15. Bill Gates

He would eventually trade each nose freckle for billions of dollars.

14. Ben Stiller

Derek Zoolander would be embarrassed about having a giant Jew-fro in high school.

13. Steve Buscemi

The man who would eventually become the creepy old guy in Ghost World only looked somewhat-creepy in these days.

12. Natalie Portman

Her yearbook photo is... not too different than... now

11. Dan Aykroyd

Dan’s a huge geek for UFOs and ghosts, but there’s nothing supernatural about his really dorky yearbook photo.

10. REM’s Michael Stipe

Andy Kaufman’s biggest fanboy might want to put all copies of this picture on the moon.

9. President Barack Obama

Here’s our nerd President back-in-the-day.

8. Steve Wozniak

The “Woz” is a co-founder of Apple, along with Steve Jobs. Here’s a picture of the two partners together in their geeky teens.

7. Kelsey Grammer

Before the smartypants actor gave life to geeks Frasier Crane and X-Men’s The Beast, he… played football?

6. Jon Stewart

Acknowledging the second Jew-fro on the list.

5. Shia LaBeouf

…and now he stars in The Transformers movies! So there you go.

4. George Lucas

This yearbook photo was the inspiration for Yoda’s ears. I know it!

3. Stephen Colbert

He commands a massive internet army, stars in the Tek Jansen comic books, and — what comedian didn’t have a fro in school?

2. Al Gore

Climate change, “inventing the internet,” guest starring in multiple episodes of Futurama: this kid’s got a long, geeky future ahead of him.

1. Tina Fey

After seeing this photo, I lizzed.