Notable Alumni
- Cee Lo Green (Thomas DeCarlo Callaway), American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor.
- James Earl Carter, Sr., father of U.S. President Jimmy Carter (attended 1911)
- George P. Oslin, inventor of the singing telegram (1913)
- Everett Strupper, leading scorer in the Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 football game of 1916 and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1914)
- Richard S. Boutelle, CEO of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. in 1950s (1916)
- Brown L. Whatley, chairman of major Florida real estate developer Arvida Corp. in 1960s and president, 1952–53, of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (1919)
- J. Alton Hosch, JAG colonel during the Tokyo War Crimes Trials and dean of the University of Georgia School of Law (1919)
- Football coach Red Sanders (1923)
- Admiral David L. McDonald, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations during the Vietnam War (1924)
- Baseball player Johnny Riddle (1926)
- Roger Lewis, first president of Amtrak (1928)
- Lieutenant General Bertram Cowgill Harrison, USAF, commander of Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force, Turkey (1933)
- Jazz man Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (1938)
- Football coach Tommy Prothro (1938)
- Soap-opera actor Douglass Watson (1938)
- Leroy B. Raffel, co-founder of Arby's fast-food chain (1944)
- Howard A. Kalmenson, founder, president and CEO of Lotus Communications Corporation (1949)
- American professional golfer Bobby Greenwood (attended 1957)
- University president Luis M. Proenza (1962)
- Félix Arturo González Canto, governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo (1987)
- Rocky Lanz, USA Winter Olympic-Worldcup Bobsledder (1990)
- Richard Manning Jefferies, Jr.Chairman of South Carolina Educational Television for twenty years (1938)
- Tyler Carter, Former clean vocalist of the metalcore band Woe, Is Me, and current clean vocalist of Issues
Many of Riverside's Alumni are currently serving in the Global War On Terrorism.
Honor Roll:
CPT Kyle A. Comfort May 8, 2010 75th Ranger Regiment- Operation Enduring Freedom
SPC Ryan M. Bell March 5, 2007 82nd Airborne Division- Operation Iraqi Freedom
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