Famous People From Your High School
 

I could have sworn there was already a thread on this, and if there is, please point me in that direction. I did a search.

Did any famous or prominent people attend your high school?

At Coolidge High School in DC:

Hugh Price, former National Executive Director of the National Urban League
Carolivia Herron, author of the children's book Nappy Hair
Jerry Porter, who I guess still plays for the Raiders
Maury Povich (allegedly, I can't find any supporting data on that)
I want to say maybe Goldie Hawn, too.

Forest Hills High School:
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
Joey Raymone
Jerry Springer

I know there are more.

Bristol Central High School in Bristol, CT

Adrian Wojnarowski - writer for ESPN.com and correspondent for ESPN

I think that's about it - my high school hasn't really produced anyone famous other than that.

Bronx High School of Science:
5 Nobel Prize winners (don't know which ones)
the guy who pushed someone on the train tracks in NYC a few years ago (although I don't know if that's famous as much as notorious)

Bolingbrook High School:

Probably the only person anyone would know is Robert Farmer, who used to play for the New York Giants. He was a couple years behind me.

There are several women from BHS who have been Luvabulls cheerleaders (for the Chicago Bulls) in recent years. It was almost like BHS Pom Squad/Cheerleaders=direct pipeline to Luvabulls.

Pine Crest School in Florida:

Kelsey Grammar (Frasier)
Wayne Huizenga (owner of Blockbuster and half the professional sports teams in South Florida)

I know there are others, but I can't think of them right now.

The San Diego School For Creative And Performing Arts:

* Ananda Lewis
* Giovanni Samuel, who's on some Nickelodeon Show
* The woman who was the costume for Arnold in Total Recall at the airport (TWO WEEKS!) was a drama teacher for a couple years
*Willie Green: Was on a Nickelodeon show, did some commercials.

It's an arts school, so many alums are still trying to make it.....

Maine East High School

Harrison Ford
Jamie Gertz
Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton attended 3 yrs and graduated from Maine South due to redistricting when it opened her senior year.

El Paso High School:

Lupe Ontiveros...she was the lady that played Yolanda in the movie Selena.

There are other people that are from El Paso, but I can't say that they went to my high school (my high school is the oldest in the city though).

Other famous people from my city:

***Yvonne De Carlo (the lady that played Lily Munster)
***Sam Donaldson
***Jordan Hinson (if y'all see Disney channel, she's in that movie about a girl who's a figure skater and has to play on the hockey team---its a fairly new show, and she's not that good..lol)
***Freddy Soto (the Latino Comedian who passed away recently)
***Tim Hardaway went to my University, but I dont know if he's from El Paso, or from another place.
***There was this one actor back in the days of black and white TV. He's from El Paso, but I dont remember his name, just remember he was REALLY tall. lol.


There are more people from my city who are "famous" (especially from back in the day..lol, before around the 40s-60s, but i'd have to ask my mom for the rest of the names)

The most current famous of alum of my high school is Nicole Kea (Scherzinger) from Pussycat Dolls- she is the Hawaiian born one engaged to the guy from 311.

I went to the Youth Performing Arts School and DuPont Manual High for my academics (Split schedule between the two) and there are a ton of broadway and other actors from there... I just can't remember them all it's easy to remember Nicole.. she was there when I was and was voted Most Talented. She was VERY sweet and always beautiful.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, Parkland, FL:

Steve Klein and Jordan Pundik (A New Found Glory)
Eric Jones (Road Rules South Pacific)
Karamo Brown (Real World Philadelphia)
Maggie Heinen (Swimsuit Model/Hooters Girl of the Year or something like that)

I know there's more that I can't think of right now.

George Washington High- San Francisco, CA

1948- Ollie Matson (NFL Hall of Fame Player)
1953- Lee Merriwether (Miss America/actress)
1954- Johnny Mathis (Singer)
1965- Danny Glover (actor)

*** Side note- My dad went to Galileio High in SF with OJ Simpson! :)

Will Smith went to my cousin's high school, Central High School, in Philly. In one of his songs (I forget which one) he says "big up to Central."

