Jeremy Lin, now a member of the New York Knicks, played on the 2006 Palo Alto High School basketball team before attending Harvard. While at Palo Alto HS, he helped his team win the Division II state title after defeating Mater Dei of Southern California in a 51-47 game. Thus, a legend was born. Now that Linsanity has taken over the country — by the way, here's a pic of Lin shirtless — SFist thought we took a look back at his high school days at Palo Alto, a school with a shockingly impressive roster of noted alumni.

Among the alums at Palo Alto? Singer Joan Baez (1958); rock band The Donnas, featuring Brett Anderson, Maya Ford, Allison Robertson, and Torry Castellano (1997); actor James Franco (1996), 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (1982); and the legendary Grace Slick (attended in 1958, but eventually graduated from Castilleja), just to name a few.

Following is the entire celebrity- and athlete-drenched list of notable alumni:

- Rink Babka, Olympic discus thrower, class of 1954
- Joan Baez, folk singer, class of 1958
- Ron "Money B" Brooks, rapper (Digital Underground) class of 1988
- Whitfield Crane, lead singer of Ugly Kid Joe, class of 1986
- Aarón Díaz, Mexican telenovelas actor
- Tim Dickinson, political journalist (Rolling Stone, Mother Jones), class of 1992
- The Donnas, rock band (Brett Anderson, Maya Ford, Allison Robertson, and Torry Castellano), class of 1997
- Margot Early, romance author, class of 1982
- Dave Feldman, Sportscaster WTTG-TV (FOX) Washington DC, class of 1983
- Karen Joy Fowler, author (The Jane Austen Book Club), class of 1968
- Dave Franco, actor (Scrubs, Do Not Disturb, Charlie St. Cloud,), class of 2003
- James Franco, actor (Spider-Man trilogy, Pineapple Express, Milk, 127 Hours), class of 1996
- Erle Stanley Gardner, detective fiction author and creator of Perry Mason, class of 1909
- Charles Haid, actor/director, (played Andy Renko on the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues), class of 1961
- Jim Harbaugh, football player and coach, class of 1982[49][50]. Currently the Head Coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
- Peter Hansen, football coach, class of 1997
- Jon Huntsman, Sr., billionaire founder of Huntsman Corporation, class of 1955
- Ollie Johnston, Academy Award-winning Disney animator (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia), class of 1930
- Morris Kirksey, gold medal-winning sprinter and rugby player at the 1920 Summer Olympics, class of 1913
- Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead), class of 1965
- Jeremy Lin, basketball player currently with the New York Knicks, class of 2006
- Jim Loscutoff, basketball player, won seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, class of 1948
- John Markoff, New York Times journalist/author, class of 1967
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, musician (Grateful Dead), class of 1963 (didn't graduate)
- Rob Minkoff, film director/animator, (The Lion King, Stuart Little), class of 1980
- Sean Nolan, Olympic Water Polo Team, Sydney 2000
- Teresa Noyola, soccer player, class of 2008
- Luke Paquin, guitarist (Hot Hot Heat), class of 1996
- Bill Pidto, ESPN anchor, class of 1983
- Dave Schultz, Olympic and World Champion wrestler, class of 1977
- Mark Schultz, Olympic and World Champion wrestler, class of 1978
- Joe Sebok, professional poker player, class of 1995
- Joe Simitian, California State Assemblyman (2000-2004); California State Senator (2004-), class of 1970
- Grace Slick, rock singer (Jefferson Airplane), class of 1958 (attended as an underclassman, but eventually graduated from Castilleja)
- Tom Stern, Oscar-nominated cinematographer (Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Changeling), class of 1964
- Dink Templeton, multi-sport athlete, 1920 Olympic gold medalist and hall of fame - Stanford track and field coach, class of 1915
- Tad Williams, author (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, and Shadowmarch science fiction/fantasy series), class of 1975
- Kirk Wise, film director/animator, (Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), class of 1981
- Timi Wusu, football player for the Oakland Raiders, class of 2001
- Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator from Oregon, class of 1967

Speaking of Lin, he is all the buzz of New York City right now. Restaurants are dying to serve him, he was the butt of an entire Letterman top ten list, and he even has his very own milkshake. Nice job for a Palo Alto kid.