These geniuses of their fields weren’t necessarily seen that way in school. But, they took their passions to the next level to revolutionize their industries.

1. Leonardo DaVinci- painter, inventor, designer
2. Elon Musk- tech entrepreneur
3. Charles Darwin- botanist
4. E.O. Wilson- myrmecologist
5. Thomas Edison- inventor
6. Steve Jobs- co-founder of Apple
7. Anderson Cooper- journalist
8. Mark and Scott Kelly- astronauts
9. Jack Horner- paleontologist
10. Jamie Oliver- celebrity chef and entrepreneur
11. Steven Spielberg- director and screenwriter
12. Albert Einstein- physicist
13. Dav Pilkey- author
14. Richard Branson- entrepreneur
15. Lisa Ling- journalist
16. Johnny Depp- actor and musician
17. M.K. Asante- professor, screenwriter director and author

School is not the only predictor of your future success for our right-brain thinkers. In fact, it might be hindering them.