In high school, Robin Williams was voted by his classmates as the "Least Likely to Succeed"

Robin Williams (1951 – 2014) attended Redwood High School in California where, during his senior year, he was voted both "the funniest and least likely to succeed." Williams not only became one of the most successful comedians of all times and a successful movie star, he went on to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Good Will Hunting. Williams was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times and he received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.