Downey High School - James Hetfield. Lead singer of Metallica

If you sit on one of the benches at Senior Square, you can see where he signed his name in cement when he was still in high school. It's become a shrine to stoners & wannabe's there.

Booker T. Washington High School / High School for the Engineering Professions, Houston, TX

Jennifer Holiday - Dream Girls on Broadway
Mike Jones. Who? Mike Jones. Who? Mike Jones. (My sister heard he did, but we have not confirmed this. )

North Miami Senior High School - North Miami, Florida:

Johnny Holliday (born John Bobbitt – Class of 1955) – Disc jockey and sports announcer in New York and Washington DC, he currently is the ‘voice of the Maryland Terrapins’ for University of Maryland sports events.

Andy Murcia (Class of 1958) – Syndicated columnist and former Chicago police officer; husband of actress and entertainer Ann Jillian.

Paul Gleason (Class of 1958) – Noted character actor of film and television, including The Breakfast Club, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and Die Hard, among others. Older Pioneer alumni from the 1950s will probably notice a little tribute to Pioneer tradition in The Breakfast Club: “Hagga-nagga!” the rally cry of Pioneer football teams of the 1950s.

Bill Conti (Class of 1959) – First winner of the Miami Herald’s Silver Knight awards in the category of music. He later became a composer of film music and became famous with his composition for the score of the film Rocky in 1976. In 1981, he joined the exclusive club of music composers who scored the James Bond films, scoring For Your Eyes Only. Two years later in 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score for the film The Right Stuff.

Fred Francis (Class of 1962) – Senior correspondent for NBC News.

Steve Carlton (Class of 1963) – After graduating from North Miami, he began a long career in professional baseball as a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. He won four Cy Young awards for his pitching skills and his slider pitch – his signature – caused many a batter to strike out. He retired from baseball in 1988 and the Phillies retired his number 32 the following year. In 1994, Carlton was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility.

Ronald (Ron) Book (Class of 1971) – Prominent Miami-Dade County attorney, political lobbyist for the City of Miami and Democratic Party fundraiser.

Jeff Zucker (Class of 1982) – President of the NBC Universal Television Group in Burbank, California. He is responsible for all programming across the company's extensive television properties, with the exception of Sports and Olympics.

Roger Bernstein (Class of 1985) – Immigration law attorney in Miami, he was one of the principal attorneys in the Elian Gonzalez immigration case in 2000.

Scott Galvin (Class of 1986) – North Miami City Councilman (District 1) and President of the Greater North Miami Historical Society.

Dave Aronberg (Class of 1989) – Florida State Senator representing District 27, covering portions of Palm Beach, Hendry, Glades, Charlotte and Lee Counties.

My boyfriend went to Downey High and graduated in 1994! What a small world... His little brother went there too and graduated in 1999 (?) :)

MY Team......:D The Seattle Seahawks

John F Kennedy HS, Burien WA

Jim Caviezel (graduated my year)
Mike Utley (played for the Detroit Lions)
Michelle French (US Women's Soccer Team)

Doubt anyone has heard of these two, but you should all check out these up-and-coming musicians from my high school:


Tim Stopulous

Wicked Liz and the Bellyswirls


good music :)

Apple Valley High school-Apple Valley , California


Cuba Gooding Jr

Mario Lopez (saved by the bell) went there too before Kids inc.


So did I, Hey there Tristan DSP!!!! I went when it was at O'Farrell near Morse High (a long time ago)

Southeast High School

Don Johnson
Kristie Alley

Miami Coral Park Senior High School
Miami, FL


Jose Canseco - pro baseball player

Maty Manfort - TV talk show host

Lili Estefan - Spanish TV celebrity

Yes, I went to school with all of them. Jose would've been c/o 82, if he had graduated, Maty was c/o 83, and Lili was c/o 84. I was c/o 85. :)


Steven Bauer - actor
formerly known as Rocky Echevarria

Graduated way before my time, but in a strange coincidence, I ended up meeting him @ a South Beach restaurant about 10 years ago, when he joined us for drinks.

James S. Rickards High

a bunch of people who played pro-football later on (don't understand it, our team wasn't all that, our basketball team was state champs when I was around, but hey, the jerseys are hanging in the library)

dead prez

Evanston Township High School Evanston, Illinois

Famous Alumni include:

The entire Cusack family of actors, the most famous 2 being:
Joan (class of 1979)--Nine Months, Sixteen Candles, Raising Helen
John (class of 1984)--High Fidelity, Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank

Jeremy Piven (also an actor) (class of 1984)...he and John Cusack are best friends--Cupid (TV), Entourage (TV), Black Hawk Down, Old School

Michael Stoyanov (originally Stoyanoff) (I want to say class of 1980 or 1981)--best known as the eldest brother on the TV show Blossom in the '90s

Michael Madsen (actor) (was in Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs)

Alicia "Lecy" Goranson (class of 1992)--played the 1st Becky on Roseanne

Ajay Naidu (class of 1990)--best known as Samir in the movie Office Space

Pollyanna Johns (class of 1994)--WNBA player

Cecil Martin (class of 1994)--NFL player

Gordon Segal (class of 1954)--CEO and Founder of Crate & Barrel

No way! One of my older sisters was Downey High Class of 93 & my cousin was class of 94.
My other cousin was Downey High class of 98 and my little sister was class of 2000. I wonder if they knew each other?

I attended Downey for 2 years (93-95) before I got kicked out.

Thayer Academy in Braintree MA

* One of the guys who played in the Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles movie

* The Knight brothers attended for 2 yrs before leaving to pursue their singing careers with NKOTB

* Bunch of NHL players and some that played on the 1980 Olympic team: Jeremy Roenick, Tony Amonte, Brian Leetch, Craig Janney, Don Sweeney, Jason Botterill

* The only one famous that graduated while I was there was Brooks Orpik from the Pittsburgh Penguins who graduated the year before me

* Chelsea Tallarico ...not that shes famous but her dad's steven tyler...shes in the same yr as my sister