26 of the most famous and successful Stanford University students of all time

Herbert Hoover received his B.A. in geology in 1895

Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States.

Hoover was part of the pioneering class at Stanford. He was also the treasurer of the class his junior year and the manager of both the football and baseball teams, according to The New World Encyclopedia. 

John Steinbeck attended intermittently until 1925 and left without a degree

John F. Kennedy dropped out of Stanford's MBA program in 1942

Doris Fisher received her B.S. in the 1950s

Sandra Day O'Connor received her B.A. in economics in 1950

Mitt Romney attended for his freshman year in 1960

Ted Koppel earned an M.A. in 1962

Phil Knight earned an M.B.A. in 1962

Ted Danson attended the B.A. program in 1966, but transferred to Carnegie-Mellon University

Sigourney Weaver earned a B.A. in 1972

Sally Ride received a B.S. in Physics in 1973

Tobias Wolff earned an M.A. in the mid-1970s

Steve Ballmer pursued an M.B.A. in 1980 but dropped out within two months

Mukesh Ambani pursued an M.B.A. in the early '80s but dropped out after the first year

John Elway graduated in 1982 with an economics degree

Reed Hastings earned his master's degree in 1988

Peter Thiel received his B.A. in 1989 and his J.D. in 1992

Cory Booker received his B.A., followed by his M.A. in 1992.

Rachel Maddow earned a degree in public policy in 1994

Tiger Woods went to Stanford on a full golf scholarship in 1994

Larry Page pursued a doctorate degree in the mid-1990s but dropped out

Sergey Brin pursued a doctorate degree in the mid-1990s and is currently on leave

Reese Witherspoon attended Stanford in the mid-1990s and is currently on leave

Julie Foudy received her undergraduate degree in 1994

Fred Savage earned his B.A. in 1999

Chelsea Clinton received her B.A. in history in 2001