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Youngest in their field


Youngest in their field
 What's left to do when you hit your peak at age 14 -- or younger? The people on this list may be wondering the same thing. Was it genius, drive or sheer luck that got them there?

 Mark Zuckerberg
The youngest self-made billionaire in history when he was 23, he's also the youngest to be named Person of the Year by this magazine.

Tatum O'Neal
The youngest person to win an Oscar (at age 10) for this film, in which she co-starred with her famous father, O'Neal got a lot of press for her rocky marriage to a hot-tempered tennis star when she was all grown up.

Michael Kearney
He was the youngest college graduate, at age 10, from this university. By age 17, he had earned two master's degrees.

Balamurali Ambati
Jessica Watson
She is the youngest person to sail around the world, just three days shy of her 17th birthday.

Freddy Adu
He was the youngest professional athlete at age 14 when he took the field for this soccer team (where he's from).

Lionel Tate
Michelle Wie
LeAnn Rimes
Jordan Romero
Alfonso XIII of Spain
Marjorie Gestring
Hou Yifan
Yuto Miyazawa
William Lawrence Bragg
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