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High Schools in Washington, DC
Archbishop Carroll High School
Cardozo High School
Central High School
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Gonzaga College High School
Immaculata High School
Principia High School
Sidwell Friends High School
Spingarn High School
St. Albans School
St. John's College School
Woodrow Wilson High School


Famous People born in Washington, DC
CelebrityTypeBornHigh SchoolSummary
Edward AlbeeAuthor3/12/1928Choate Rosemary Hall Prep (Wallingford,CT)Wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and over a dozen other novels.
Thurl BaileyAthlete4/7/1961Bladensburg (Bladensburg,MD)Basketball Player. Played 12 NBA seasons, mostly with Utah Jazz.
Michael D. BarnesGovernment9/3/1943Principia (Washington,DC)Maryland congressman from 1979-1987.
Carl BernsteinJournalist2/14/1944Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring,MD)Washington Post investigative journalist who broke the Watergate story. Received the Pullitzer Prize in 1973.
David BingAthlete11/24/1943Spingarn (Washington,DC)Basketball player, played 12 NBA seasons, seven-time NBA All-Star, His number 21 jersey was retired by Detroit
Pat BuchananJournalist11/2/1938Gonzaga College (Washington,DC)Television political commentator and columnist. Ran for president for Reform party in 2000.
Dave ChappelleActor, Comedian8/23/1972Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington,DC)Chappelle's Show, You've Got Mail, Screwed, 200 Cigarettes.
Randolph ChildressAthlete9/21/1972Flint Hill Prep (Oakton,VA)Basketball player. Played 51 games over 2 NBA seasons from 1995-1997 with Portland and Detroit.
Connie ChungJournalist8/20/1946Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring,MD)NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN, 20/20.
Brendan DonnellyAthlete7/4/1971Sandia (Albuquerque,NM)Baseball player. Toiled in the minors for 11 years before getting the call with the Anaheim Angels in 2002. He immediately became a star middle reliever.
Sherman DouglasAthlete9/15/1966Spingarn (Washington,DC)Basketball Player. Played 12 NBA seasons between 1989-2001, averaging 11 points per game.
Maureen DowdJournalist1/14/1952Immaculata (Washington,DC)New York Times columnist.
Jim DoyleGovernment11/23/1945Madison West (Madison,WI)Governor of Wisconsin.
Andrew FastowBusiness12/22/1961New Providence (New Providence,NJ)CFO of Enron when it went down.
Marvin GayeMusician4/2/1939Cardozo (Washington,DC)R&B singer popular in the 60's and 70's, hit songs Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Your Precious Love
Al GorePolitician3/31/1948St. Albans School (Washington,DC)Vice President to Bill Clinton.
Tipper GoreRelative8/19/1948St. Agnes (Alexandria,VA)Wife of Al Gore.
Alyson HanniganActress3/24/1974North Hollywood (North Hollywood,CA)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Willow), American Pie
Katherine HeiglActress11/23/1978New Canaan (New Canaan,CT)Roswell, 100 Girls.
J. Edgar HooverGovernment1/1/1895Central (Washington,DC)FBI director from 1924-1972.
Brit HumeJournalist6/22/1943St. Albans School (Washington,DC)Fox News Correspondant.
William HurtActor3/20/1950Middlesex School (Concord,MA)Children of a Lesser God, Sunshine, Broadcast News, The Accidental Tourist.
Allen K. JohnsonAthlete3/1/1971Lake Braddock (Burke,VA)Olympic Gold Medalist in the 110 m hurdles
John F. Kennedy Jr.Relative11/25/1960Phillips Andover Academy (Andover,MA)Son of assassinated president John F. Kennedy Sr. Died in an airplane crash in 1999.
James KimseyBusinessSt. John's College School (Washington,DC)Founding CEO of AOL online community.
Sidney LoweAthlete1/21/1960DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville,MD)Basketball Player. Played 4 NBA seasons with 5 different teams.
Christopher MeloniActor4/2/1961UnknownLaw and Order: SVU, Oz
Moochie NorrisAthlete7/27/1973Cardozo (Washington,DC)Basketball player. Drafted in 1996 by Milwaukee Bucks.
Thomas Penfield JacksonGovernment1/10/1937Bethesda Chevy Chase (Bethesda,MD)Presided over Microsoft Antitrust Trial.
Maury PovichTalk Show Host1/17/1939Landon School (Potomac,MD)A Current Affair, The Maury Povich Show.
Pete SamprasAthlete8/12/1971Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes,CA)Tennis player.
Kevin ShelleyGovernment11/16/1955St. Ignatius (San Francisco,CA)California Secretary of state from 2003-2005.
Harold SolomanAthlete9/17/1952Springbrook (Silver Spring,MD)Tennis player, reached the semi-finals in the French Open in 1980
Ben SteinActor, Game Show Host11/25/1944Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring,MD)Win Ben Stein's Money, Ferris Bueller's day off. Richard Nixon's speech writer.