Hartford Public High School, in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States, after the

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. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district.

Notable alumni

* Michael Adams, class of 1981,

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All-Star and coach * Morgan Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator * Marcus Camby, class of 1993,

player 1996–2013 * Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA

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Katharine Seymour Day Katharine Seymour Day (May 8, 1870 - June 4, 1964) was an American preservationist from Hartford, Connecticut. She worked as a member of the Hartford City Planning Commission to preserve historic homes in Connecticut and helped establish the Child ...

, historical preservationist *

Monk Dubiel Walter John "Monk" Dubiel (February 12, 1918 – October 23, 1969) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs. He s ...

, class of 1936, former MLB player * Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen), Major League Baseball player *

Edward M. Gallaudet Edward Miner Gallaudet (February 5, 1837 – September 26, 1917), son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, was the first president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (then known as the Columbia Institution for the ...

, class of 1851, President of

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in Washington, DC 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 * Nick Koback, class of 1953, former MLB player * Pete Naktenis, class of 1932, former MLB player * Elyse Knox, class of 1935, actress, married Tom Harmon * Bob Nash, class of 1968, basketball player *

Frederick E. Olmsted Frederick Erskine Olmsted, also known as Fritz Olmsted, (November 8, 1872 – February 19, 1925) was an American forester and one of "the founders of American forestry". He is credited with helping to establish the National Forest system in th ...

, class of 1891, forester, one of the founders of American forestry and the National Forest *

Eddie A. Perez Eduardo Alberto "Eddie" Perez (born 1957) is an American politician who served as the 65th mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 2001 to 2010. Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community organizer. Perez served as the first mayor who ...

, class of 1976, Mayor of Hartford, 2001–2010 * Lindy Remigino, class of 1949, Olympic track athlete * 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 Allan Kellogg Smith (August 17, 1888 – April 9, 1985) was an American attorney and educator who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under Calvin Coolidge. Biography Allan K. Smith was born in Hartford and wo ...

, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut * 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 * Les Payne, class of 1958, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist *

Annie Eliot Trumbull Annie Eliot Trumbull (1857–1949) was an American author of novels, short stories, and plays, associated with Hartford, Connecticut's "Golden Age". Life and career Annie Eliot Trumbull was born on March 2, 1857, in Hartford, Connecticut ...

, class of 1876, writer * Laura Wheeler Waring, class of 1906, college teacher and artist of the

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* Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist * Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer

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* {{authority control Schools in Hartford, Connecticut Public high schools in Connecticut Educational institutions established in the 1630s 1638 establishments in the British Empire

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