Editing DuPont Manual High School (section)

==Notable alumni and faculty ==
{{See also|List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area}}
'''Alumni'''
*[[James Gilbert Baker]], astronomer and optician<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11912&page=7|author1=Plummer, William T.  |author2=Fantone, Stephen D.|title=Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 11|year=2007|publisher=[[National Academic Press]]|page=7|isbn=978-0-309-10337-4|access-date=May 6, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Michelle Banzer]], 2007 [[Miss Kentucky USA]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Crowning achiever|author=Fenton, Angie|date=March 23, 2007|page=1E|work=The Courier-Journal}}</ref>
*[[Chad Broskey]], actor, most often on the [[Disney Channel]]<ref name="Broskey">{{cite web|url=http://www.movingcollective.com/about-5.html|title=Moving Collective :: About :: Dancer Bio|publisher=Moving Collective|access-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Bud Bruner]], boxing trainer and manager<ref name="hof" />
*[[Keenan Burton]], [[NFL]] football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/keenan-burton?id=202|publisher=[[National Football League]]|title=NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles|access-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Nathaniel Cartmell]], Olympic gold medalist<ref name="hof">{{cite web|url=http://www.manualalumni.org/Fame.htm|publisher=duPont Manual Magnet High School Alumni Association|title=duPont Manual High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame|access-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Anjali Chadha]], Biological Engineer
*[[James Samuel Coleman|James S. Coleman]], sociologist<ref>
{{cite journal
| last        = Marsden
| first       = Peter
| date        = January 24, 2005
| title       = The Sociology of James S. Coleman
| journal     = Annual Review of Sociology
| volume      = 31
| doi         = 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122209
| quote       = Born in 1926, Coleman was raised in the southern and midwestern United States, receiving his high school diploma from Dupont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
| pages=1–24
| doi-access= free
}}
</ref>
*[[Bryce Cosby]] (2017), professional football cornerback<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Louisville native Bryce Cosby signs with Las Vegas Raiders as undrafted free agent |url=https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/05/02/nfl-draft-raiders-sign-louisville-native-ball-state-bryce-cosby/9607705002/ |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Paige Davis]] (1987), theater performer, host of [[Trading Spaces]] on TLC from 2001 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paige Davis could benefit from Oprah deal|work=The Courier-Journal|date=August 26, 2004|author=Dorsey, Tom|page=2E}}</ref>
*[[Bremer Ehrler]], Jefferson County Judge-Executive and sheriff<ref name="hof" />
*[[Sara Gettelfinger]] (1995), [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] performer<ref name="hof" />
*[[Ray Grenald]] (1945), architectural lighting designer
*[[Stratton Hammon]], architect<ref name="Kleber2001">{{cite book|author=John E. Kleber|title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&pg=PA367|access-date=20 July 2013|year=2001|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-2890-0|pages=367}}</ref>
*[[Bruce Hoblitzell]], former [[Mayor of Louisville]]<ref name="hof" />
*[[Sherman Lewis]], [[Heisman Trophy]] runner-up<ref>{{cite news|title=Bengals Bring Back Coslet to Add Punch|work=The Courier-Journal|date=January 22, 1994|page=2B}}</ref>
*[[Victor M. Longstreet]], U.S. [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management)]], 1962–65
*[[Mitch McConnell]], United States Senator from Kentucky, Senate minority leader<ref name="reunion" /><ref>{{cite book|title=[[The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell]]|author=MacGillis, Alec|isbn=9781476761077|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SN9jBAAAQBAJ&q=%22dupont+manual%22&pg=PT11 PT 11]|date=September 16, 2014|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
*[[Morgan McGarvey]], U.S. Representative from Kentucky<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Morgan |url=https://www.morganmcgarvey.com/meet-morgan-mcgarvey |access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref>
*[[John Jacob Niles]], "Dean of American Balladeers"<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/john_jacob_niles.htm
|title=John Jacob Niles
|publisher=hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
|access-date=April 11, 2009
}}</ref>
*[[Yared Nuguse]] U.S. Olympian and record holder in the 1 mile run
*[[Travis Prentice]], college and professional football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/08/28/spt_miamis_prentice.html|title=Miami's Prentice faces uphill Heisman race |date=August 28, 1999|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|author=Fay, John|access-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Pee Wee Reese]] (1937), baseball player<ref>{{cite book|title=The Scribner encyclopedia of American lives|author=Jackson, Kenneth T.|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=1998|isbn=978-0-684-80663-1|page=473|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
*[[Aidan Robbins]] (2019), NFL running back for the [[Cleveland Browns]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koob |first1=Dan |title=UofL commit Robbins to miss rest of senior season |url=https://www.wlky.com/article/uofl-commit-robbins-to-miss-rest-of-senior-season/23495838 |website=WLKY |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[Nicole Scherzinger]] (1996), lead singer of the [[Pussycat Dolls]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb004070.htm |title=Pussycat Dolls' Lead Vocalist A Pinay / On Manhattan Transfer |date=May 29, 2006 |author=Lo, Ricardo F. |publisher=[[Philippine Headline News]] |access-date=April 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802130216/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb004070.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2008  }}</ref>
*[[Joseph D. Scholtz]], former mayor of Louisville<ref name="hof" />
*[[Gene Snyder]], U.S. Representative from Kentucky<ref name="hof" />
*[[Josh Whelchel]], award-winning video game composer and entrepreneur

'''Faculty'''
*[[Jeffrey Wigand]], American [[biochemist]] and former [[vice president]] of [[research and development]] at [[Brown & Williamson]], [[Whistleblower|blew the whistle]] on tobacco tampering at the company in 1996, inspiration for the 1999 film ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'', former Teacher of the Year in the state of Kentucky