Seminole High School -- Seminole, FL

Ben Kozlowski (recently traded to the Louisville Bats)
Dawn Olivieri (UPN's "The Player")
Jessica Matthews (appeared on "Las Vegas")
Nicole Johnson (Miss America 1999)
Brittany Lincicome (LPGA)
ETA: Casey Kotchman (thanks to Bobby, I wouldn't have known this!)

I know there's more. We've had several pageant winners.

Jim Morrison went to a rival high school.

At Coolidge High School in DC:

Hugh Price, former National Executive Director of the National Urban League
Carolivia Herron, author of the children's book Nappy Hair
Jerry Porter, who I guess still plays for the Raiders
Maury Povich (allegedly, I can't find any supporting data on that)
I want to say maybe Goldie Hawn, too.


Maury Povich went to the Landon School -- a VERY exclusive all boys pre school in Bethesda, Maryland

And Goldie Hawn and Sylvester Stallone went to Blair high school in Silver Spring, Maryland

Bloomington High School South--Bloomington, IN

I graduated with Rex Grossman...he plays for the Chicago Bears.

My dad went the high school with Sinbad in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Um...nobody, famous people aren't really bursting out of Omaha, NE. ;)

The hot tutor, Natalie, from Tommy Lee's TV show is about the only recognizable person from my high school. :D

Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove Village, IL
James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins
Me :D

I think about the best my HS does is a bunch of starting players for the Badgers...not that exciting. :p

Hey, my mom graduated from Maine East. Weird!!

I don't know if there are famous people from my high school. Should I just know that? I heard that Al Jourgensen went there but I don't think it's true.

Carmel Catholic High School - Mundelein, IL (NW of Chicago):

Rick Santorum - U.S. Senate, Republican, Pennsylvania

Jeff Zgonina - Defensive Tackle, 13 seasons in NFL, currently playing for the Miami Dolphins. Also played for Steelers, Panthers, Falcons, Rams, Colts, College at Purdue.

Scott Stahoviak - MLB Minnesota Twins 1st round draft pick 1991 out of Creighton. Played in the majors 1993-1998.

Marietta DePrima - Actress. Played Sally on "The Hughleys", recurring roles on "Dear John". She is a Theta from Northwestern. Is married to George Newbern ("George" the fiance on "Father of the Bride").

Steve Gorman - drummer for the Black Crowes

oh my...I would have to break out my yearbook to find out...I know there are TONS of famous alumns from my HS but 4 off the top of my head...

Alhambra High School
Alhambra, CA

Cheryl Tiegs - Famous model (was in the Tri Hi Y club Na'ali)
Jimmy Tunny - NFL Referee
Jonathan Ke Quan - Data from The Goonies (he was in my class)
Maiquel Alejo - CA Lottery Big Spin TV Show, she was a very good friend of mine in HS

A famous race car driver that got killed in the 80s (its driving me nuts that I don't remember)

I love love love her! To this day I am still jealous that she snagged Nick Hexum! Ironically enough her cousin on her mother's side was a HS classmate of mine.

We do have a famous alumna from Sacred Hearts Academy -- my all-girls Catholic school alma mater.

TIA CARRERE, but she was known as Althea Janairo back then. She's Class of 1984. Her youngest sister, Alessaundra, was a senior when I was a freshman.

SCHA-WING!

The only person who stands out to me is Quentin Richardson who I believe plays for the LA Clippers (but he might have transferred since then). He graduated when I was a sophomore and played for a few years at DePaul before getting drafted into the NBA.

