Newton North High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Amalie Benjamin (2000) – Boston Red Sox beat reporter for The Boston Globe
• Louis C. K. (1985) – stand-up comedian, actor, producer, director, and writer.
• Jim Corsi (1979) – Major League Baseball pitcher, notably for the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox.
• Priyanka Chopra (2000) – Miss World 2000, Actress. (Moved before graduation)
• Joe DeNucci (1955) – boxer and state Auditor.
• Ronnie DeVoe (1986) - singer of R&B group New Edition.
• Dimitri Diatchenko (1968) - actor, notably in Chernobyl Diaries, and musician.
• Anne Dudek (1993) – actress, notably in Mad Men House, The Book Group and Covert Affairs.
• Noah Glass (1999) - entrepreneur, founder and CEO of OLO Online Ordering, creator of GoMobo
• Stephen Greenblatt (1960) – Shakespeare scholar, academic, literary critic, pioneer of New Historicism.
• Sean Gullette (1986) – writer, actor, notably in Happy Accidents and Requiem for a Dream.
• James Heywood (1985) – founder, ALS Therapy Development Foundation.
• Stephen Heywood (1987) – artist, builder, and subject of documentary So Much So Fast
• Larissa Kelly (1998) – fifth all-time in Jeopardy! earnings (top female), author of science fiction.
• Matt LeBlanc (1985) – actor, notably in Friends and Joey.
• Florencia Lozano (1987), actress, One Life to Live.
• Elizabeth McCracken (1984) – author, Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination.
• Seth Mnookin (1990) – contributing editor, Vanity Fair, author, Hard News : The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media.
• Seth Putnam (1985) – musician, vocalist of grindcore band Anal Cunt.
• James Remar (1971) – actor, notably in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Dexter.
• Josh Roseman (1985) – musician, composer and producer
• Dana Adam Shapiro (1991) – co-director, Murderball, writer for Icon, Spin and New York Times magazines, author, The Every Boy.
• Julie Taymor (1970) – theater director, The Lion King on Broadway, film director, notably of Across the Universe, Frida.
• George T. Whitesides (1992) – CEO of Virgin Galactic and former chief of staff at NASA and former director of the National Space Society.
• Laura Zigman (1980) - author, "Animal Husbandry" (adapted into the film, Someone like You; "Dating Big Bird, "Her", "Piece of Work".

Note: Alumni who graduated prior to 1974 are graduates of Newton High School.