Notable Alumni
- Charles Jenkins American basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA, attended his freshmen year before transferring to Springfield Gardens High School in New York
- Sylven Landesberg, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Kevin Ogletree NFL football player for the Dallas Cowboys
- Pete Koegel Former MLB baseball player
- Michael Repole Entrepreneur, Former Co-founder & President, glacéau vitaminwater
- Rev. Francis E. Grogan, CSC Religion teacher and chaplain at Holy Cross between 1965 and 1968. The 76-year old priest was among the hijack victims on United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the WTC on 9-11-01.
- Kevin F. Brady, Esq. '74 Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
- Paul O. LeClerc, Ph.D. '59 President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Public Library
- Thomas W. Schettino '66 Former President, City and Suburban Federal Savings Bank
- RADM Kenneth Manning '59, Chairman, President and CEO of Sensient Technologies
- Charles Anthony Carillo Novelist
- John O'Leary Member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football squad from 1973 - 1975
- John Megna Played Dill in the original movie production of "To Kill A Mockingbird"
- John E McGovern('61) Fifth principal of the school (75-81); Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Advocate; Chairman of the Board, Greater Boynton Beach Foundation (Boynton Beach, Florida)
- Charles Pierre Current Student Body President at DePaul University (Greencastle, Indiana)
- Kyle O'Quinn Current Professional Basketball Player for the Orlando Magic (Transferred)
- Dave Valle Former MLB baseball player for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers
- Derrick Chievous Former American basketball player for the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA
- Mike Riordan Former American basketball player for the New York Knicks and Baltimore/Capitol/Washington Bullets of the NBA; 1970 NBA Championship (New York Knicks); 1972-3 NBA All Defensive 2nd Team
- Bob McIntyre Former American basketball player for the New Jersey Americans and New York Nets of the ABA
- Billy Schaeffer Former American basketball player for the New York Nets and Virginia Squires of the ABA; 1974 ABA Championship (New York Nets)
- Kevin Stacom Former American basketball player for the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA; 1976 NBA Championship (Boston Celtics)
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“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
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