"Famous people that went to my high school..." Topic

…According to Wikipedia.

Woody Harrelson, actor
Bruce Ivins, bioterrorist
Marty Roe, singer

Two are before my time. One I remember.

How 'bout you?

so, was Bruce your lab partner?

No famous alumni listed.

Craig Chaquico, guitarist for Jefferson Starship. 10 years before my time though.

Nope. He was before my time.

Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana.
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, musician.
Jared Fogle, the Subway guy.
Scott A. Jones, Co-founder of Boston Technologies and ChaCha Search, Inc., inventor of voice mail.
Bart Peterson, politician, former Mayor of Indianapolis
David Wolf, astronaut

A second-rate NFL player or two, I think.

* Danni Boatwright, Sole Survivor of the CBS Series Survivor: Guatemala, 1992 Miss Kansas Teen USA and 1996 Miss Kansas USA
* Rachel Saunders, 2005 Miss Kansas USA

Didn't know either though I remember hearing about Danni though not that she was on Survivor (I graduated in 1982).

No wiki entry for my high school, which is now defunct (well, actually the system changed it into an 11-12 "senior" high school and changed the name. Building is still there and in use.)

I can't think of anyone "famous" from the school, at least during my time or my mother's time teaching there. Guess I'll just have to be the first!

According to the wiki, a bunch of hockey players and a state senator… nobody I went to class with.

Just me.

If I had gone to the public school, I would have had Charlie Trippi and Jimmy Cefalo.

However, I know of a few convicted felons from my class at the Catholic school, where I went.

Phil Simms is all I can think of.

I hung out with Paige Davis sometime in '85 or '86, though she didn't go to my school.

Where I Graduated:

Brady Anderson, Baseball; Baltimore Orioles
Michelle Baena, Model
Chad Butler, Musician, drummer for Switchfoot
Colin Branch, Football; Stanford University & Carolina Panthers
Brandon Chillar, Football; UCLA & Saint Louis Rams
Troy Glaus, Major League Baseball player, won World Series with the Anaheim Angels(now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) in 2002
Ted Johnson, Football; University of Colorado & New England Patriots
Derrick Williams, Football; San Diego State University, Kansas City Chiefs
Scott Karl, Baseball; Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies
Glen Kozlowski, Football; Chicago Bears
Sal Masekela, Actor/Commentator
Autumn Reeser, Actress
Staciana Stitts, Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer
Tony Hawk, Professional skateboarder, attended Freshman and Sophomore years.
Brett Swain, NFL player

Where I started:

Mike Bellotti – Head coach of the University of Oregon football team.[5]
Lance Blankenship – Member of 1989 World Series champion Oakland Athletics.[6]
Jonathan Dayton – Director of Little Miss Sunshine.[7]
Tami Erin – Actress, best known for title role in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.[8]
Kiko Garcia – Shortstop; played for Baltimore Orioles in 1979 World Series.[9]
Kristin Heaston – Shot put athlete; in 2004 became the first female Olympic athlete ever to compete in Olympia, Greece.[10]
Damian Jackson – Former infielder for the Washington Nationals and other teams.[11]
Carl Ryanen-Grant – UC Berkeley University Medalist in 1997; received widespread attention for his battle with malignant melanoma.[12]
Dave Tollefson – Defensive end; played for New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. [13]
Chris Walsh – Retired Minnesota Vikings wide receiver.[14]

Just me. I'm famous for never having my 15 minutes of fame.

Besides me? some of the more recognizable are

Charles Geschke, 1956 – Co-founder of Adobe Systems
Murlan J. Murphy, 1935 – Inventor of Murphy's Oil Soap
James E. Rohr, 1966 – CEO of PNC Financial Services
John G. Breen – Retired CEO of The Sherwin-Williams Company
Danny Greene 1950, Mobster and racketeer
Francis E. Sweeney Sr., 1952 – Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice
Bill Sammon, 1978 – Senior White House Correspondent for The Washington Examiner
Larry Dolan, 1951 – Owner, Cleveland Indians
Brian Dowling, 1965 – Former Yale and NFL quarterback (inspiration for the character B.D. in the Doonesbury comic strip)
Anthony Gonzalez 2003 – Split end, Ohio State Buckeyes, Indianapolis Colts

Jaclyn Smith went to my college! From her age, she was probably a junior when I was a freshman! And I never noticed.

Just me.

Same here.

Not High School, but IIRC Al Jolson and Harrison Ford both went to the same college I did.

Some damned football player who fell asleep at the White House dinner for the Stupor Bowl winners in the 70s. Maybe 1980. Was a Redskin (I think). Don't remember his name, but they named the one biggish street in town after him. The whole what, three blocks of it?

Dan Wideman II:
Not High School, but IIRC Al Jolson and Harrison Ford both went to the same college I did.

Did you have Professor Tyree for Philosophy?

Nobody that I recognized.

I trump you all.

JRR Tolkien.

