Peabody High School
Location
515 N. Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 40°28′01″N 79°55′24″W / 40.46694°N 79.92333°W / 40.46694; -79.92333 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1911
Closed	2011
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
Color(s)	Maroon and gray
Mascot	Highlander

Peabody High School was a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the neighborhood of East Liberty. The school opened in 1911 in the renovated former Margaretta Street elementary school and was rededicated in honor of Highland Park physician Dr. Benjamin Helm Peabody. After 100 years in operation, the school board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools voted to close the school and graduate its final class in 2011.^[1]

The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12 relocated to the building starting in the 2012–2013 school year. The Peabody name was no longer used.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Kevan Barlow – NFL player^[2]
• Mike Barnes – NFL player^[3]
• Romare Bearden – artist and writer^[4]
• Mel Bennett – NBA player^[5]
• Kenneth Burke – literary theorist who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory ^[6]
• Martha E. Church – college president^[7]
• Malcolm Cowley – novelist, poet, literary critic and journalist^[6]
• Billy Eckstine – singer and bandleader
• Ed Gainey – politician^[8]
• George Otto Gey – cell biologist
• Jack Gilbert – poet^[9]
• Barry Goldberg – volleyball coach^[10]
• Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian^[11]
• Charles Grodin – actor, comedian, author and television talk show host^[12]
• Gene Kelly – dancer, actor and choreographer^[13]
• Marie S. Klooz – lawyer, pacifist
• James Light, theatre director and actor^[14]
• David Logan – NFL player^[15] Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Lorin Maazel – conductor, violinist and composer
• Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa – jazz pianist^[16]
• Natalie Moorhead – actress
• Zelda Rubinstein – actor, and human rights activist
• Edith S. Sampson – lawyer, judge and United Nations delegate^[17]
• Robert Schmertz – artist
• Bob Smizik – newspaper sportswriter and columnist
• David Stock – composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
• Burton Tansky – department store executive^[18]
• David Tepper – hedge fund manager and philanthropist^[19]
• Regis Toomey – actor^[20]
• Fritz Weaver – actor^[21]
• John Edgar Wideman – writer and professor^[22]
• Jonathan Wolken – dancer, co-founder, artistic director of Pilobolus dance company.
• Louise Fulton - professional bowler^[23]
• Yitzchok Scheiner Israeli–American rabbi.