Notable Alumni
- Ernestine Anderson, jazz & blues singer
- Debbie Armstrong, alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist
- Jack Benaroya, real-estate mogul and philanthropist
- Linda Lee Cadwell, author and widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee
- Irwin Caplan, creator of the cartoon Famous Last Words
- Will Conroy, NBA and NBADL player
- Homer Harris, pioneering University of Iowa football player
- Jeff Heath, Former MLB player (Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, Boston Braves)
- Jimi Hendrix, rock musician (expelled in his junior year)
- Quincy Jones, music producer
- Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor
- Dave Lewis, rock musician
- Miko Lim, fashion photographer
- Macklemore (Ben Haggerty), Seattle hip hop artist
- Billy North, Former MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants)
- Brandon Roy, NBA All-Star for the Minnesota Timberwolves
- Yasser Seirawan, chess grandmaster
- Chester Simmons, University of Washington basketball player
- Isaiah Stanback, NFL player
- Eric Wilkins, Former MLB player (Cleveland Indians)
- Joyce Walker, the third woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters
- Tony Wroten, NBA player for the Memphis Grizzlies
- Minoru Yamasaki, World Trade Center architect
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