This is a list of notable present and former faculty, staff, and students of the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA).

Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

Ralph Bunche Ralph Johnson Bunche (; August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize f ...

– recipient of the 1950

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

Richard F. Heck Richard Frederick Heck (August 15, 1931 – October 9, 2015) was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes ...

– recipient of the 2010

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* Robert Bruce Merrifield – recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry * Elinor Ostrom – recipient of the 2009

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian (born 1967) is an Armenian-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperatur ...

- recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine *

Randy Schekman Randy Wayne Schekman (born December 30, 1948) is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' and former editor of ''Annual Review of Cell and ...

– recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine *

Glenn T. Seaborg Glenn Theodore Seaborg (; April 19, 1912February 25, 1999) was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in ...

– recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry *

William F. Sharpe William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ...

– recipient of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences *

Andrea Ghez Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

- recipient of the 2020

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Academia, science and technology

Arts and literature

* Amy Adler – artist *

Luis Aguilar-Monsalve Luis Aguilar Monsalve (born 7 October 1942) is an Ecuadorian writer, critic, and professor emeritus at Hanover College in the United States. Biography Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Aguilar Monsalve studied extensively in the United States, where ...

– writer and educator * Sara Kathryn Arledge – artist *

Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, singer and teacher. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Biography Catherine Asaro was bo ...

–

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of profe ...

-winning

science-fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel univers ...

novelist * Glenna Avila – artist *

James Robert Baker James Robert Baker (October 18, 1947 – November 5, 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After gradua ...

– novelist *

Gary Baseman Gary Baseman (born September 27, 1960) is an American artist, cartoonist, and animator who investigates history, heritage, and the human condition (especially love, longing, and loss). Through iconography and visual narratives that celebrate “ ...

– artist *

Edith Baumann Edith Baumann (1 August 1909 – 7 April 1973) was a German politician. She was a co-founder and official of the Free German Youth (''Freie Deutsche Jugend'' / FDJ), the youth organisation that after 1946 became the youth wing of East Germany' ...

– abstract artist *

Rosa Beltrán Rosa María Beltrán Álvarez (born Mexico City, 15 March 1960) is a Mexican novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. She was the deputy director of ''La Jornada Semanal'' from 1999 to 2002 and has been a member of the Sistema Naci ...

– writer, lecturer and academic *

Guy Bennett Guy Bennett is a writer and translator. He lives in Los Angeles. Biography Guy Bennett was born in Los Angeles. After studies in art, music, languages and literature, he graduated with a PhD in French literature from UCLA in 1993. Bennett has wo ...

– writer, translator and educator *

Susan Berman Susan Jane Berman (May 18, 1945 – December 23, 2000) was an American journalist and author. The daughter of mobster David Berman, she wrote about her late-in-life realization of her father's role in organized crime. In 2000, Berman was f ...

– author and screenwriter * Stan Bitters – sculptor *

Justina Blakeney Justina Blakeney is an American designer, artist, interior designer, writer, and speaker who is well-known by the bright colorful and vibrant bohemian style. She founded a houseware and home decoration brand ''Jungalow''. Her first book, ''The Ne ...

– designer and author *

Slater Bradley Slater Bradley (born 1975 in San Francisco, California) is a conceptual and cross-disciplinary artist, typically working in thematic series and installations. In his video works, Bradley often combines footage of real events, soundtracks drawn ...

– artist *

Kenneth Wayne Bushnell Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (October 16, 1933 - October 4, 2020) was an American visual artist, who was born in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. He earned a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958, and then moved to Hawaii, whe ...

– artist and educator *

Jan Butterfield Jan Butterfield (1937-2000) was an American art writer, teacher and critic. She wrote extensively on twentieth century installation and craft artists, focused on those who worked in California and the American West. Early life and education Bu ...

– art writer and educator * Vija Celmins – artist *

Judy Chicago Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history ...

– artist and educator * Vicky A. Clark – curator * Coleman Collins – artist *

Jennifer Dalton Jennifer Dalton (born 1967) is an American artist. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1997. Exhibitions Dalton's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including the FLAG Art Foundation in New ...

