Overbrook is perhaps best known for its famous alumni, who include Wilt Chamberlain  and Will Smith.
 At least 11 Overbrook alumni have played in the NBA, and the school is ranked sixth in that respect.

Steve Baskerville, TV personality, presently on-air weatherman for CBS2 Chicago
Rich Laurel, NBA player, European career
Len Barry, lead singer/songwriter, The Dovells
John Blake, Jr., jazz violinist; minister 
Bill Bloom,  songwriter/musician
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space
Solomon Burke, soul singer [Attended briefly, but graduated from John Bartram High School]
Bill Cash, Negro League star, Baseball Hall of Famer
Wilt Chamberlain, legendary NBA basketball superstar  ranked No.
5 All-Time by ESPN
Tony Costner, former NBA player, European career
The Delfonics, R&B group
Colman Domingo, actor
Jon Drummond, Olympic track gold-medalist
Ted Eisenberg, world record-holding breast surgeon
Chaka Fattah, former U.S. Congressman (D-PA) and convicted felon
Mike Gale, NBA/ABA player
Bobb Goldsteinn, songwriter/producer; coined term "multimedia"
Bryshere Y. Gray, actor on TV series Empire
The Last Emperor (Jamal Gray), rapper
Walt Hazzard (Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), NBA All-Star; UCLA All-American player and coach
Rosetta Hightower, lead singer, The Orlons
Wayne Hightower, NBA player; ABA All-star
Alan Horwitz, chairman and founder of Campus Apartments
Wali Jones, NBA player; Miami Heat executive
Jacob Landau, nationally recognized artist, teacher
James Lassiter, film producer; partner in Overbrook Entertainment
Hal Lear, NBA player
Jeffrey Leonard, Major League Baseball player 
Lewis Lloyd, NBA player
Andre McCarter, UCLA All -American basketball and 3-time NCAA champion; NBA player
John H. Murphy III, publisher; head of the Afro-American newspaper
Deworski Odom, sprinter
Frank Piasecki, helicopter inventor; National Medal of Technology winner
Catherine Pugh, former Mayor of Baltimore, forced to resign under pressure due to scandal 
Marion Ramsey, film actress
Malik Rose, NBA player
Merrill Reese, voice of NFL's Philadelphia Eagles
Johnny Sample, football player
Dee Dee Sharp, singer
Will Smith, Oscar-nominated actor; rapper
Paul Wallace, professional basketball player
Willie L. Williams, former police commissioner, Philadelphia and Los Angeles
Overbrook is perhaps best known for its famous alumni, who include Wilt Chamberlain  and Will Smith.  At least 11 Overbrook alumni have played in the NBA, and the school is ranked sixth in that respect.
Steve Baskerville, TV personality, presently on-air weatherman for CBS2 Chicago
Rich Laurel, NBA player, European career
Len Barry, lead singer/songwriter, The Dovells
John Blake, Jr., jazz violinist; minister 
Bill Bloom,  songwriter/musician
Guion S. Bluford, Jr., space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space
Solomon Burke, soul singer [Attended briefly, but graduated from John Bartram High School]
Bill Cash, Negro League star, Baseball Hall of Famer
Wilt Chamberlain, legendary NBA basketball superstar  ranked No. 5 All-Time by ESPN
Tony Costner, former NBA player, European career
The Delfonics, R&B group
Colman Domingo, actor
Jon Drummond, Olympic track gold-medalist
Ted Eisenberg, world record-holding breast surgeon
Chaka Fattah, former U.S. Congressman (D-PA) and convicted felon
Mike Gale, NBA/ABA player
Bobb Goldsteinn, songwriter/producer; coined term "multimedia"
Bryshere Y. Gray, actor on TV series Empire
The Last Emperor (Jamal Gray), rapper
Walt Hazzard (Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), NBA All-Star; UCLA All-American player and coach
Rosetta Hightower, lead singer, The Orlons
Wayne Hightower, NBA player; ABA All-star
Alan Horwitz, chairman and founder of Campus Apartments
Wali Jones, NBA player; Miami Heat executive
Jacob Landau, nationally recognized artist, teacher
James Lassiter, film producer; partner in Overbrook Entertainment
Hal Lear, NBA player
Jeffrey Leonard, Major League Baseball player 
Lewis Lloyd, NBA player
Andre McCarter, UCLA All -American basketball and 3-time NCAA champion; NBA player
John H. Murphy III, publisher; head of the Afro-American newspaper
Deworski Odom, sprinter
Frank Piasecki, helicopter inventor; National Medal of Technology winner
Catherine Pugh, former Mayor of Baltimore, forced to resign under pressure due to scandal 
Marion Ramsey, film actress
Malik Rose, NBA player
Merrill Reese, voice of NFL's Philadelphia Eagles
Johnny Sample, football player
Dee Dee Sharp, singer
Will Smith, Oscar-nominated actor; rapper
Paul Wallace, professional basketball player
Willie L. Williams, former police commissioner, Philadelphia and Los Angeles
Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)