St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)

St. Xavier High School (abbreviated St. X, latin Academia Sancti Xaverii Cincinnatensis ) is a boys' high school with a Roman Catholic - Jesuit sponsorship in Finneytown, a CDP settlement near Cincinnati, Ohio. St. Xavier was the school of Francis Xavier College ( later Xavier University ), founded in 1831 as the Athenaeum. It is the oldest high school in Cincinnati and one of the oldest high schools in the country, making it older than many universities. St. Xavier is one of four Catholic boys' high school in Cincinnati. It is the largest private school in Ohio, with over 1,500 students in 2006.

Notable people

Athletics:

  • Jayme Cramer ( 2001), swimmer
  • Joe Hudepohl (1992 ), swimmer
  • Charles H. Keating Jr. ( 1941), swimmer and banker ( Keating Five)
  • Urban Meyer (1985 ), football player and football coach
  • Kyle Ransom (2003), swimmer
  • George Ratterman (1944 ), American football player
  • Pat Ross ( 2001), American football player

Humanities:

  • Andy Blankenbuehler (1988 ), dancer and choreographer
  • Phil DeGreg (1972 ), jazz pianist and university teachers
  • John Diehl (1968), actor
  • Joey Kern (1995), actor

Clergy:

  • Anthony John King Mussio (1920 ), Bishop of Steubenville
  • Henry Richter ( c. 1854), Bishop of Grand Rapids

Media:

  • Nick Clooney (1952 H.C. ), TV presenter
  • David Quammen (1966 ), Science Journalist

Policy:

  • Jim Bunning (1949 ), baseball player and U.S. Senator from Kentucky
  • John Gilligan (1939 ), Governor of Ohio
  • Greg J. Holbrock ( c. 1924), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
  • William J. Keating (1945 ), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
  • Bill Kraus ( 1965), gay activist
Census-designated place Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids List of United States Senators from Kentucky John J. Gilligan
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