Hugh Laurie. Yep, Dr. House himself was a rower. We're pretty sure that's the real reason he limps.

Anderson Cooper. The journalist was a coxswain. Maybe that's where he got his tenacity from.

Stephen Hawking. The award-winning physicist was a coxswain at Oxford. Now, what's your excuse for that C- in psychology again?

Toni Murden. She may not be a household name, but she was the first woman to row alone across the Atlantic—where the Titanic sank. We can't even go into a public restroom alone.

Edward Norton. Our most favorite versatile actor rowed at Yale University before a back injury forced him to call it quits.