Who are some famous smart people without college degrees?

Question

Who are some famous smart people without college degrees?

Answer 1

Einstein had a doctorate in physics, he just wasn't using it at the patent office.  There are plenty of famous people usually mentioned - such as scientists who did their work back when you didn't need to spend 10 years in school just to find out what had already been done, like you do now.

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to take over Microsoft, but he did get in to Harvard.  So he doesn't have a degree, but keep in mind for every Bill Gates there are 1 million people without college degrees working dead-end jobs without health insurance.  

If you know what you want to do and you don't need a degree to do it, great.  Go for it.  But if you're trying to convince yourself you can be widely successful with no training whatsoever, well, it's not likely to happen.

Answer 2

Albert Einstein