– artist *

Agnes de Mille Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. Early years Agnes de Mille was born in New York City into a well-connected family of theater professionals. Her father William C. deMill ...

– dancer and choreographer *

Jacques Ehrmann Jacques Ehrmann (31 March 1931 – 11 June 1972) was a French literary theorist and a faculty member of the Yale University French Department from 1961 until his death in 1972. Biography Jacques Ehrmann was born in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin, France) on ...

– literary theorist *

Dan Eldon Daniel Robert Eldon (18 September 1970 – 12 July 1993) was a British-Kenyan photojournalist, artist and activist, killed in Somalia while working as a Reuters photojournalist. His journals were published posthumously in four volumes by Chr ...

–

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

Warren Farrell Warren Thomas Farrell (born June 26, 1943) is an American political scientist, activist, and author of seven books on men's and women's issues. He is a leading figure of the Men's Rights Movement. Farrell initially came to prominence in the 197 ...

– educator, gender equality activist and author of

The Myth of Male Power ''The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex'' is a 1993 book by Warren Farrell, in which the author argues that the widespread perception of men having inordinate social and economic power is false, and that men are systematically di ...

Alyce Frank Alyce Frank is an American landscape painter. Early life Frank was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1932. She then moved to Los Angeles and Tulsa at a young age. At the age of 15, she applied to a liberal arts program and was accepted at the Uni ...

– artist * Martin Friedman – former director of

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, t ...

Charles Garabedian Charles Garabedian ( hy, Չարլզ Կարապետյան, December 29, 1923 – February 11, 2016) was an American-Armenian artist known for his paintings and drawings rich in references to Greek and Chinese symbolism. His artwork reveals a deep ...

– artist *

Kelly Grovier Kelly Grovier is an American poet, historian, and art critic. Background Grovier was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received the school's Outstanding Senior of the Year Award upon graduation, and at Oxford Unive ...

– poet and

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

* Kim Gruenenfelder – author * Sam Harris – writer *

Florence Parry Heide Florence Parry Heide (February 27, 1919 – October 23, 2011) was a bestselling American children's writer. Early life Born in Pittsburgh, Heide spent most of her childhood in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Her father, who was a banker, died w ...

– author of children's literature * Juan Felipe Herrera – professor, 21st U.S. poet laureate * Gilah Yelin Hirsch – artist * Diane Johnson – novelist *

Jane Jin Kaisen Jane Jin Kaisen (born May 28, 1980) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Kaisen was born in Jeju Island, South Korea and adopted to Denmark in 1980. She is Professor of Media Arts at The Royal Danish Academy ...

– artist *

Craig Kauffman Craig Kauffman (March 31, 1932 – May 9, 2010) was an artist who has exhibited since 1951. Kauffman's primarily abstract paintings and wall relief sculptures are included in over 20 museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whit ...

– artist * Jonathan Kellerman –

Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...

-winning novelist and

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

Toba Khedoori Toba Khedoori (born 1964 in Australia) is an artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper. Biography Khedoori was born in Sydney of Jewish-Iraqi parentage an ...

- painter * Annie Lapin – painter *

Mitchell Landsberg Mitchell Landsberg is an American journalist and newspaper editor. He is the senior editor for enterprise of the ''Los Angeles Times''. He was previously a foreign and national editor. Landsberg was born November 1, 1953, in Sacramento, California ...

– journalist *

Gaylord Larsen Gaylord Larsen (born January 4, 1932) is an American crime writer. He is well known for his fictional murder mystery ''Dorothy and Agatha'', incorporating the well-known mystery novelists Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie as title characters, ...

–

mystery writer Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reas ...

* Russell Leong – author and philosopher of Asian-American studies * Linda Levi – artist *

Dave McNary David Nathan McNary (1950/1951 – December 26, 2020) was an American journalist best known for his work at ''Variety''. Early life and career Born the oldest of five children in Berkeley, California, McNary was raised in San Rafael and Wood ...

– entertainment journalist *

Edward Meshekoff Edward Meshekoff (1917 in Bronx, New York City – 2010) was an American artist, illustrator and designer. He was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Meshekoff worked and lived in both Los Angeles and New York City. In 1957 M ...

