Genius Celebrities: 22 With Surprisingly High IQs

Conan O’Brien is known for his late night hilarity, but he has some hidden smarts. While still in high school, he interned for Congressman Robert Drinan and in his senior year he won the National Council of Teachers of English writing contest with a short story, then went on to graduate as valedictorian of his class. After that, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a senior thesis focused on the use of children as symbols in the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor.