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I went to Wylie E. Groves High School in Birmingham, MI. The only "real" famous people that went to Groves were Sam Raimi (Director of the Evil Dead and Spiderman Movies), his brother Ted, and Bruce Cambell (Starred in the Evil Dead movies).
There was a girl in the same grade as me who acted in at least two Hollywood movies. I'm pretty sure she was in the movie Last Rites starring Tom Berenger. The role was more than just a "walk-on" but I don't remember her name nor do I see it listed at the International Movie Data Base (IMDB). Can't remember the name of the second movie either. My high school yearbook was either stolen or lost several years ago so that's not available either to help identify her.
There have been a couple students who went on to become TV News Broadcasters (i.e., reading the news to the camera) such as:
Catherine Leahan originally on one of the Detroit TV stations. I think she is now doing the same thing in the Baltimore area.
There is a Lila Lazarus who is doing some news broadcasting on Channel 4 in Detroit.
Claire Chan is a violinist in a group called the Jade String Trio that tours regularly.
Tony Grey was head of Microsoft's Internet Explorer development group at one time.
Sarah Wheeler was a music artist. I've seen some of her recordings but she never made it big in the USA. She apparently was very popular in Japan.
There are some other Groves students who are musicians who are hired as session players to record Hollywood movie soundtracks (don't know their names).
Kari Bazzy posed for the September, 1984 Playboy issue "Girls of the Big 10".
I guess one could say that a Groves High School Letter Jacket might be considered famous. There is a scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where some students at his high school are talking to him on the pay phone (scene where Ferris is simulating coughs on his keyboard). One of the students is wearing a Groves High School Letter Jacket. What is odd about this is that the scene was filmed at a Chicago School. I don't recognize any names in the movie credits and none of my friends know how the jacket ended up in the movie. It is possible that a Groves student unknown to me got a brief walk-on role and was allowed to wear the jacket. I graduated in 1982 and the Ferris Bueller movie was released in 1986 which means it was probably filmed in 1984-1985 so if a Groves student did get a walk-on, I should have heard about it very soon after the movie came out.
The next closest school(s) that had students who went on to become truly famous are:
1. Detroit Country Day High School - Robin Williams
2. Seaholm High School - Tim Allen
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Nobody famous went to my school. Nobody famous went to any albany school. If somebody ever does, I'm sure they'll hide it, nobody wants to claim an albany education.
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Originally posted by mrspindlelegs:
1. Detroit Country Day High School - Robin Williams, Shane Battier, Chris Webber
"If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit"
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dan marino went to my highschool
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There was a couple, but I simply don't care enough to go find out who they are.
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not that I know of yet 
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You're The Best...
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Originally posted by Pre98:
Originally posted by SnafuFlux:
Originally posted by mbTDI:
Lamar Burton (Reading Rainbow)
Star Trek Next Generation first... Reading Rainbow second...
lmao, I didn't wanna be a d!kk and say something, but apparently you beat me to it! 
DORKS!!! 
Just kidding... I grew up watching Reading Rainbow, not Star Trek... hence the credit to RR.
I've actually met him... nice guy.
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Paul Rubenfeld aka Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman went to my highschool. My chemistry teacher had him too and said he was a slacker clown. I made sure to wash my hands after every time I used the lab equipment... 
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I went to Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke VA and our most notables were Mia Hamm, US women's soccer team, and Allen Johnson, world record hurdler and US olympian.
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Michael J. Fox went to my elementary school.
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