– artist *

Meleko Mokgosi Meleko Mokgosi (born 1981) is an artist and associate professor of painting and drawing at the School of Art at Yale University. His work includes large-scale paintings that explore themes of colonialism, democracy, nationalism, and life in Southe ...

– artist * Ed Moses – artist *

Alexandra Nechita Alexandra Nechita (born August 27, 1985) is a Romanian Americans, Romanian-American Cubism, cubist painter and philanthropist. At age 12 she was dubbed the "Petite Pablo Picasso, Picasso" by the media and the art community. She has been praised ...

– painter *

John D. Nesbitt John Dunville Nesbitt (born December 14, 1948) is an American educator and writer of Northern Irish and Hungarian descent, known for his fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and song lyrics about the American West. He is best known for his traditiona ...

– writer and educator *

Tameka Norris Tameka Norris, also known as. T.J. Dedeaux-Norris and Meka Jean is an American visual and performing artist. Norris uses painting, sculpture, and performance art to create work about racial identity and the simultaneous visibility and invisibilit ...

– artist * Flo Perkins – glass artist *

Raymond Pettibon Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn, June 16, 1957) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Pettibon came to prominence in the early 1980s in the southern California punk rock scene, creating posters and album art mainly for ...

– visual artist, known for creating the

cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game (box art), music album (album art), ...

for punk-rock band Black Flag's albums *

Jenelle Porter Jenelle Porter is an American art curator and author of numerous exhibition catalogs and essays about contemporary art and craft. She has curated important exhibitions that have helped studio craft to gain acceptance as fine arts. These include th ...

– art curator and author *

Jason Rhoades Jason Fayette Rhoades (July 9, 1965 – August 1, 2006) was an American installation artist. Better known in Europe, where he exhibited regularly for the last twelve years of his life, Rhoades was celebrated for his combination dinner party/ ...

– artist * Kay Ryan – poet and educator;

U.S. Poet Laureate The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national cons ...

(2008–2010); MacArthur Fellow (2011) *

Betye Saar Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an African-American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which eng ...

– artist *

Ben Sakoguchi Ben Sakoguchi (born 1938) is a Japanese-American artist who was born in San Bernardino, California. At age five, his family was interned at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona following the enforcement of Executive Order 9066. Educat ...

– artist *

Shizu Saldamando Shizu Saldamando (born 1978 in San Francisco, CA), is an American visual artist. Her work merges painting and collage (often using origami paper) in portraits that often deal with social constructs of identity and subcultures. She has worked in the ...

– artist *

Sarah Seager Sarah Seager (born in 1958 Springfield, Massachusetts) is a conceptual artist associated with the California Conceptualism movement of the late 1980s through mid-1990s based out of Los Angeles, California. She is known for making "clean works, ...

– artist * Cindy Shih – artist *

Jan Stussy Jan Stussy (1921–1990) was an American artist, film producer, and professor. He was a professor emeritus from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he taught there for 42 years. He was awarded an Academy Award for the documentary fi ...

(1921–1990) – artist *

Wu Tsang Wu Tsang (born 1982 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a filmmaker, artist and performer based in New York and Berlin, whose work is concerned with hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and the act of performing itself. In 2018, Tsang received a ...

– artist * Billie Tsien – architect,

Barack Obama Presidential Center The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a planned architectural project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. The center will include a museum and library and is headed by the nonprofi ...

* Harry Turtledove –

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...

and Nebula Award-winning

novelist *

Barbara Brooks Wallace Barbara Brooks Wallace (December 3, 1922 – November 27, 2018) was an American children's writer. She won the NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for ''Claudia'' (2001) and William Allen White Childre ...

– award-winning

children's author Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

, including two

s and a William Allen White Children's Book Award * Emma Walton Hamilton (UCLA Lab School) – actress, author of children's book *

Idelle Weber Idelle Lois Weber (born Tessie Pasternack; March 12, 1932 – March 23, 2020) was an American artist most closely aligned with the Pop art and Photorealist movements. Early life Weber was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 12, 1932 as Tessie Pa ...

