Notable Alumni
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Attended but did not graduate formally from Beach High |
| Broadcast Journalism | |||
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| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Roy Firestone | 1971 | Sports Commentator | Color commentator for ESPN'S first season of ESPN Sunday Night Football in 1987. |
| Barry Jackson | 1986 | Sports media columnist | Currently works for the Miami Herald in sports section (Florida Sports Buzz columnist). |
| Barbara Walters | 1947 | Television news journalist & Anchor | Hosted morning television shows (Today and The View), the television newsmagazine (20/20), and co-anchor of the ABC Evening News and correspondent on ABC World News.. |
| Jeanne Wolf | 1958 | Entertainment Journalist | West Coast Editor for PARADE and writes ”Celebrity Parade,” a daily column on Parade.com |
| Film, Theater and Acting | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Ellen Barkin | 1972 | American Actress | Roles in Ocean's 13 & Brooklyn's Finest |
| Diora Baird | 2001 | Actress/Former Model | Roles in Wedding Crashers & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning |
| Judy Drucker | 1946 | Impresario | Founded Concert Association of Florida |
| Andy García | 1974 | Cuban American Actor | Roles in The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen |
| Mitch Glazer | 1969 | Producer, writer, & actor | Associate producer for Lost in Translation, Magic City and director/writer for Passion Play |
| Neal Gold | 1974 | Actor | Role in The Warriors |
| Annabelle Gurwitch | 1979 | Actress | Roles in The Shaggy Dog & Boston Legal |
| Kim Hunter | 1940 | Actress | Won Academy Award & Golden Globe Award, as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Received a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on The Edge of Night |
| Mark Medoff | 1958 | American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor | Plays such as Children of a Lesser God and screenplays in Homage |
| Nathalia Ramos | 2010 | Singer/Actress | Roles in Bratz and House of Anubis |
| Brett Ratner | 1986 | Filmmaker/Music Video Director | Director for Rush Hour (1998 film), Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3 & X-Men: The Last Stand |
| Mickey Rourke | 1971 | Actor/Former Boxer | Roles in The Wrestler (won Golden Globe for Best Actor), Diner, Sin City, Man on Fire, & Iron Man 2 |
| Sara Sackner | 1976 | Director | Class Act |
| Daniel Taradash | 1929 | Screenwriter | Won Academy Award |
| Debra Zane | 1979 | Casting Director | Casted American Beauty, Ocean's Eleven, Twelve & Thirteen, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Hunger Games |
| Sports | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Mike Belkin | 1963 | Former Canadian Tennis Player | Canada's top-ranked player five times between 1966 and 1972, a career 17-12 Davis Cup record, including a 14-7 record in singles. |
| Sherman Bergman | 1976 | Former kickboxer and amateur boxer | Only United States kickboxer to have fought Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| Skip Bertman | 1956 | Former Louisiana State University baseball coach | Member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and led the LSU Tigers baseball team to College World Series Championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000. |
| Terry Cousin | 1993 | Former American football cornerback | Played for hometown Miami Dolphins in 2001. |
| Eddie Dibbs | 1969 | Former Tennis player | He attained a career high ranking of World No. 5 in July 1978 |
| Chad Johnson | 1996 | Professional football player (Wide receiver) | Super Bowl XLVI appearance (2012) with the New England Patriots, 6x Pro Bowler, appeared on Dancing with the Stars, currently a member of hometown Miami Dolphins |
| Rick Harrow | 1973 | Sports business expert | CEO of Horrow Sports Ventures (HSV), pioneered the business of sports. |
| Samari Rolle | 1994 | Professional football player (Defensive Back) | Played for the Baltimore Ravens, 1x Pro Bowl selection |
| Norman Smiley | 1983 | Professional wrestler | Appeared in World Championship Wrestling |
| Duane Starks | 1993 | Former Professional football player | Super Bowl XXXV Champion (2001) with Baltimore Ravens |
| Dave Thomas | 1986 | Former Professional football player | Super Bowl XXVIII Champion (1993) with Dallas Cowboys |
