Lowell High School

Lowell High School is a prestigious public magnet school in San Francisco, California.

Notable Alumni

• Albert Abraham Michelson, Class of 1868, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907. First American Nobel laureate.
• Joseph Erlanger, Class of 1892. Physician; Professor, Washington University in St. Louis. Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945
• Walter Haas, Class of 1905.Board Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co
• Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr., Class of 1923. District Attorney of San Francisco; State Attorney-General; Governor of California, 1959-1967
• William Hewlett, Class of 1930. Inventor, businessman, philanthropist. Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Company; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Dr. Makio Murayama, Class of 1933. Biochemist, researched sickle cell anemia. Dr. Martin Luther King Award.
• Carol Channing, Class of 1938. International star of stage and screen.
• Donald Fisher, Class of 1946. Founder and Board Chairman of The GAP
• Margaret Cho, Expelled. Stand-up comedian and "star" of the short-lived Asiansploitation sitcom "All-American Girl."
• Bill Bixby, Class of 1952. Movie and TV star: "The Incredible Hulk", "My Favorite Martian". Director.
• Eric Allin Cornell, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001.
• Pierre Salinger, Class of 1941. US President John F. Kennedy's press secretary
• Dian Fossey, Class of 1949. Scientist, sacrificed her life protecting the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Book and film, Gorillas in the Mist describe her life with the great apes.
• Stephen Breyer, Class of 1955. Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court
• Richard Levin, Class of 1964. President of Yale University
• Naomi Wolf, Class of 1980. Rhodes Scholar, Writer
• Benjamin Bratt, Class of 1982. Movie and TV personality. Starred in the popular television series, "Law & Order"
• Daniel Handler, Class of 1988. AKA Lemony Snicket. Bestselling author of a series of children's novels, A Series of Unfortunate Events. An early book, "The Basic Eight" is a thinly-veiled satire based on Mr. Handler's apparently negative Lowell experience.