Hartford Public High School

Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States, after the Boston Latin School. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district.

Notable alumni

 * Michael Adams, class of 1981, NBA All-Star and coach
 * Morgan Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator
 * Marcus Camby, class of 1993, NBA player 1996–2013
 * Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA astronaut
 * Hong Yen Chang, class of 1878, Chinese Educational Mission participant
 * Katharine Seymour Day, historical preservationist
 * Monk Dubiel, class of 1936, former MLB player
 * Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen), Major League Baseball player
 * Edward M. Gallaudet, class of 1851, president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., from 1864–1910
 * George Kirgo, class of 1943, screenwriter, author, humorist, and founding member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress
 * Elyse Knox, class of 1935, actress, married Tom Harmon and mother of Mark Harmon
 * Nick Koback, class of 1953, former MLB player
 * Pete Naktenis, class of 1932, former MLB player
 * Bob Nash, class of 1968, basketball player
 * Frederick E. Olmsted, class of 1891, forester, one of the founders of American forestry and the National Forest
 * Les Payne, class of 1958, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist
 * Eddie A. Perez, class of 1976, Mayor of Hartford, 2001–2010
 * Lindy Remigino, class of 1949, Olympic track athlete, coached Hartford Public to 31 state championships in track
 * John Trumbull Robinson, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
 * Harold Rome, class of 1923, songwriter
 * George Dudley Seymour, class of 1878, historian, attorney, planner
 * Allan K. Smith, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
 * Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer
 * Marlon Starling, class of 1976, WBC & WBA Welterweight World Champion
 * Griffin Alexander Stedman, Union Army Colonel in the Civil War
 * Tony Todd, class of 1972, actor
 * Kang Tongbi, Chinese feminist
 * Annie Eliot Trumbull, class of 1876, writer
 * Laura Wheeler Waring, class of 1906, college teacher and artist of the Harlem Renaissance
 * Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist
 * George Woodend, class of 1936, Major League Baseball player
 * Eddie Griffin, class of 1962, All American basketball player, led Hartford Public to two New England titles, 1961 and 1962
 * Henry Williams, class of 1887, starred at Yale, coached Minnesota Gophers football, 131-36, voted to College Football Hall of Fame in 1951