- Orval Faubus
Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910 - 14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, having served from 1955-1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock public schools in defiance of the United States Supreme Court.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar"' (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 "Lyrics of a Lowly Life", one poem in the collection being Ode to Ethiopia. His poems were written mainly in black dialect. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had escaped from slavery; his father was a veteran of the American Civil War, …
- Teller
Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) February 14, 1948) is an American magician, best known as the smaller (5'9"/1.75 m compared to Penn's 6'6"/1.98 m and 300 pounds), silent half of the comedy magic duo known as Penn & Teller. He legally changed his name to "Teller" and possesses one of the few United States passports issued in a single name.
- Antonio Gates
Antonio Gates (born June 18, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan) is a football tight end for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. He's listed as 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and 260 pounds. Gates wears the number 85.
- Kathy Sullivan
Kathy Sullivan was the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in the state of New Hampshire. She has been an avid critic of the DNC's attempts to change the primary calendar to decrease the influence of the New Hampshire Primary. She has been referred to as a hero because of her efforts to bring justice to the illegal efforts of the Republican Party to jam the election day phone lines of the NH Democrats in 2002. Two Republican leaders have been sentenced to prison.
- Alain Leroy Locke
Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1886 - June 9, 1954) was an African American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is unofficially called the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance." His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.
- Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program.
- Hazel Massery
Hazel Massery, (born Hazel Bryan), was a student at Little Rock Central High School during the 1950s. She became famous in 1957 as the result of an iconic photograph showing her shouting at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, during the integration crisis. In her later life, she would work with Eckford to further the goals of racial harmony. She appeared with Eckford and the rest of the Little Rock Nine on "The Oprah Winfrey Show", …
- Kemmons Wilson
Kemmons Wilson (January 5, 1913 - February 12, 2003) was the founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels. He was born Charles Kemmons Wilson in Osceola, Arkansas, a son of Kemmons and Ruby "Doll" Wilson. His father was an insurance salesman who died when Kemmons was nine months old. Shortly thereafter, his mother, Doll, moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where she raised him. He opened the first Holiday Inn motel in Memphis in 1952, …
- Dan Majerle
Daniel Lewis Majerle (surname pronounced "MAR-lee"; b. September 9 1965, Traverse City, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player. Known by his fans as "Thunder Dan" or "Dan the Man" he played 14 years in the National Basketball Association, primarily with the Phoenix Suns, also with the Miami Heat and, briefly, the Cleveland Cavaliers. During his career, he was named to the All-Star team three times, …
- Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim (born 1979) is the co-founder of the popular video sharing website YouTube. Karim was born in Merseburg, East Germany in 1979 and moved to West Germany in 1982. His father, Naimul Karim, is a Bangladeshi researcher at 3M. His mother, Christine Karim, is a research assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. Karim grew up in Germany, and his family moved to the United States in 1992. He graduated from Central High School (Saint Paul, …
- Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan and is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He has been in the Senate since 1979 and Michigan's senior senator since 1995. He is the longest ...
- King Britt
King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For two years he toured with Digable Planets under the nickname "Silkworm". He then founded Ovum Recordings with Josh Wink. Since then he has been releasing records under names like Sylk 130 and Scuba. A 1985 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia)
- Sharon Anderson
Sharon Scarella Anderson is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. She is a 1956 graduate of St. Paul Central and attended the University of Minnesota. Anderson is not an attorney, but has repeatedly sought the office of Minnesota Attorney General. Anderson has a reputation as an eccentric, but she has run successfully, partly due to the fact that she shares her name with a former Minneapolis talk show host.
- Sander M. Levin
Sander Martin Levin, sometimes known as Sandy Levin, (born September 6, 1931) is a Democratic U.S. Representative from the 12th Congressional District (map) in Michigan, having served since 1983. The district, numbered as the 17th District until 1993, includes most of Detroit's southeastern suburbs, such as Mount Clemens, Southfield, Warren and St. Clair Shores. He is the older brother of Senator Carl Levin. Levin was born in Detroit.
