’ll be playing Steve Jobs in the 2013 movie iJOBs.
Cindy Crawford: Before she was a supermodel, Crawford studied study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended on scholarship. She dropped out to pursue modeling full time.
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