Notable Alumni
- Marvin Austin (2007), college football defensive tackle at UNC Chapel Hill, taken by the New York Giants in the 2nd round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
- Noel Cyrus (1978), athlete and teacher, 3-time All-American soccer and track; continued to play at Frostburg University winning mulitiple All-American honors and eventually inducted in the schools Athletic Hall of fame. Now a Business and Finance teacher at the school.
- Rodney D. Edge (1979), Played Football and ran Track on Ballou City Champion Track Teams. College Track and Field Athlete at Northwest Missouri State University; Athletic Honors and enrolled in the Northwest Missouri State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Author of several books and publications. Colonel in the United States Military. Serves as a Diplomatic Advisor to the Saudi Arabian Government. Graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, Central Michigan University, the Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Served as a combat Battalion Commander in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division.
- Danny Gatton, one of Rolling Stone magazine's top guitarists of all time, attended but did not graduate. Named album 88 Elmira Street after Congress Heights street where he grew up.
- Cedric Jennings, profiled in the 1998 biography A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind. The book follows Cedric as he leaves Ballou and attends college at Brown University.
- Edward M. Lavin, Attorney (Colonel, US Air Force, Retired), Class of 1965.
- Mike Locksley (1988), head football coach at the University of New Mexico
- Duane A. Moody (1988), theatre actor and singer. Moody has excelled to operatic, musical and theatre heights not before seen from Ballou Sr. High. He has performed roles such as 'Sportin Life' in Porgy and Bess and now performs with the acclaimed Broadway show Three Mo Tenors. The tenors of Three Mo’ Tenors are men who have developed a musical repertoire with astonishing breadth. Like Olympic decathlon athletes, these classically trained, multi-talented operatic tenors can do it all! They have mastered not only operatic music, but also jazz, gospel, soul, spirituals, New School, Broadway, and the blues as well.
- Michael Patrei, documentary film director, directed a 2008 documentary film, (*Ballou Documentary Official Website), on the Ballou High School band to tell the story of Ballou from band camp to the national band competition.
- David Venable (1998) athlete and coach, 2-time All Conference football, team Most Valuable Player (football and baseball); Graduated from Bowie State University (English Education) Masters in Theology (Cornerstone Christian University) now serves as Senior Pastor of True Life Redemption Ministries Clinton, Md. www.trueliferedemption.org
- Kevin Richardson (1982), Journalist and videographer for The Baltimore Sun newspaper and website. He is assigned to covers the Baltimore Ravens, Orioles and mixed martial arts. He is an award-winning artist and his murals and art can be scene around the world.
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