Having random paparazzi leap out of bushes and attack you with a dazzling array of camera flashes & yelling countless questions into order to get a soundbyte is part and parcel of being famous. But it wasn’t always that way for some of the world’s best recognised celebrities.

Take their humble and trusty year book photos for example, often embarrassing and rarely worth celebrating, the highschool yearbook paints a definitive picture of who were the jocks, the nerds & the cheerleaders during those formative years. Nobody could predict what the future had in store for our collection of 40 celebrities, but it’s safe to say a few amount has changed since these shots we’re taken!

Some you will barebly be able to recognise, some just look mini versions of themselves – but all of them have one thing in common, this was just the start of many many photos to be taken of them in their lifetimes.

2. Matt LeBlanc

3. Lindsey Lohan

8. Robert Downey Jr.

9. Owen Wilson

10. Rachel Zoe

11. Amy Poehler

12. Jason Alexander

13. Alec Baldwin

14. Steve Buscemi

15. Charlie Sheen

16. Jennifer Garner

17. Rooney Mara

18. Stanley Tucci

19. Madonna

20. Amy Adams

21. Joe Biden

22. John Mayer

23. Hilary Clinton

24. Jesse Eisenberg