Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)

Hamburg High School is a public secondary school in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, United States. Hamburg High School has approximately 1,300 students in grades 9-12. The mascot of Hamburg High School is the bulldog, and the school colors are purple and white. Their chief athletic rivals are the cross-town Frontier Falcons, Orchard Park Quakers, and Lake Shore Eagles.

Former Principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
 * Byron Heath
 * Ford R. Park
 * Albert H. Downey–1909–1918 (Principal – Williamsville High School, named Principal of Waterloo High School)
 * Frank N. Zurbick–1918–1926
 * Vernon Simmons–1926–1940 (History teacher – Hamburg High School, resigned)
 * Leon E. Leader–1940–1946
 * Spencer W. Ravel–1940–1972 (unknown, retired )
 * Lawrence S. Hood–1972–1998 (Assistant Principal – Westhill Junior-Senior High School, retired )
 * Jean M. Kovach–1998–2000 (Assistant Principal – West Seneca East High School, named Director of Instruction of Hamburg Central School District )
 * Jacqueline K. Peffer–2000–2005 (Principal – Middleport Elementary School, named Principal of Union Pleasant Elementary School )
 * Michael J. Gallagher–2005–2021 (Principal – North Collins Junior/Senior High School, retired)

Notable alumni

 * George Abbott, Broadway producer
 * Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon, writer and magazine editor
 * Colleen Brunner, one of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103; a scholarship for seniors is awarded annually in her memory
 * Kathy Hochul, governor of New York
 * E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer, member of the White House Plumbers, organizer of the Watergate burglary
 * Howard J. Osborn, former CIA director of security
 * Alison Pipitone singer songwriter, and guitarist
 * Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post.