Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of George Washington High School school include:
- Jacob Javits (1904–1986), senator and state attorney general
- Irving Peress, (born 1917), dentist who became a primary target of Sen. Joseph McCarthy because of his alleged membership in the Communist Party. Graduated 1935.
- Edwin Newman (1919–2010), journalist NBC News, graduated in 1935
- Dr. Murray Jarvik, (1923–2008) UCLA pharmacologist who showed that nicotine was the addictive factor in tobacco and invented the nicotine patch for smokers trying to quit
- Henry Kissinger (born 1923), former United States Secretary of State, 1973 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Guy Williams (1924–1989), Hollywood actor
- Gene Colan (1926-2011), Marvel and DC Comics artist, Comic Book Hall of Famer
- John George Kemeny (1926–1992), atomic scientist and computer-science pioneer.
- Alan Greenspan (born 1926), economist, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
- Harry Belafonte (born 1927), actor and singer.
- Marvin Kalb (born 1930), veteran American journalist
- Sue Mengers (born 1931), Hollywood talent agent
- Rod Carew (born 1945), Major League Baseball Hall of Famer.
- Ron Perlman (born 1950), actor, graduated in 1967
- Milly Quezada (born 1955), singer, actress, graduated about 1972
- Manny Ramírez (born 1972), Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics(did not graduate)
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