This is list of notable people who attended, taught at, or were otherwise affiliated with the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
| Name | Year | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Anderson | 1969 | Jazz trombonist, composer, bandleader, artist-in-residence at Stony Brook University | [1][2] |
| Rishi Bhat | 2002 | Former child actor, starred in The Indian in the Cupboard; internet entrepreneur | [3][4] |
| Charles Blackstone | 1995 | Novelist | |
| Bill Bradbury | 1967 | Oregon Secretary of State | |
| Chesa Boudin | 1999 | Rhodes Scholar and progressive writer/lecturer | |
| Paul Butterfield | 1960 | Blues musician and bandleader | |
| Erwin Chemerinsky | 1971 | Law professor at Duke University, dean of the law school at University of California, Irvine | |
| Anthony Cordesman | 1956 | Foreign policy commentator | |
| Joyce Chiang | 1988 | Murder victim, INS attorney | |
| Daniel Clowes | 1979 | Author, screenwriter, and cartoonist of alternative comic books | |
| Arne Duncan | 1982 | Chicago Public Schools CEO, US Secretary of Education | |
| Elizabeth Fama | 1981 | Children's author | |
| Andrea Ghez | 1983 | Astrophysicist, MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2008) | |
| Scott Gurvey | 1969 | New York bureau chief, Nightly Business Report | |
| Maria Hinojosa | 1979 | Journalist | |
| Valerie Jarrett | (attended) | Senior advisor to United States President Barack Obama | |
| Nancy Johnson | 1951 | Connecticut congresswoman (1983–2006) | |
| Lucy Kaplansky | 1978 | Folk singer and songwriter | |
| Leon Kass | 1954 | Professor at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago | |
| Leo Katz | 1974 | Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School | |
| Robert Keohane | 1958 | Political scientist | |
| Lily Koppel | 1999 | Journalist and writer | |
| Sherry Lansing | 1962 | Former chief of Paramount Studios and Academy Award winner (2007) | |
| Edward H. Levi | 1928 | Former United States Attorney General | |
| David Levi | Judge and dean, Duke University Law School | ||
| George Lewis | 1969 | Trombonist, composer, author, Columbia University professor, MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2002), AACM member | |
| W. Ian Lipkin | Infectious disease epidemiologist Columbia University | ||
| Richard A. Loeb | 1920 | Murderer of Bobby Franks (along with Nathan Leopold) | |
| Mann | 1970 | Playwright; artistic director of McCarter Theater | |
| William H. McNeill | 1934 | Professor emeritus, University of Chicago History Department | |
| Daniel Meltzer | 1968 | Deputy Assistant to the President; Principal Deputy White House Counsel to the U.S. President | |
| Elliot Mincberg | 1970 | Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations, U.S. House Judiciary Committee; director and lawyer at People for the American Way | |
| Clark Blanchard Millikan | Aeronautical engineer | ||
| Paul Nitze | 1923 | Public servant | |
| Malia and Sasha Obama | (attended until December 2008) | Daughters of United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama | [5] |
| Mark Patinkin | 1970 | Newspaper columnist and author | |
| James M. Redfield | 1950 | Professor, classics and social thought, University of Chicago | |
| Salli Richardson | 1985 | Film and television actress | |
| John Rogers, Jr. | 1976 | Founding chairman and chief executive officer of Ariel Investments | [6] |
| Ned Rorem | 1940 | Composer and author | |
| Ari Roth | 1978 | Artistic director, playwright, Theater J, Washington, D.C. | |
| David Rowley | Professor, University of Chicago | ||
| Janet Rowley | 1942 | Geneticist | |
| Peter Sahlins | 1975 | Professor, history department, University of California, Berkeley | |
| John Paul Stevens | 1937 | United States Supreme Court Justice | |
| Robert Storr | 1967 | Curator, critic, painter, dean of Yale School of Art | |
| Garrick Utley | 1956 | Television journalist | |
| Geoffrey Ward | 1957 | Screenwriter and author | |
| David Wilkins | 1973 | Professor, Harvard Law School | |
| Amy Wright | 1967 | Actress |