Famous People From Your High School

[_Lisa_]

My sister went to Tates Creek High School with Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) and later on Farah Fath (from Days of our Lives) also went there.

We went to church with Brian though so he was never a big deal.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

I went to Nile C Kinnick High School on Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan and so it makes it more interesting that Mark Hammel (Luke Skywalker) is an alumnus... and I got the Mark Hammel award in high school for excellent in arts

[AOII_LB93]

The only two I can think of are Johnny and Chad Morton...both went to USC and play for NFL teams now.

[ADPiAkron]

I went to Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio.

The only person that comes to mind for me is Harry "Butch" Reynolds. I am sure there are other famous people-- I know there are prominent ones like the president of the Akron Children's Hospital, a VP at The University of Akron, etc-- but I cannot think of anyone else who is truly "famous"!!

Butch is now coaching at Ohio State-- here is a bio on him...

http://ohiostatebuckeyes.collegespor...s_butch00.html

[PM_Mama00]

Loyd Carr-- Head coach of Michigan Wolverines

Bill McCartney-- head coach of some NFL team or something

Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers-- I know he's from my hometown but I duno if he went to high school there

and finally....

Bob Guiney. Woohoo.

[houstonchica]

Kim Basinger
B-52s
Marianne Rogers (Of Hee Haw fame/Kenny Rogers ex)
Fran Tarkenton- former NFL player
Tons of college and pro athletes and a few coaches


Clarke Central High School Athens, GA
Formally known as Athens High School until 1970

[polarpi]

I'd prefer not to say the name of the high school, since it's in a small town and people might be able to find me there still...

Travis Knight - NBA player
*Played for UConn, then was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and then was renounced, so picked up by the Lakers. Has played for the Lakers, Celtics, and Knicks, but it looks like he hasn't played since the 2002-2003 season.

(I still remember when he came to the high school my senior year and was presented a key to the town - or was it the school??? )

The infamous went to my high school:

Shannon Faulkner (the girl that bullied her way into The Citadel and quit, eventually went to Furman University and failed out, and ended up graduating from Converse College)

Shannon's mother taught at my high school. BTW, the whole situation with The Citadel was supported, started, and continued by her mother.

I used to go to church with Marty Clary, a former pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He eventually played baseball in Mexico and South America. Unfortunately, one of his children fell out of the window of a hotel he was staying in. Very upsetting.

My mom went to hs with Lou Diamond Phillips. I am from the same town as Selena............???????? Does that count? I went to a small private Catholic school, maybe someone will Pope one day?

[moe.ron]

Need to update famous people from my high school (Forest Hills High School):

* Jacob J. ("Jack") Lew ('72), United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
* Paul Simon ('58) and Art Garfunkel ('58) [3], Grammy Award-winning folk-rock singers of the duo Simon & Garfunkel
* Dennis Tito ('58), first space tourist
* George Low ('43), NASA administrator & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute president
* Bob Keeshan, portrayed Captain Kangaroo
* Jerry Springer ('61) shock television show host & Cincinnati mayor
* Ronnie Earl ('71), Blues guitarist born Ronnie Horvath
* The Ramones ('74+), punk-rock pioneers
* Burt Bacharach ('46), composer
* Art Buchwald ('43 drop-out), Pulitzer Prize winner
* Frank Lorenzo[3], business magnate
* Marc Rich (non-grad), infamous commodity trader pardoned by Pres. Clinton
* Fred Silverman, television executive
* Leslie Urdang ('72), producer of Hollywood films & New York plays
* Robert Katzmann, Court of Appeals judge
* John Vinocur,[3] journalist
* Leslie West, rock guitarist
* Dave Rubinstein, singer of Reagan Youth
* Ernie Grunfeld, former NBA player & current GM of Washington Wizards
* Katharine Weber, novelist
* Reby Sky, Playboy model
* Ian Eagle, American sports announcer
* Ross Meyerson, Emmy Award-winning casting director
* Charles Kelman, Ophthalmologist, inventor, and jazz musician

Last, but not least:
Peter Parker (Spider-Man), went to Forest Hills High School from 1962 to 1965; see "Amazing Fantasy" #1 and "Amazing Spiderman" #1 to #28

[tld221]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

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. )

This Mike Jones?

And yeah... supposedly Anthony Mason (and his son) and Kelly Price went to my alma mater, Springfield Gardens HS. Did they graduate? Who knows. Not many do.

[dukemama]

The only famous person I can think of from my HS (Simsbury, CT) is Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed and several other books. Coincidentally, we both now live in metro Philly.

[LucyKKG]

I'm not sure if people have heard of him outside of my area, but Pat Tillman went to my HS (Leland High School in San Jose, CA). He was a football player who joined the army and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

I'm not sure if people have heard of him outside of my area, but Pat Tillman went to my HS (Leland High School in San Jose, CA). He was a football player who joined the army and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

If you've watched the news or listened to NPR at least once since he died, you know who Pat Tillman is.

[bostongreek]

Ethan Hawke