Garden City High School (New York)

Notable alumni

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• R. Inslee Clark Jr., Dean of undergraduate admissions, Yale University

• Liza Huber, actress and daughter of Susan Lucci
• Joe Iconis, musical theater writer; recipient of 2006 Jonathan Larson award, 2007 Ed Kleban award, and a Backstage Bistro Award
• Susan Lucci, actress, star of All My Children, class of 1964
• Elliott Murphy, singer/songwriter, class of 1967
• John Tesh, pianist, composer

• Lara Spencer, television journalist, co-anchor of Good Morning America
• John Tesh, radio host and television presenter

• John J. Phelan Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange

• Michael Balboni, former deputy secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York, New York State Senator and Assemblyman
• Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, class of 1966
• John R. Dunne, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and New York State Senator
• Kathleen Rice, U.S. Representative for New York's 4th congressional district and former district attorney of Nassau County, New York

• Sarah Langan, horror writer, class of 1992
• Sarah Smith, author of mysteries and science fiction

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• Michael Wigler, geneticist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• Carl Braun, professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
• Matt Daley, New York Yankees relief pitcher
• Dave Jennings, NFL punter and football analyst
• Don McCauley, All-American running back at North Carolina, Baltimore Colts, College Football Hall of Fame

• John Chatterton, commercial scuba diver, subject of the bestselling book Shadow Divers

  Notable faculty

• Irvin Faust, noted novelist and short-story writer; director of guidance, 1960–1995