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.
The school was originally known as the Latin School. It used the name Hartford Grammar School beginning in the 18th century and opened to women and became the Hartford Public High School in 1847.
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
Hong Yen Chang, class of 1878, Chinese Educational Mission participant
Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA astronaut
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., 1864–1910
Eddie Griffin, class of 1962, All American basketball player, led Hartford Public to two New England titles, 1961 and 1962
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, spouse of 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, U.S. attorney for the district of Connecticut
Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer
Anthony Dumond Stanley, 19th century professor of mathematics at Yale University
Marlon Starling, class of 1976, WBC and 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
Henry Williams, class of 1887, starred at Yale, coached Minnesota Gophers football, 131-36, voted into College Football Hall of Fame in 1951
Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist
George Woodend, class of 1936, Major League Baseball player