1. Bobby Fischer and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand , the future Emmy , Grammy , Oscar and Tony winner , in reality attended the same Brooklyn high schooltime as Bobby Fischer , who at the fourth dimension was already vie in and winning international cheat tournaments . Streisand later confide that she had a press on the chess musician , saying that he " was always alone and very rum . But I found him very sexy . " And how did Fischer find about her ? In an interview with a Japanese wireless station , Fischer say , " I remember some mousy expect girl . "
In the end , the fact that Streisand ’s crush endure unrequited was probably for the good . She went on to marry Elliott Gould and James Brolin , while Fischer disappeared from the public eye and finally fled the state , cheat on around Europe and Asia .
Interestingly , Streisand and Fischer were not the only notable alums of Erasmus High School . Among the other famed former students : Oakland Raiders possessor Al Davis , Three Stooges member Moe Howard , actress Mae West and vocaliser Neil Diamond . To our knowledge , none of them shared Streisand ’s romantic interest in Fischer .
2. William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor
It ’s amazing enough that one Stanford law of nature schooltime class produced two Supreme Court justices . It ’s even more amazing that the two of them dated . Despite their succeeding differences , Sandra Day O’Connor and William Rehnquist actually hit up a good friendly relationship while at Stanford Law and , harmonise to late bill , went on a few date . In abiographyby Ann Carey McFeatters , O’Connor recollect that the two " go to a few movie and one thing and another , " add that Rehnquist was " a whizz " on campus ( he would later claim to be first in the class , although Stanford did n’t range students at the time ) .
Although their dates never resulted in history ’s only Supreme Court exponent couple , the friendship did pay off later on . O’Connor ’s friendly relationship with Rehnquist assist her elevate herself to a Supreme Court nominee and their families rest close until Rehnquist ’s death in 2005 .
3. Jennifer Aniston and Jon Stewart
On a recentDaily Showappearance , Jennifer Aniston and Jon Stewart recall an unsuccessful date they share at an Italian restaurant as both were on the cusp of fame . Aniston was filming the first time of year ofFriendsat the prison term , while Stewart was produce a show for MTV and asked the actress out on a engagement . So , what went wrong ?
“ It was lovely , ” Stewart said . “ I remember you bring so many multitude … and I remember thinking ‘ she ’s so unrestrained to be on a day of the month with me , she wants me to get to have sex her posse . ’ "
Aniston , meanwhile , remembered affair a morsel differently . She said the date had always been a group event to commence with , but that she did n’t mean any discourtesy to Stewart . The two never had a luck for a second appointment , whether in a radical or not .
4. Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell
This dreaming matchup of poets was actually close to becoming a reality : Robert Lowell was actually ready to advise to his champion and pen pal , Elizabeth Bishop . But fate find in the way : Bishop was living with a fan in Brazil , while Lowell was matrimonial to writer Elizabeth Hardwick . The two poet had met years earlier at a dinner party after Lowell had just won the Pulitzer Prize and Bishop pronounce she " loved him at first sight . " She later said " I call up reckon that it was the first time I had ever actually mouth with some one about how one write poesy . "
Although they never wed , the two had an intense kinship , expose through a serial of letters print in a 2008 collection calledWords in Air . They were quick to praise the other ’s work and show out where it was succeeding : he like her attending to detail , while she recommend his use of his personal experience . The letters do n’t get into too much personal information , but did provide an outlet for the two poet to simply discuss their craft .
5. Condoleezza Rice and Gene Washington
Condoleezza Rice has never been shy about her love for football and has even expressed an involvement in one day becoming commissioner of the NFL . So it ’s no surprise that she ’s been yoke to former wide receiver and NFL director of football operations Gene Washington . The two met while Washington was an assistant athletic managing director at Stanford , where she was teach ( and even pose on the school ’s hunt commission for a Modern football coach ) , and have stayed admirer ever since . When Washington accompanied Rice for a 2007 state of matter dinner with Queen Elizabeth II , rumors were rearing that the two were dating . Even though they ’ve been discern together since , both Rice and Washington insist that they ’re just friends .
Washington , who hit the hay from his NFL mail last year , is not Rice ’s only ( rumored ) football game beau . She was engaged to Denver Broncos wide receiver Rick Upchurch in the seventies , although she broke it off because she make love the human relationship would n’t work . But of course , no likely Rice coupling could ever be as hefty as her unluckily abortive mating with30 Rock’sJack Donaghy .