– artist *

Antoine Wilson Antoine Wilson (born 1971) is a Canadian-American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and later lived in Southern California, Central California, and Saudi Arabia. He attended UCLA and Iowa Writers' Workshop. He cur ...

– novelist * Jan Wurm – artist *

Richard Wyatt Jr. Richard Wyatt Jr. (born 1955) is a contemporary muralist best known for his public art in and around the city of Los Angeles. His murals can be found at the Watts Towers, the Capitol Records Building, White Memorial Hospital, the Ontario Airport, ...

– artist

Film, television and theater

Athletics

Hall of Famers in major team sports

=National Baseball Hall of Fame

= *

Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line ...

(inducted in 1962)

=Pro Football Hall of Fame

= * Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965) * Tom Fears (inducted in 1970) * Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1994) *

Troy Aikman Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. After transferring from Oklahoma, he played college football at UCLA, ...

(inducted in 2006) *

Jonathan Ogden Jonathan Phillip Ogden (born July 31, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle and spent his entire career with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football ...

(inducted in 2013) *

Kenny Easley Kenneth Mason Easley Jr. (born January 15, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins ...

(inducted in 2017)

=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Baseball

Basketball

American football / Gridiron

Golf

* John Merrick – professional golfer *

Corey Pavin Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 150 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1986 and 1997 ...

– professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion, 2010

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

captain *

Tom Pernice Jr. Thomas Charles Pernice Jr. (born September 5, 1959) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He previously played on the PGA Tour, where he won two tournaments. Pernice was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attende ...

– professional golfer *

Monte Scheinblum Monte Scheinblum (born May 15, 1967) is an American professional golfer, and the son of former Major League Baseball All Star outfielder Richie Scheinblum. While he competed on the Nike Tour, he became known especially for his long driving, wher ...

– 1992 U.S. National and World Long Drive ChampionMonte Scheinblum Shines When He's Hitting Off the Tee
Bucky Albers, ''

Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...

'', May 19, 1993. Retrieved December 23, 2010. *

Duffy Waldorf James Joseph "Duffy" Waldorf, Jr. (born August 20, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won four times. Biography Waldorf was born in Los Angeles, Cali ...

– professional golfer

Gymnastics

Association football / soccer

Tennis

Arthur Ashe Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles. He started to play tennis at six years old. He was the first black player selected to the Unite ...

(1943–1993) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 1) and social activist;

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame *

Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...

(born 1952) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 1); two-time

champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame * Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) *

Zack Fleishman Zachary Rodin Fleishman (born March 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. Personal life Fleishman was born in Santa Monica, and attended UCLA for one year before turning pro. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Shark ...

(born 1980) – professional tennis player *

Allen Fox Allen E. Fox (born June 25, 1939) is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the U.S. five times between 1961 ...

(born 1939) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach * Mike Franks (born 1936) – professional tennis player * Justin Gimelstob (born 1977) – professional tennis player * Julius Heldman (1919-2006) - professional tennis player was the National Junior Tennis Champion in 1936 * Anita Kanter (born 1933) – tennis player ranked in world top 10 *

Tom Karp Thomas Karp (born October 13, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Karp played tennis for University High School. Stan Smith beat him in the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament 1964 Boys’ High School final. Karp, a top ...

(born 1946) - tennis player * Jeff Klaparda (born 1963) - professional tennis player won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title *

Steve Krulevitz Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz (born May 30, 1951) is an American-Israeli former professional tennis player, and current coach. Playing for UCLA, he was an All-American. He won gold medals for the United States in singles and doubles at the 1977 M ...

(born 1951) – professional tennis player *

Kimberly Po Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women' ...

– professional tennis player * Brian Teacher (born 1954) – professional tennis player (ranked as high as # 7);

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

champion; and coach *

Eliot Teltscher Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959) is a retired professional American tennis player. He won the 1983 French Open Mixed Doubles. His highest ranking in singles was #6 in the world and in doubles was #38 in the world. Tennis career Early year ...

