67 Astounding Photos Of Celebrities When They Were Young

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was a jock, Betty White was a babe, and Robin Williams was exactly the man we'd all come to know and love.

Nirvana's first photo shoot as a band. 1988.Facebook

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Eminem on his 18th birthday. 1990.Facebook

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Peter Dinklage in high school.Vulture

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Robin Williams in high school. Ranker

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A 17-year-old Prince at the beginning of his career. 1975.Facebook

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An 18-year-old Alan Rickman in 1964.Facebook

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing in 1986.Facebook

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Susan Sarandon in 1963.Facebook

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A teenage George Clooney. Odyssey

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Tom Hanks as a high school senior in 1974. BuzzFeed

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Betty White at home in 1954.HuffPost

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Ryan Seacrest as a teenager.Ranker

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A high school yearbook photo of Amy Poehler.Gawker

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Hillary Rodham (later Clinton) at Wellesley College. 1969.Lee Balterman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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High school yearbook photo of Madonna.Vulture

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Bill gates at 22, arrested for driving without a license and failing to stop at a stop sign. 1977.Wikimedia Commons

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A ninth grade Bill Nye in the science lab.Geekologie

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Meryl Streep as a cheerleader during her junior year of high school. 1966.Wikimedia Commons

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A teenage Bill Clinton shakes President John F. Kennedy's hand in 1963.Facebook

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Drew Carey while serving in the United States Marine Corps. Circa 1978.Facebook

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A 15-year-old Dwayne Johnson in 1987.Facebook

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Samuel L. Jackson as a high school senior. 1965.Facebook

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Stephen Colbert in 1984.Facebook

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A 19-year-old Jimi Hendrix during his time in the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. 1961.Facebook

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Robert Downey Jr. in high school.Vulture

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A young Bob Marley (middle) with the Wailers in 1964.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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Neil deGrasse Tyson once described his high school self as “a nerd who could kick your butt."Factinate

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A high school yearbook photo of Zooey Deschanel.Vulture

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Steven Spielberg on his sofa in 1975.Giorgio Ambrosi/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

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Michael Jordan in his college dorm room in 1983.reddit

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A 28-year-old Barack Obama in 1990.Joe Wrinn/Harvard University/Corbis via Getty Images

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Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm room at Harvard.YouTube

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Bernie Sanders circa 1963.Politico

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Diane Keaton in high school.Ranker

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Jimmy Fallon in high school.InStyle

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Michael and Janet Jackson.Fanpop

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Larry David in 1981.ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images

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High school yearbook photo of Jason Alexander.Vulture

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Richard Nixon at age 17 in 1930. Fox Photos/Getty Images

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Gwen Stefani with No Doubt in 1987.Twitter

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Matt Dillon in 1980.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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A young Mick Jagger.Twitter

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A young Chris Pratt.Imgur

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Drew Barrymore in 1982, as seen in E.T..Facebook

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Tina Fey and her brother pose for a photo with Elvis Costello in 1986.reddit

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Ben Stiller with his dad, Jerry Stiller, in 1978.Ron Galella/WireImage via Getty Images

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Winona Ryder in 1986.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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A young Liza Minnelli with her mother, Judy Garland, in 1950.Wikimedia Commons

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A young Natalie Portman attending a movie premiere in 1995.Mitchell Gerber/Getty Images

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Sean Penn with Nicolas Cage in the mid-1980s. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images

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Billy Crystal in 1980.Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage via Getty Images

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Jane Fonda when she was arrested on false drug smuggling charges in 1970.Public Domain

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Simon Cowell in 1987. YouTube

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Michael Stipe of R.E.M. at the Hollywood Palace in 1984.Ron Wolfson/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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Lady Gaga before she became famous.YouTube

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Lin Manuel Miranda as a child. YouTube

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Ronald Reagan as a toddler in 1914.Wikimedia Commons

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Barbara Streisand in 1962.Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

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Keith Richards in 1965, just before the Rolling Stones took off in the U.S.Wikimedia Commons

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Kiefer Sutherland with his father, Donald Sutherland, circa 1970. Co Rentmeester/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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Glenn Beck in high school.Vulture

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Scott Baio and Brooke Shields. 1980.Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage via Getty Images

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Jodie Foster, with Rod Serling, on the television show Ironside in 1972.NBC Television/Wikimedia Commons

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A yearbook photo of George Clooney.Paper Magazine

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High school yearbook photo of Oprah Winfrey.Vulture

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Louis C.K. in high school.Vulture

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Jack Nicholson's high school yearbook photo. 1955.Bettmann/Getty Images

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Photos of celebrities looking perfectly put together and downright glamorous are positively omnipresent in our culture. So it's sometimes nice to have proof that these celebrities too were once young, awkward, and astoundingly normal — or at least beholden to questionable fashion trends of decades past.

Whether it was the outrageous 1980s haircut Amy Poehler once sported or the hippie look you didn't know Hillary Clinton could pull off, the photos above prove that your favorite celebrities didn't always look quite like you'd think in the days before they became famous.

For one, who would've ever suspected that a certain astrophysicist was once a muscular athlete, a self-proclaimed "nerd who could kick your butt." And who would've thought that a future "Sexiest Man Alive" would leave behind one of the dorkiest yearbook photos you've ever seen.

So take some time to enjoy browsing through this gallery of vintage photos of celebrities when they were young. From the cute to the awkward to the impossibly cool, these images are sure to surprise.

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If you enjoyed these photos of celebrities when they were young, next check out some captivating photos of vintage celebrity couples. Then have a look at even more old school photos from celebrities' yearbooks.