9 Famous College Dropouts Who Actually Went Back to School

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Yohana Desta
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9 Famous College Dropouts Who Actually Went Back to School
Oprah Winfrey speaks on stage at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Pasadena, California. Credit: Chris Pizzello

Celebrities seem to have it all, but there's one thing they don't always have -- a college degree.

Yes, to be rich and famous sometimes require a circuitous path, one that isn't paved with diplomas. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates -- all of them dropped out of college to become billionaires. However, there are a fair number of famous dropouts who eventually thought to themselves, "You know what I should do? Go back to school."

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From actors to politicians to basketball stars, here are nine famous college dropouts who went through school twice.

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