(born 1959) – professional tennis player (ranked as high as # 6) *

Van Winitsky Van Winitsky (born March 12, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved a career-high rankings of World No. 7 in doubles in October 1983 and world No. 35 in singles in February 1984. Early and personal life ...

(born 1959) - professional tennis player ranked as high as # 7 in doubles

Track and field

Evelyn Ashford Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic Games, Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in a ...

– Olympic track and field athlete and multiple gold medalist *

Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon (born 30 December 1973) is a Trinidadian former track and field athlete, politician, and four-time Olympic medal winner. He holds the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, ...

– Olympic track and field athlete 1997 200 meter World Champion and four-time Olympic Sprint medalist * Gail Devers – track and field runner; multiple Olympic gold medalist * Danny Everett – Olympic bronze medalist in track and field * Millard Hampton – track and field athlete, gold (4X100 relay) and silver (200 meters) medalist in the 1976 Montreal Olympics * Dawn Harper –

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

100m Hurdles gold medalist *

Joanna Hayes Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976, Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She originally specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver ...

– Olympic gold medalist track and field 100 m hurdles record holder *

Monique Henderson Monique Marie Henderson (born February 18, 1983 in San Diego, California) is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400-meter dash. Henderson was a gold medalist in both the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2 ...

– track and field runner; Olympic gold medalist in

4 × 400 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

* Rafer Johnson – several-time world-record holder in the

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

, and gold medalist at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1 ...

– Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in 100 meter race * Jackie Joyner-Kersee – track and field athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

* Meb Keflezighi – Olympic silver medalist, NCAA championships and New York City Marathon winner * Steve Lewis – Olympic gold medalist in track and field * Andre Phillips – track and field athlete, 400 meter hurdle gold medalist in the 1988 Seoul Olympics *

Mike Powell Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of ...

– former track and field athlete, current coach and holder of the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

Yang Chuan-kwang Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang ( Amis: Maysang Kalimud, ) (July 10, 1933 – January 27, 2007), was an Olympic decathlete from Taiwan. Yang attended college at UCLA where he trained and competed with team mate and Olympian Rafer Johnson and w ...

(also known as C.K. Yang) – former world-record holder in the

, silver medalist in the decathlon in the

; first man to score over 9,000 points (using the tables at the time) * Kevin Young – Olympic gold medalist in track and field, current world record holder 400 meters hurdles

Volleyball

* Karch Kiraly – volleyball player and coach; only person to win Olympic gold medals in both indoor and

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

Holly McPeak Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a retired American indoor and beach volleyball player. McPeak was three-times an Olympian in beach volleyball. In the professional circuit, she garnered 72 career beach volleyba ...

– beach volleyball player and Olympic

bronze medalist A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

* Elaine Youngs – beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist

Water polo

James Ferguson James Ferguson may refer to: Entertainment * Jim Ferguson (born 1948), American jazz and classical guitarist * Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, past member of Lotion * Jim Ferguson, American movie critic, Board of Directors member for the Broadca ...

– 1972 Olympic bronze medalist
USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
* Natalie Golda – water polo player; Olympian * Adam Krikorian –

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and coach; won 14 national titles *

Jillian Kraus Jillian Amaris Kraus (born December 18, 1986) is a water polo player. She won a gold medal in the 2005 Junior World Championships, won four straight NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships with UCLA, and has played with the United States women's na ...

(born 1986) - water polo player *

Monte Nitzkowski Kenneth Monfore "Monte" Nitzkowski (September 7, 1929 – July 28, 2016) was an American former competition swimmer and water polo coach. He represented the United States in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland ...

– Olympic water polo coach and swimmer * Josh Samuels (born 1991) - Olympic water polo player *

Jovan Vavic Jovan Vavic (born ) is the former head coach of both the University of Southern California (USC) men's and women's water polo teams. In 2012, he was interim head coach of the United States men's national water polo team. While coaching USC he won ...

- former head coach of the USC men's and women's water polo teams

Other

Glenn Cowan Glenn L. Cowan (August 25, 1952 – April 6, 2004) was an American table tennis player. Biography Cowan was from New Rochelle, New York, and was Jewish. His parents were Phil (a television executive, who died at age 48) and Fran Cowan. The family ...