Kathy Shower Playboy Playmate of the Year 1986

Mines not listed

Flintloque, as far as I know Professor Tyree was no longer there, but he was a real teacher. The philosphy and history departments did share the same building. At the intersection where you turn to choose which to go to was a pair of signs. One said TRUTH, the other said FACT.

I didn't major in philosophy though. It was History.

A rapper, an actor or two, several athletes, and couple of NFL coaches: Jack Del Rio and some guy named Walsh…

Of the few thousand dorm rooms on my college campus I got the same one John Belushi stayed in during his brief college career.

Ironically one of my best friends had that same dorm room about 7 years before me.

I knew Tony Snow, late White House press secretary in high school.

Carmen Electra went to my high school too but long after I was gone.

Regards, the Gorb

Neotacha- your thinking of John Riggins! When he woke up he said something like "Hey babe! How's it hangin?" to Justice Sandra Day O'conner. At least that is how I chose to remember it!
The high school where I went sophomore year and my brother graduated:
Leona Mitchell- opera singer. I beat her brother up in 9th grade. He started it! I think one of her brothers was involved with the radical MOVE group in Philly. The city burned a block down trying to smoke them out in 1985.
Basketball coach Don Haskins – he coached Texas Western to the NCAA championship in the 1960's. This was the first team to have 5 black starters and win the title. They made a movie out of it a few years ago.
Owen K Garriot- astronaut and father of the famous computer game designer.
Mark and Brent Price- basketball players.
Several NFL players- Jim Riley of the undefeated Dolphins, Roger Carr( didn't graduate from school) All-Pro WR for the 70's Colts, Ken Mendenhall, OL starter for 70's Colts.

A couple of porn 'actresses', but thats a rumor…

People that I went to High School with at the same time:

Ian Ziering: Starred in 90120
Scott Kelly: Space Shuttle Endeavor Captain
Mark Kelly: Space Shuttle Endeavor Captain

Rich Hall went to my HS, but I didn't know him until years later when he was a regular at the club at which I worked. He did know my older brother, though.

Dan Wideman II 16 Apr 2009 8:27 p.m. PST
Flintloque, as far as I know Professor Tyree was no longer there, but he was a real teacher.

Yup. Bill Tyree was Ford's philosophy teacher (as well as Indy's colleague). He told me once that of all his students, he would never have expected Harry Ford to become famous. He's alive & well and living in my hometown.

Milt May (1968) Major League baseball player

Charlie Crist (1974) – 44th Governor of the state of Florida (2007-present). He has served as Florida's attorney general from 2003-2006.

A guy I went to school with is now the principal

Johnny Yong Bosch, actor
Shannon Essenpreis, American Junior Miss 2004
David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians (see Waco Siege) (did not graduate)

Mookie Blaylock, Former NBA point guard for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and Golden State Warriors, attended Oklahoma
Bobby Boyd, 5 time All-Pro NFL defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and member of the all-decade team during the 1960s, attended Oklahoma
Ike Diogu, Power Forward/Center for the Sacramento Kings, attended Arizona State and was 2 time PAC 10 player of the year
Chuck Dicus, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers in the late 1960s and early 1970s and member of College Football Hall Of Fame, attended Arkansas
Mike Gandy, Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman, played in Super Bowl XLIII, also played for the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills, attended Notre Dame
Ricky Pierce, Former 2 time NBA 6th man of the year, attended Rice
JD Quinn, Former University of Oklahoma lineman
Uzooma Okeke, Award winning CFL offensive lineman, attended SMU
Herkie Walls, NFL, European, Arena League running back, attended Texas (his cousin is everson walls)
Karl Williams, NFL, AFL, 9 year veteran for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Arizona Cardinals from 1996-2004. Also played in the Arena Football League for the Tampa Bay Storm, attended Texas A&I (now known as Texas A&M Kingsville).

George W Bush

Merv Griffin

The sons of race car driver J.C. Agajanian, the son and daughter of councilman Kenneth Hahn. The son was a one-term mayor of LA and, the last I heard, she was still a councilwoman.

After 9-ll, she panicked and called for all of the bridges in LA to be closed. What a maroon.

JW

Sondra Locke,her husband Gordon Anderson and my older brother were charter members of my high school's forensic league.

Later on,a new generation of club members sought to make their own mark by impressing Ms. Locke when she came home for the horse show.

Cameron Watson made a semi-autobiographical movie of that attempt in his film "Our Very Own."

It starred Keith Carradine,Allison Janney,Faith Prince,
Cheryl Hines,Hilarie Burton,Jason Ritter,Dale Dickey,Beth Grant,Mary Badham (Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird) and other excellent character actors including Autumn Reeser.

Sabre6,you might be glad to know that your schoolmate proved to be talented,professional and one of the nicest,mature young ladies it has ever been my pleasure to know.

(Her apartment during filming of the movie was across the hall from where we lived.)

They must grow good people up your way.

Murray High (Utah): Mark Koncar, offensive tackle for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers; and David Archuleta, recent splash on American Idol. And some NBA player named Britton Johnsen, I've never heard of. Mark is in my graduating class of '71.