Fact: Legendary UNC coach Dean Smith went to Topeka High School.
He was friends w/ my grandmother and grandfather. Still meets up with my grandfather when he's in Topeka. Met him and got his autograph
List of famous Topeka High School alum (from Wikipedia)
* Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator, 1978–1996
* Bill Bunten, current mayor of Topeka
* Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States
* Aaron Douglas, artist during the Harlem Renaissance
* Coleman Hawkins, prominent jazz tenor saxophonist
* Gordon Jump, actor
* Kirke Mechem, class of 1943, Composer, Tartuffe and other works
* William C. Menninger, co-founder of the Menninger Foundation
* Karl Menninger, co-founder of the Menninger Foundation
* Travis Schuldt, actor on Scrubs and Passions
* Brig Gen Howard S. Searle, responsible for rebuilding the Kansas Army National Guard after World War II
* Dean Smith, Head Coach, University of North Carolina basketball, 1961–1997
* Mike Torrez, retired Major League Baseball pitcher
* Thomas Williamson, class of 1907, architect
* Max Yoho, class of 1953, Kansas author
* Rich Davis, Class of 1944, founder of KC Masterpiece Barbecue sauce