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They went to Renaissance

One school on West Outer Drive has produced a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic, a Detroit City Council member, a Super Bowl champion and a national chess title. These are the alumni on the public record — there are thousands more who are not.

Journalism

01

  • Robin Givhan

    Pulitzer Prize–winning fashion critic, The Washington Post

Film & television

02

  • Simone Missick

    Actor

  • Diona Reasonover

    Actor

Theatre

01

  • Andrew Keenan-Bolger

    Broadway actor

Public service

02

  • Janeé Ayers

    Detroit City Council member at-large

  • Donavan McKinney

    Politician

Athletics

09

  • Alaric Jackson

    NFL, Los Angeles Rams — Super Bowl LVI champion

  • Ronald Bartell

    NFL, Oakland Raiders

  • Ronald Talley

    NFL

  • Lawrence Thomas

    NFL, New York Jets

  • Malik Hairston

    NBA

  • Rickey Paulding

    Drafted by the Detroit Pistons

  • Joe Crawford

    Maccabi Rishon, Israel

  • Justin Turner

    Motor City Cruise, NBA G League

  • Tajuan Porter

    Oregon Ducks basketball

A note on this list

Class years are missing on purpose

None of the sources for this list publish graduation years, so we have not printed any. We would rather show you an incomplete fact than a confident guess about a real person. If you know a year, or we have missed someone, tell us and we will add it.

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