| Neal Walk | 1965 | NBA Basketball player (retired) | Drafted 2nd Overall in 1969 NBA Draft |
| Elvis Yero | 1984 | 3-time Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Champion, National AAU Champion | Also, professional boxer. |
| Music & Entertainment | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Tego Calderón | 1990 | Puerto Rican rap artist | Broke records of attendance of audience at a concert in El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Appeared in Fast & Furious and Fast Five. |
| Luther Campbell | 1979 | Record label owner & rap performer | One-time member and leader of 2 Live Crew |
| Desmond Child | 1972 | Musician | Member of Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| Ann Curless | 1982 | Musician | Member of Exposé (group) |
| Michelle Delamor | 2006 | Musician | American Idol (Season 9) (Top 20 finalist) |
| David Lucas (born David Helfman) | 1955 | Composer and producer | Wrote many well-known commercial jingles such as AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone". Early producer for Blue Oyster Cult, sang backup vocals and came up with the idea for the cowbell in "Don't Fear the Reaper". |
| Ruth W. Greenfield | 1941 | Musician and teacher | Founder of Miami Fine Arts Conservatory |
| Business | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Stephen M. Ross | 1958 | New York City-based real estate developer, founder of The Related Companies | 95% owner of the NFL Miami Dolphins and 95% owner of Sun Life Stadium. |
| Stuart Blumberg | N/A | Businessman | Founder of Academy of Hospitality and Tourism in Miami-Dade and former president and CEO of Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association. |
| Marsha Collier | 1969 | Radio Host/Author | eBay expert and top selling eBay author |
| Mandee Heller-Adler | 1990 | Businesswoman | Founder and CEO of International College Counselors in Miami and former COO of Woman's Financial Network at Siebert. |
| Nevin Shapiro | 1986 | Former University of Miami booster | Convicted in $960 million Ponzi scheme. Accused of spending money on Miami Hurricanes players in violation of NCAA rules |
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Bonnie Lyons | 1952 | Writer & Professor | Professor at University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Daniel Schechter | 1979 | Author & Researcher | Professor of Psychiatry at University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| Politics & Justice | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
| Pauline B. Eisenstadt | 1956 | Former Senator | Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1997–2000. |
| Dan Gelber | 1978 | Court Judge | Member of Florida Senate (35th District) and 2010 Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General |
| Alan S. Gold | 1980 | Politician | Florida State Representative |
| Steven J. Green | 1963 | Former United States Ambassador to Singapore | Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Singapore |
| Martin Karp | 1983 | School Board Member | Miami-Dade County School Board Member, District 3. |
| Gerald Kogan | 1968 | Former Chief Justice | Served as Chief Justice for the Florida Supreme Court (1987–98) |
| Jimmy Morales | 1980 | Politician | Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner and 2004 Mayoral Candidate |
| Paul Novack | 1976 | Mayor, Attorney at Law | Six Term Mayor of Surfside, Member of State Oversight Board for Miami-Dade Public Schools, Nationally Rated Preeminent Attorney at Law. |
| James S. Roth | 1956 | Attorney | Author of Florida's "Roth Act" on condominium conversions |
| Robert Rubin | 1956 | Politician | Former United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton |
| Jose Smith | 1978 | Politician | Miami Beach City Commissioner (1997–2005), Miami Beach City Attorney |
| Scott J. Silverman | 1975 | Judge | Circuit Court Judge (1998–present); Dade County Court Judge (1991–1998); Miami Beach Senior High School Hall of Fame, 2010 |
| Bonni G. Tischler | 1978 | Justice worker | Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Investigations 1997–1999, Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations, 1999–2002, Winner of America's Top Cop Award, 2000 |
| Science & Technology | |||
| Alumni | Class | Occupation | Notable Work |
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