(1952–2004) - table tennis player *

Lisa Fernandez Lisa Maria Fernandez (born February 22, 1971) is an American former softball player and current associate head coach at UCLA. She played college softball at UCLA as a pitcher and third baseman, and is a three-time medal winning Olympian with Te ...

– Olympic

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

gold medalist * Brian Goodell – swimmer; nine NCAA individual championships, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder *

Tommy Kendall Tommy Kendall (born October 17, 1966) is an American race car driver and television broadcaster. He is best known for his IMSA GT Championship and SCCA Trans-Am Series career. Racing career Son of race driver Charles Kendall, Kendall began his ...

– race car driver and television analyst * Erwin Klein (d. 1992) - table tennis player *

Dan Kutler Dan Kutler (born May 2, 1970 in Mountain View, California) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in the United States, and swam for Israel in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He is Jewish and grew up in Santa Clara, California, competed ...

– Olympic swimmer * Michelle Kwan – world champion

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

; record nine-time U.S. National Champion *

Ken Pavia Ken Pavia is a former sports agent, founder of the Huntington Beach, California based sports agency MMAagents and the former CEO of India’s first MMA Promotion Super Fight League. From 2005 to September 2011 Pavia represented a client roster of ...

– former sports agent, founder of MMAagents Sports Agency, and the former CEO of India's first MMA Promotion Super Fight League *

Dot Richardson Dorothy Gay Richardson (born September 22, 1961) is an American physician and former two-time gold medal-winning Olympian softball player at shortstop. Richardson is currently the head coach at Liberty. Richardson played college softball at UCL ...

– softball player, Olympic gold medalist * Mark Schultz (attended), 3x NCAA Champion, Olympic and world champion wrestler * Doug Shaffer –

platform diving A diving platform or diving tower is a type of structure used for competitive diving. It consists of a vertical rigid "tower" with one or more horizontal platforms extending out over a deep pool of water. In platform diving, the diver jumps from ...

, U.S. National champion, NCAA Diver of the Year, Head coach at UCLA, Minnesota and LSU * Tim Thackrey – US National Team and Pan Am Games gold medalist

Business and law

Nancy J. Adler Nancy J. Adler (born 3 October 1948) is professor of Organizational Behavior and Samuel Bronfman Chair in Management at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Early life and education Originally from Inglewood, California, United Sta ...

– Professor of Organizational Behavior and Samuel Bronfman Chair in Management at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

* Eugene Anderson – attorney * Shawn Holley – member of O. J. Simpson murder case defense team *

Fred D. Anderson Fred D. Anderson (born 1945) is an American business executive known for his time with Apple Inc. and as a managing director and co-founder of Elevation Partners. Early life Anderson completed his BA from Whittier College and his MBA from UCLA. ...

– former CFO of

Apple Computer Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

* John Edward Anderson – president of Topa Equities, Ltd.; namesake of

UCLA Anderson School of Management The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, also known as the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of eleven professional schools. The school offers MBA (ful ...

Tom Anderson Thomas Anderson (born November 8, 1970) is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking service, social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspa ...

– founder of MySpace *

Nancy Austin Nancy Kimball Austin (born c. 1949) is an American writer and business consultant, best known for co-writing the bestsellers ''A Passion for Excellence'' (1985) and ''The Assertive Woman'' (1975). Her books have sold approximately one million c ...

– management consultant and author of ''The Assertive Woman'' * Stephen F. Bollenbach – CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation *

Saul Brandman Saul Brandman (August 25, 1925 – May 27, 2008) was an American businessman and philanthropist.Los Angeles Times: "Obituary:Saul Brandman"
May 29, 2008 * Bernard Briskin – co-founder and Chairman of

Gelson's Markets Gelson's is a regional supermarket chain operating in Southern California. It operates service-oriented stores mostly in upscale neighborhoods. The Mayfair Connection actually began years before Gelson's did. Estimates put the genesis of the cha ...

Janice Rogers Brown Janice Rogers Brown (born May 11, 1949) is an American jurist. She served as a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2005 to 2017 and before that, ...