- Sonny Carter
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (August 15, 1947-April 5, 1991) was an American physician, Naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. He was scheduled to fly on STS-42 at the time of his death in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 in Brunswick, Georgia while on a commercial airplane traveling for NASA. Carter was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of former Senator John Tower of Texas.
- Sam Faubus
Sam Faubus, famous as the father of Orval Faubus, was also the founder of the Arkansas Socialist Party. He was born in Madison County. Despite Faubus' belief in the rights of women to vote and the equality of all races, his son, as Governor or Arkansas, went on to become infamous for opposing the integration of Central High School in Little Rock.
- Sam Katz
Sam Katz (born December 28, 1949) is a three-time mayoral candidate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is Jewish and an independent. Katz began in politics as a Democrat, having worked on Wilson Goode's 1983 campaign for mayor. He switched to Republican in 1990. In April 2007, Katz again switched party affiliation, from Republican to independent. A 1967 graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, …
- Trenyce
Trenyce (born Lashundra Trenyce Cobbins on March 31, 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer and was a finalist for the second season of "American Idol" in 2003, finishing in fifth place. Trenyce was born to Jesse and Linda Cobbins. At the age of four, she began singing jingles she heard on the television and radio. Trenyce competed in local talent shows and school pageants, …
- Julie Stevens
Julie Stevens is an American actress. Julie Stevens is the co-director, co-producer of the documentary film, "Life After Tomorrow," about the child performers in the musical, "Annie". Julie is the singing voice of Erika in the animated musical feature film, "Barbie's The Princess and The Pauper." A 1987 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia)
- Tony Gilbert
Antonio C. Gilbert (born October 16, 1979 in Macon, Georgia) is an American football player who currently defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. As a senior at the University of Georgia (UGA), he earned All-Southeastern Conference second-team honors and started every game at middle linebacker. He tied for the team lead with a career-high 114 tackles and recorded 2.5 sacks, 15 stops for losses, 13 quarterback pressures, 1 forced fumble and deflected 2 passes.
- Neil Callaway
Neil Callaway is the current head coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers college football team, the third coach in the program's history. Callaway, a 1974 graduate of Central High School in Macon, Georgia, played collegiately at the University of Alabama for legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant as a lineman and linebacker.
- Patrick Page
Patrick Page is an actor and playwright, originally from Monmouth, Oregon but currently residing in New York City with his wife, Paige Davis. He has been known for, among other roles, his parts as Lumière in "Disney's Beauty and the Beast", Scar in "The Lion King" (his current role), and the title roles in "Macbeth" and the 2006 Broadway production of "Dr.
- Don Trachte
Donald Trachte (May 21, 1915--May 4, 2005) was an American cartoonist. He graduated from Madison, Wisconsin's Central High School, attended the University of Wisconsin and later served in World War II as a lieutenant. He started working on comics in 1932 as an assistant of Carl Thomas Anderson and worked on the Sunday version of the Henry comics from Anderson's death in 1948 until 1993.
- Harry Vines
Harry Doyle Vines, was a prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community by winning national and international championships. Born in Caldwell, Arkansas and later residing in Sherwood, Arkansas, he served on several commissions and boards, including the Governor’s Commission on People with Disabilities and the Arkansas Community Service Commission.
- Charles Stone III
Charles Stone III is a film director, known for films such as "Drumline" starring Nick Cannon and "Mr. 3000" starring Bernie Mac and "Paid in Full". Stone was the creator of the popular United States advertising campaign, "Whassup?" for Budweiser. A 1984 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia)
- Ben Stahl
Ben Stahl dedicated much of his life to serving the working class globally and the people of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania locally. After graduating from Central High School in 1932, he entered Temple University, studied briefly at Gratz College, and became a leader of the Young Peoples Socialist League before receiving his B.A. in History from Temple in 1936 (Philadelphia Inquirer 10/28/1998).
- Adam Richard Sandler
Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He has seven brothers. He was always the class clown in school. When Adam Sandler turned 17 years old, at the advice of his brother he tried out for a comedy club. That's how he came to recognize his true talent as a comedian. He started acting in the Cosby Show and then wen on to movies.
