Notable Alumni
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Notable or famous Oakland public school graduates include Hollywood actors Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood, and NBA basketball all-stars Gary Payton and Bill Russell. Hanks, having started acting at Skyline High School, thanked his acting teacher Rawley T. Farnsworth in his speech at the Oscars for winning the Best Actor award. Hanks later donated $125,000 to the Skyline performing arts department. As well as this long-time Congressman and later Mayor of Oakland, Ronald V. Dellums, was a graduate of Oakland Technical High School.
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