Notable Alumni
- John "Skip" Barber: Racing Instructor.
- Emily Bazelon: journalist.
- Eric Bazilian: Musician and songwriter of the band The Hooters.
- Henry Bean, 1963: film director, script writer.
- Jesse Biddle, 2010: Left-Handed Pitcher selected by the Philadelphia Phillies 27th overall in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
- Sandra Boynton: Cartoonist, songwriter, and best-selling author.
- Stephen G. Cary: Commissioner for European Relief of the American Friends Service Committee after World War II (during this time the American Friends Service Committee was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace).
- Sarah Chang: Violinist. Studied at GFS but did not graduate.
- Stacy Levy: Sculptor.
- Owen Chamberlain: Discoverer of the antiproton and Nobel Laureate in Physics for 1959.
- C. West Churchman: Philosopher, System Theorist and a founding father of Management Science.
- Joan Countryman, 1958: Acting Head, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. She was a teacher and administrator at GFS and the Lincoln School, Rhode Island, and the first African-American graduate of GFS.
- Walter Cope: Architect known for academic buildings.
- Kathryn Davis, 1964: Novelist.
- Garrett Dutton III, aka G. Love: Musician and front man of the band G. Love & Special Sauce.
- Michael Friedman, 1993: Composer.
- William Newport Goodell, 1926: Artist, craftsman and educator
- Adam Goodheart, 1988: Journalist and author.
- Nathaniel Kahn: 1981. Filmmaker. Writer and director of My Architect, a film about his father, Louis Kahn.
- Tom Myers: 1976. film sound designer at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Sound design and sound mixing for such films as: Toy Story 2, Wall-E, Cars, Up, The Dust Factory, and others.
- Santigold: Musician.
- Scott Pagano, 1996: Video artist.
- Saul Perlmutter, 1977: Astrophysicist; winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the accelerating universe.
- Sam Smith: Author, editor, journalist.
- Merrie Spaeth: Political public relations consultant; appeared in the film The World of Henry Orient while a sophomore at GFS.
- Makiko Tanaka: Japanese Foreign Minister, 2001-2002.
- Michael Grant Terry: Actor in TV show Bones, as well as other shows and films.
- Rebecca Traister: Senior Writer for Salon, author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women.
- Elizabeth Gray Vining: Newbery Medal winner and English tutor to Emperor Akihito of Japan during his early adolescence.
- PJ Vogt: Assistant Producer, On the Media.
- Charles F. Wurster, founding trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
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