Athletics •
Mario Bailey –
University of Washington wide receiver, selected in
1992 NFL draft by the
Houston Oilers •
Bruno Boin –
UW basketball player •
Aaron Brooks –
NBA point guard,
New York Knicks •
Jesse Chatman –
NFL running back 2002–08 •
Corey Dillon – NFL
running back,
Cincinnati Bengals and
New England Patriots;
1997 NFL draft, played one season at
UW in
1996. •
Fritz Greenlee – NFL linebacker •
James Hasty – NFL cornerback;
New York Jets,
Kansas City Chiefs, and
Oakland Raiders; 1988 to 2001 •
John Hoffman – former
MLB player (
Houston Astros) •
Bill Hutchinson – captain of
UW baseball team; surgeon who founded
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; class of 1927 •
Fred Hutchinson – MLB pitcher and manager, namesake of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; class of 1937 •
Bruce Jarvis –
UW and NFL center;
1971 NFL draft,
Buffalo Bills •
Trent Johnson – head coach of
TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team, formerly with
LSU,
Stanford, and
Nevada •
Terry Metcalf – NFL
running back,
1973 NFL draft,
St. Louis Cardinals •
Rick Noji –
UW track and field star, six-time All-American •
Aaron Pierce –
UW and NFL
tight end;
1992 NFL draft,
New York Giants •
Ryan Phillips –
CFL defensive back,
BC Lions •
Ron Santo – MLB third baseman,
Chicago Cubs; five
Gold Gloves; an all-time top ten athlete from Seattle named by
Sports Illustrated; broadcaster; diagnosed with
diabetes at age 20; voted into
Baseball Hall of Fame in •
Peyton Siva – professional basketball player for
Alba Berlin; former NBA point guard,
Detroit Pistons •
Alvin Snow – professional basketball player; first All-American basketball player at
Eastern Washington University in
Cheney •
Dewey Soriano – owner of
Seattle Pilots in their only
Major League Baseball season •
Brice Taylor – first All-American football player at
USC in 1925; born without a left hand and orphaned at age 5 •
Jason Terry – former professional basketball player,
2011 champion, and assistant coach for the
Utah Jazz •
Kenji Yamada – two-time U.S. National Judo champion •
Tony Zackery – NFL cornerback,
University of Washington Performing arts •
Kenny G – Jazz musician, 25th-highest selling artist in America by the RIAA (as of 2003) and the 1994 recipient of a
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for "Forever in Love". He jokes that it was in Franklin that he had his first sax solo and his first kiss and it is hard to decide which was more important. •
Ari Glass – Painter •
Amy Hill – Actress •
John Keister – Comedian, writer, commentator and motivational speaker •
Michael Leavitt (artist) – visual artist, sculptor and toy designer. •
Dave Lewis – Key figure in the creation of the Northwest sound in the rock'n'roll years; popularized
Louie Louie and played a key role in desegregating the Seattle music scene. •
Keye Luke – Actor known for playing Lee Chan in the
Charlie Chan films, the original
Kato in the 1939–1941
The Green Hornet film serials, and Master Po in the television series
Kung Fu. •
Mark Morris – Modern American dancer, choreographer and director, founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group; Director of Dance at Théâtre Royal de
la Monnaie, Belgium's national opera house; co-founder of the
White Oak Dance Project. A Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1991), 2010 recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society, recipient of eleven honorary doctorates. •
Marilyn Tokuda, actress, dancer and arts administrator, starred in
Xanadu and founded the improvisation group
Cold Tofu.
Others addressing a
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day rally at the Franklin High School gymnasium (2006). •
Lewis Albanese –
Medal of Honor recipient during the
Vietnam War. •
Lynda Barry – Cartoonist and author. •
Royal Brougham – Journalist, news editor, and philanthropist. As an editor for the student paper in 1920, he suggested the school's teams be named "Quakers". •
Horace R. Cayton, Jr. (1903–1970) – Sociologist. •
Ron Chew –
Community organizer and historian. •
Larry Gossett – Politician. He was arrested for unlawful assembly during a March 29, 1968 sit-in at Franklin High School. •
George H. Hitchings – American chemist. He shared the 1988
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering important principles in drug treatment leading to new drugs to treat diseases which include leukemia, malaria, herpes virus infections, and gout. •
Ed Lee – Mayor of
San Francisco. •
Gary Locke – Chinese-American politician. 10th
U.S. Ambassador to China (2011–2014),
U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011),
Governor of Washington (1997–2005),
King County Executive (1994–1997),
Washington House of Representatives (1983–1994). •
Alfred M. Moen – founder of
Moen Incorporated and inventor of the single-handed mixing faucet. •
Everett Nordstrom – chairman and CEO of
Nordstrom. •
Bell M. Shimada (1922–1958, class of 1939),
fisheries scientist who pioneered the study of the
tuna fishery in the tropical
Pacific Ocean. •
Mark Sidran (born 1951, class of 1969), former
Seattle City Attorney •
Victor Steinbrueck (1911–1985), architect who contributed to the design of the
Space Needle and fought to preserve significant historical landmarks of Seattle, including the
Pike Place Market; November 2 is Steinbrueck Day in Seattle. •
Emmett Watson (1918–2001, class of 1937), Seattle newspaper columnist •
Girmay Zahilay, politician, King County Executive ==See also==