Noteworthy Alumni
- Null Adams - Newspaperman - Founder of "The Quill and Scroll".
- Claude Armour - Mayor of Memphis.
- James Autry - 1951. Editor "Better Homes and Gardens" - author of 10 books.
- Norman Brewer - 1952 - Newscaster.
- Aubrey Epps - 1933 - Major League Baseball player.
- Gene Bearden - Major League Pitcher.
- Doris Bowden - 1933. Movie Actress "Grapes of Wrath".
- Bobby Bragan - 1936. Major League Baseball player.
- Ace Cannon - 1952. Musician. "Godfather of Sax".
- Burton Callicott - 1926. Artist - Teacher. Painted murals at the Pink Palace.
- Bob Cheevers - 1961. Grammy winning songwriter.
- Ray Godman - 1949 - Drag Racer, inducted into International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
- Alice Hall - 1939 - First Maid of Cotton.
- Bob Lewis - Former director of programing Memphis WHBQ.
- Clifford Poland - 1936 - Movie/TV underwater photographer.
- James C. MacDonald - Memphis chief of Police.
- Early Maxwell - 1923. Entertainment entrepreneur.
- Beth Miller - 1948. Broadway actress.
- Charles Miller - 1960. Artist - painted murals at Leonard's Fox Plaza.
- Charlie Musselwhite - 1962. Musician "Chicago Harp style".
- Don Nix - Song writer, Record Producer, Creator of the "Memphis Sound".
- Roy Nixon - 1952. Shelby County Sheriff - 1st Mayor of Shelby County.
- Curtis Person - 1933. Golfer.
- Kay Starr - 1940. Singer.
- Thornton Utz - 1933. Artist and illustrator who painted more than 50 Saturday Evening Post covers.
- Travis Wammack - Musician - "fastest guitar player in the South".
- William Walton - Co-founder of Holiday Inns.
Read more about this topic: Memphis Technical High School