(Newser) – 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.

: He cheered at Princeton University as a junior and senior. Samuel L. Jackson: Cheered at Morehouse College.

Ronald Reagan : Cheered at Illinois' Eureka College.

: Cheered at Illinois' Eureka College. George W. Bush : Cheered at Yale. (See the full slideshow to discover which other Bushes also cheered.)

: 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. (Read more Jimmy Stewart stories.)