Notable Alumni
- Ken Hudson Campbell is an actor (Armageddon, Herman's Head).
- Lee A. Daniels was an Illinois State Representative (1975–2006), who served as Speaker of the State House (1995–97).
- George J. Eade was a United States Air Force four-star general.
- Bob Eckert is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Mattel and also serves as director of McDonald's Corp.
- Mike Farina was an Olympic wrestler, competing at the 1976 Montréal Olympics.
- Robert Goldsborough (1955), murder mystery novelist.
- Ron Guenther is a former athletic director for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Sarah King is an actress and currently the top performer in Original Oratory in Illinois. She is also a boss.
- Dan Konopka of the band OK Go went to York in the 1990s.
- Garth Lagerwey, a former professional soccer player who is currently an executive with Real Salt Lake.
- Betty Okino is an actress and former gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning gymnastics team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- Ken Paulson is the president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum, Newseum and Diversity Institute; he is the former editor and senior vice president/news of USA Today and USATODAY.com.
- Gary Rydstrom is a multi-Academy Award winning sound mixer, sound effects editor, and director. His work in sound includes films such as Backdraft, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Jurassic Park.
- Donald Sage was an All-American cross country and track runner for Stanford University.
- Tim Stratton was a tight end at Purdue University and was the inaugural winner of the John Mackey Award (2000), presented annually to Division 1A's best tight end.
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“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
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