Celebrity / Jimmy Stewart 10 Famous Guy Cheerleaders Yes, Samuel L. Jackson is among them By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Mar 24, 2012 11:15 AM CDT Copied Samuel L. Jackson arrives at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg) Cheerleading may be predominantly made up of females now, but it started as a male sport, and the Huffington Post found 10 male college cheerleaders who went on to quite a bit of prominence in Hollywood and DC: Jimmy Stewart: He cheered at Princeton University as a junior and senior. Samuel L. Jackson: Cheered at Morehouse College. Ronald Reagan: Cheered at Illinois' Eureka College. George W. Bush: Cheered at Yale. (See the full slideshow to discover which other Bushes also cheered.) Steve Martin: Though he wasn't actually a college cheerleader, he reportedly tried out for his high school team with cheers like, "Die, you gravy-sucking pigs!" Click for the complete slideshow, including a politician who reportedly used to run out onto the field carrying a Confederate flag. (More Jimmy Stewart stories.) Report an error