HS. Whitney Young Magnet HS

Two years at Eton College while my Dad was stationed in London. Most recent guys would be HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry. For a better list please see excerpt below taken from school handbook:

FAMOUS OLD ETONIANS
The most famous of all Old Etonians is perhaps the Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and later Prime Minister. His elder brother, Marquess Wellesley, however, stands out as one of the most devoted Old Etonians and he is buried in the Chapel. He was Governor-General in India, Foreign Secretary and self-styled ‘Minister for Eton in the world at large’ besides being one of the greatest classical scholars of his day. He was seven years in the school. The galaxy of Old Etonian Prime Ministers is well known, nineteen in all, stretching from Walpole and Pitt the Elder to Macmillan and Douglas-Home. Equally impressive are the Old Etonian writers from Gray, Shelley and Fielding to Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, not forgetting the great economist Keynes. School Library has a fine collection of first editions of works by some recent Old Etonian writers such as Ian and Peter Fleming, A. C. Swinburne, Anthony Powell, Cyril Connolly, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, and Robert Bridges. Political and literary friendships were often formed at Eton: the association of Thomas Grey and Horace Walpole is one of many examples. Old Etonian explorers include Sir Humphrey Gilbert, founder of the colony of Newfoundland, Captain Oates, who was on Scott’s expedition to the South Pole, and Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Among the scientists are Robert Boyle, Sir John Herschel, and Sir Joseph Banks. The late King Birendra of Nepal, crowned in 1975, was also at Eton, as was his son.

Distinguished figures in the armed services, the law, and the Church are legion. Two generations of Etonians were lost in war during the last 100 years: 129 in the Boer War, 1,157 in World War I, and 748 in World War II. There is a memorial in the Cloisters to Colonel H. Jones VC who was killed in the Falklands War. To this day, a significant number of boys take up commissions in the Army after leaving school or university. As regards the Church, it was almost certainly one of the Founder’s aims to create a better-educated secular priesthood, and a high proportion of Etonians in the 90 years before the Protestant Reformation became priests: four were to die Protestant martyrs and two were to die for the Catholic faith. One (Ralph Sherwin) became a saint.

As today, in the 18th century there were a small number of boys from America. Two of these, Thomas Lynch and Thomas Nelson, were signatories of the American Declaration of Independence.

See www.etoncollege.com for more complete list.

Bishop Strachan School (BSS), Toronto, ON

1. Valerie Pringle--Canadian TV personality (currently of the Canadian Antique Roadshow)

2. Emily Murphy--well-known early 20th century feminist

3. Victoria Matthews--1st woman elected as an Anglican Bishop in Canada

4. Michelle Giroux, stage actress. Currently in the Stratford Festival.

I'm pretty sure Globe and Mail columnist, Margaret Wente went to BSS.

I'm not sure if the indie crowd has heard of Snoovy Brown, but she went to BSS (and is also an AGD).

The child singer Joni Mitchell gave up for adoption in the 60s graduated from BSS in the mid 80s. There have also been a few Old Girls who have had roles on television and the movies, but did not become MAJOR. There are a few Old Girls who are/were married to famous people. Author John Irving's wife graduated in the 70s, and to my understanding Paul Coffey (hockey player) is/was married to an Old Girl.

DeSoto High School:

Jason and Jeremy London: (In case you've never heard of them- Jason was in "Dazed and Confused" and Jeremy was on "Party of 5" and "7th Heaven".) They were class of 1991.

Marcus Tubbs!: Played football for the University of Texas, and got drafted (sorry, don't remember what team) last year. He graduated with me in 1999! He was really nice back in hs and I heard he's still a pretty cool guy. Fun times.

:)

Patrick Henry High School in San Diego:

I had graduated waaaay before him, but apparently, Ricky Williams of the Miami Dolphins went to my high school...

proctor high school - utica, ny

Will Smith - played football for Ohio State ... and just got drafted to.... the new orleans saints? ... really good guy, see him every once in a while when we're both in ny at the same time ...

and didnt graduate from my high school but grew up in utica .. steve wynn the owner, or once owner, of half the vegas strip ...

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