Famous Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders are often among the most popular people in high school and college, but some cheerleaders go on to even greater fame after they graduate. Here is a list of a few famous former cheerleaders and the schools or professional sports teams for which they cheered:

Politicians

President George W. Bush (Phillips Academy)
President Ronald Reagan (Eureka College in Illinois)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bade Ginsburg (James Madison High School)
Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran (Ole Miss)
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (Ole Miss – serving on the same squad as Cochran)

Television

Producer Aaron Spelling (Southern Methodist University)
Calista Flockhart (Shawnee High School)
Katie Couric (Yorktown High School)
Paula Abdul (Van Nuys High School)
Jennie Garth (Sunburst Middle School)
Brooke Hogan (Clearwater Central Catholic High School)
Eva Longoria (Roy Miller High School)
Blake Lively (Burbank High School)
Teri Hatcher (San Francisco 49ers)
Stacy Keibler (Baltimore Ravens)
Jenny McCarthy (Brother Rice High School, St. Laurence High School)
Jamie Lynn Spears (Parklane Academy)
Charlene Tilton (Hollywood High School)
Kirstie Alley (Wichita Southeast High School)
Vanessa Minnillo (Bishop England High School)
Sarah Shahi (Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders)
Sela Ward (University of Alabama)
Courtney Cox Arquette (Mountain Brook Elementary)
Kelly Ripa (Eastern Regional High School)

Movies

Jimmy Stewart (Princeton University)
Reese Witherspoon (Montgomery Bell Academy)
Renee Zellweger (Katy High School)
Alicia Silverstone (San Mateo High School)
Jerry Lewis (Irvington High School)
Ann Margaret (Wilmette Jr. High School)
Halle Berry (Bedford High School)
Sandra Bullock (Washington-Lee High School)
Samuel L. Jackson (Riverside High School)
Cameron Diaz (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
Steve Martin (Garden Grove High School)
Meryl Streep (Bernards High School)
Denise Richards (El Camino High School)
Sally Field (Birmingham High School)
Raquel Welch (La Jolla High School)
Vivica Fox (Arlington High School)
Shannon Elizabeth (Waco High School)

Music

Madonna (Rochester Adams High School)
Jessica Simpson (Richardson North Junior High School)
Christina Aguilera (North Allegheny Intermediate High School)
Miley Cyrus (Heritage Middle School)
Toni Basil (Las Vegas High School)
Kellie Pickler (North Stanly High School)
Carrie Underwood (Checotah High School)
Belinda Carlisle (Newbury Park High School)
Faith Hill (McLaurin Attendance Center)
Natalie Maines (O.L. Slaton Junior High School)
Lauryn Hill (Columbia High School)

Many people who cheered in elementary school, middle school, high school, college and for professional teams went on to fame and fortune. Whether it was as a politician, movie star, television star, or singing sensation, these people have energetic, bright personalities that shined early in their lives through cheerleading.