10 Brainy Beaus From 10 Colleges With The Smartest Guys

Here are 10 clever chaps from College Prowler's ranking of schools with the Smartest Guys.

Peter Sarsgaard at Washington University in St. Louis

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At Wash. U, Sarsgaard co-founded the improv group, "Mama's Pot Roast," which is still in existence today.

Jeff Greenstein at Tufts University

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This Tufts alum and TV writer and producer for "Will & Grace" garnered the show's only Emmy nomination for writing in 2001 for the episode "Lows in the Mid-Eighties."

Frank Rudy at Case Western Reserve University

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Helping make slam dunks possible, Case Western alum Frank Rudy invented the Nike Air-Sole, the unique cushioning device built into the famous athletic shoes.

Justin Wright at Pacific Union College

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This PUC alum, who sadly died of a heart attack 10 days after his 27th birthday, contributed storyboards to 2008's WALL-E. The film is actually dedicated in "loving memory" to him.

John Young at Georgia Institute of Technology

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Astronaut and Georgia Tech alum John Young became the ninth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.

Joe Coulombe at Stanford University

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If you've ever purchased six-dollar wine at Trader Joe's, you can thank this Stanford alum, who founded the store.

"Myspace Tom" at UC Berkeley

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What did Tom Anderson study at Berkeley? Surprisingly, critical film studies (and he didn't even get a movie based on his social network!).

Steve Young at Brigham Young University

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It takes brawn and brains to be named NFL's MVP both in 1992 and 1994. Not only did this BYU alum make an impact in the NFL, but he's also in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Jon Stewart at College of William & Mary

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This William & Mary alum brings humor to the news and world events.

Edwin Hubble at the University of Chicago

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This astronomer and University of Chicago alum found the first evidence for the Big Bang theory. He's also the namesake for the Hubble Space Telescope.