- Richard M. Schulze
Richard M. "Dick" Schulze is the Founder and Chairman of Best Buy. He was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota where he graduated from Central High School, afterwards attending Marquette University (he did not graduate). He subsequently spent time in the U.S. Air Force with the Minnesota Air National Guard. He has an honorary degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
- Isaac Husik
Isaac Husik (Hebrew: יצחק הוזיק) was a Jewish historian, translator, and student of philosophy, one of the first three individuals to serve as official faculty at Gratz College in Philadelphia. Husik was born near Kiev, but because of the worsening climate under the May Laws, in 1888, when he was 10 years old, he moved with his mother to Philadelphia. His father, Wolf Husik, rejoined them the following year.
- Fred de Luca
Fred DeLuca (born 1948 in New York City) is the co-founder of Subway sandwich restaurant. DeLuca is an alumnus of Central High School in Bridgeport, CT and the University of Bridgeport. Seventeen year old Fred DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from family friend Dr. Peter Buck to start his first sandwich shop. He was trying to raise money to pay for college. He chose a mediocre location for his shop, but by noon on the first day of the opening, customers were pouring in.
- Tommy Hensley
Thomas B. "Tommy" Hensley (d. 1994) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1985. During his time in the NFL, he was selected as the umpire for Super Bowl XIX in 1985. He wore the number 19 during his NFL career. He attended Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee and he played football at the University of Tennessee for the years. His teammates at UT included Doug Atkins and Johnny Majors. Mr.
- Chace Ambrose
Chace Ambrose (born 9 September 1976 in Macon, Georgia, United States) is an actor, screenwriter, and a contributing writer to a middle Georgia based newspaper called the 11th Hour. Ambrose is a native of Macon, Georgia and graduated in 1995 from Central High School (Macon, Georgia). He attended film courses at New York University including one taught by Spike Lee.
- Jeanne Arth
Jeanne Arth (born July 21 1935 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former Wimbledon and US Open doubles tennis champion. A 1952 graduate of Central High School, Arth went on to become an internationally #1 ranked tennis player. Together with her partner Darlene Hard, Arth won the US doubles championships in 1958 and 1959 and the Wimbledon Doubles title in 1959. Arth receive the Lions Club outstanding athlete award in 1958 and was inducted into the St.
- M. B. Banks
M.B. Banks was the Head Football Coach at the University of Tennessee for 5 seasons from 1921 to 1925. He had previously coached at Duke and was a player at Syracuse. He led the Vols to a 27-15-3 record before leaving for Central High School in Knoxville.
- Trey Lunsford
*San Francisco Giants (2002-2003)James Lewis "Trey" Lunsford is a catcher who was last seen in the San Francisco Giants farm system. Born on May 25, 1979 in Odessa, Texas, Lunsford attended Central High School in San Angelo, Texas, then went to Grayson County Junior College before transferring to Texas Tech University. Registered at 6'1", 195 pounds, Lunsford was originally drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 37th round of the 1998 draft (1096th overall).
- Jeremiah Castille
Jeremiah Castille (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional football player. A 5'10", 175-lb. defensive back from the University of Alabama, Castille was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1983 NFL Draft. He played in six seasons in the NFL from 1983-1988 for the Buccaneers and Denver Broncos. Castille's best season as a pro was in 1985, when he recorded 7 interceptions.
- William More Gabb
William More Gabb (January 16,1839 - May 30,1878) was an American paleontologist. Gabb was born and educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the leading center of American science at the time. He graduated from Jefferson Grammar School at age thirteen and was admitted to the prestigious Central High School of Philadelphia. He distinguished himself in his studies and showed an interest in natural history, conchology and geology.
- Marc Breedlove
Dr. Marc Breedlove , professor of psychology* specialising in the sexual differentiation of the brain. * The original episode guide described Dr. Breedlove as a "professor of psychology at UCLA." Dr. Breedlove noted in 2008 "I am not, and have never been, a professor of psychology or of anything else at UCLA." Breedlove earned his Ph.D. at UCLA but taught at UC Berkeley before taking an appointment at Michigan State .
- Art Gillham
Art Gillham, (born January 1, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri; died June 6, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia), a song writer, among the first "crooners" as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records.