Notable Alumni/students
- LeRoy Cain, manager of Launch Integration at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Tom Churchill, radio & TV meteorologist, inventor of digital weatherman; 1979 graduate
- Kate Mulgrew, actress best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway in TV series 'Star Trek: Voyager'; (attended Hempstead in 1970-71)
- Sharon Nichols, archeologist on team that discovered Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 2005
- Eric Powers, drummer for band Great White from 2001 to 2003; 1990 graduate
- Kevin Rhomberg, former Major League Baseball player
- Mark Steines, current host of Entertainment Tonight; 1982 graduate
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