And Im sure they were all in the classroom when they made whatever they did was great, besides that if you read the wiki articles some of those people, if not most, went to get their training BECAUSE they were good at it and wanted to learn more.
Also just reading through some of the articles, the very ones you posted, most of these people are self taught...
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John started playing the piano at the age of 3, and within a year, his mother heard him picking out Winifred Atwell's "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. After performing at parties and family gatherings, at the age of 7 he took up formal piano lessons. He showed musical aptitude at school, including the ability to compose melodies, and gained some notoriety by playing like Jerry Lee Lewis at school functions. At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. According to one of his instructors, John promptly played back, like a "gramophone record", a four-page piece by Handel that he heard for the first time.
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McCartney is largely a self-taught musician.
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After obtaining his BA, Jackman completed the one-year course "The Journey" at the Actors' Centre in Sydney.[7] About studying acting full-time, he stated, "It wasn't until I was 22 that I ever thought about my hobby being something I could make a living out of.
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I could probably do it with more of them, but I dont feel like it...
jsut proves to show most if not all the greats do great things being self taught, and not have quote un quote formal training.
also besides that, some of those people are hardly considered great, but thats a subjective thing and not the point.