I happen to teach at the high school from which I graduated.
I went to school with Ron Clark, famous educator, Disney Teacher of the Year, Oprah Winfrey guest, and founder of the Ron Clark Academy. There was a made-for-TV movie made about him. Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends) played Ron in that. He was two years ahead of me in school.
I taught an NFL player, CJ Wilson, who played for Green Bay his first year in the NFL, the same year they won the Super Bowl. I believe he plays for the Chicago Bears now.
And a more recent student of mine, Edrice "Bam" Adebayo is now playing in the NBA for the Miami Heat.
And not from my high school, but a girl I grew up with was played by Gwyneth Paltrow in a made-for-TV movie about a high profile murder in our small town.