Notable Alumni
- Ross McBurney (1925) - All-American basketball player at Wichita State
- Daryl Spencer (1946) – former MLB player, played an additional eight years in Japan
- Darryl Starbird (1951) – custom car and hot rod designer and builder
- Fritz Brickell (1954) - former MLB player New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jeffrey Farrell (1954) – champion swimmer who went on to participate in the 1960 Olympics
- Philip Anschutz (1957) – billionaire
- Diane Bish (1959) – organist, composer, PBS television hostess
- George Tiller (1959) – physician
- Robert Gates (1961) – Secretary of Defense, former CIA director and president of Texas A&M University
- Jim Waskiewicz (1962) – All-American Football Player at Wichita State and former player for the New York Jets
- Jamie Thompson (1963) – All-American basketball player at Wichita State and amateur golf champion, professional basketball player for the Dallas Chaparrals
- Jim Ryun (1965) – former US Representative from Kansas and a world-record mile runner
- Charles "Chuck" Jones (1970) – American Astronaut, passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 that hit World Trade Center
- Clay Lacy (1971) – multiple world-record-holding air pilot and motion picture aerial coordinator
- Kevin Kastning (1978) – composer and recording artist for Greydisc Records
- Kym Carter (1982) – received 10th place in the heptathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; won the bronze medal in the five-event pentathlon, at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
- Adrian Griffin (1992) – assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks
- Korleone Young (1997) – former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
- Taj Gray (2002) – professional basketball player
- Arthur Brown (2008) – Kansas State Wildcats linebacker
- Bryce Brown (2009) – Philadelphia Eagles running back, 2009 Hall Trophy winner
- Oliver Bradwell (2010) – American sprinter, gold medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics
- Joe Walsh, guitarist for The Eagles, also attended East before moving to Columbus, Ohio
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