Notable Alumni
Among the many notable individuals who have attended East High School are:
- Jerome Biffle, track and field gold medalist in 1952 Olympics
- Ward Bond, American film actor
- Herrick Chapman, associate professor of History and French Studies, New York University (1992–present)
- Joe Barry Carroll, NBA All-star
- Neal Cassady (attended for a short time), Beat icon, served as model for character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road
- Don Cheadle, actor
- Dan Cohn-Sherbok Professor Emeritus of Judaism, University of Wales
- Judy Collins, folk and standards singer and songwriter
- Harlan L. Dalton, professor of law, Yale Law School
- Three members of Earth, Wind & Fire who were East Alumni were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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- Philip Bailey
- Andrew Woolfolk
- Larry Dunn
- Bruce Egloff, Former MLB player (Cleveland Indians)
- Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
- Douglas Fairbanks, was expelled from East High School, went on to become one of the most famous silent movie stars of all time.
- Bryan Fogel, playwright and author
- Bill Frisell, jazz guitarist
- Pam Grier, actress
- General Robert T. Herres, first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize for History; Rhodes Professor of American History Emeritus at Oxford University in England and Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Cobe Jones, Former MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- Jamie Laurie (aka Jonny 5), Singer/Song writer for The Flobots
- Harold Lloyd, silent film actor
- Hattie McDaniel, actress (the first African American to win an Academy Award for her performance in Gone with the Wind)
- Stephen L.R. McNichols, Colorado governor (1957–1963)
- Ron Miles, Jazz trumpeter, cornetist and composer.
- T. J. Miller, co-star of the 2008 movie Cloverfield
- David Oliver, a professional track athlete
- Antoinette Perry, stage actress (the namesake of the Tony Awards)
- Dianne Reeves, jazz vocalist (graduated from George Washington HS in Denver)
- Reese Roper, singer/song writer for Five Iron Frenzy
- Brandon Shaffer, President, Colorado Senate
- Peter Groff, first African-american President Pro Tem of the Colorado Senate
- Sidney Sheldon, writer
- Jack Swigert, NASA astronaut and member of the Apollo 13 Mission
- Donnette Thayer, songwriter, singer
- Edward D. White, Jr., architect based in Denver, whose forty-year practice (1955–1995) focused on contemporary architecture and historic preservation
- Paul Whiteman, a jazz composer and bandleader
- Stan Williams, Former MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox)
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