– judge for the

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It has the smallest geographical jurisdiction of any of the U.S. federal appellate cou ...

Vincent Bugliosi Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr. (; August 18, 1934 – June 6, 2015) was an American prosecutor and author who served as Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office between 1964 and 1972. He became best known for s ...

– attorney and writer *

Michael Burry Michael James Burry (; born June 19, 1971) is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and physician. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which he ran from 2000 until 2008 before closing it to focus on his personal investments. He is best k ...

– hedge fund manager * Frieda Rapoport Caplan – Entrepreneur in Specialty Produce *

Cormac J. Carney Cormac Joseph Carney (born May 6, 1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Early life and education Carney was born in Detroit, Michigan to Irish immigrant parents, both ...

– United States federal judge *

Phil Carter Phillip Eugene Carter is an American lawyer, writer, and former officer in the United States Army. Carter was a founding member of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and he also served as a principal of the Truman National Security Pr ...

– attorney, writer, and U.S. Army adviser in Iraq * Morgan Chu – attorney, intellectual property expert *

Frank Chuman Frank Fujio Chuman ( ja, 中馬藤男, born April 29, 1917) is a Japanese-American former civil rights attorney and author, involved in several important Japanese American civil rights cases and in the redress movement. Early life Frank Fujio Chu ...

– attorney and author *

Marcia Clark Marcia Rachel Clark (' Kleks, formerly Horowitz; born August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent and television producer. She is known for being the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case. Early lif ...

– attorney, lead prosecutor in O. J. Simpson murder case * Johnnie Cochran – attorney *

Leslie Abramson Leslie Hope Abramson (born October 6, 1943) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for her role in the legal defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez. She is also a published author. Education Born in Flushing, Queens, New York, Abramson g ...

- attorney, best known for the defense of

Erik Menendez Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menéndez. During the trial, the Me ...

* Jeff Cohen – entertainment lawyer best known for work as child actor in ''

The Goonies ''The Goonies'' is a 1985 American adventure comedy film co-produced and directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, based on a story by Steven Spielberg. In the film, kids who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astori ...

'' (1985) *

Lynn Compton Lynn Davis Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 25, 2012), known as Buck Compton, was an American jurist, police officer, and soldier. In his legal career, he served as a prosecutor and California Court of Appeal judge, and is most nota ...

– former judge for the California Court of Appeals and served as a

commissioned officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...

with E Company, 2nd

Battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are ...

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regiment ...

, in the

101st Airborne Division The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operati ...

of the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

Roger Curtis Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Baronet, GCB (4 June 1746 – 14 November 1816) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who saw action in several battles during an extensive career that was punctuated by a number of highly controversial incide ...

– founder of

Associated Electrics Associated Electrics, Incorporated of Lake Forest, California is one of the world's leading manufacturers of radio controlled car, radio controlled cars, trucks and accessories. Associated Electrics is now owned by Thunder Tiger Corporation from T ...

Keith Fink Keith Fink is an American attorney, author, and academic. He represented a business in a contract dispute with Ellen DeGeneres dubbed by the media as "Iggygate". In 2017, Fink became embroiled in a dispute with the University of California at L ...

– attorney *

Laurence D. Fink Laurence Douglas Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the wor ...

– CEO and Chairman of BlackRock *

Dolly Gee Dolly Maizie Gee (born July 1, 1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Early life and education Gee was born in Hawthorne, California, the daughter of Cantonese immi ...

–

U.S. District Court The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district cou ...

judge * Bill Gross – co-founder of

PIMCO PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC) is an American investment management firm focusing on active fixed income management worldwide. PIMCO manages investments in many asset classes such as fixed income, equities, commodities, asset ...

; philatelist * Vinita Gupta – first Indian-origin woman to take her company public *

Horace Hahn Horace L. Hahn (July 23, 1915 – January 31, 2003) was an American actor best known for working with Cecil B. DeMille on several films as a young man, including a supporting role in ''This Day and Age (film), This Day and Age'' (1933). He also ...

– assisted Justice

Robert H. Jackson Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Unit ...

as an interrogator in the prosecution of

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

war criminals at the

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies of World War II, Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945 ...

* Sam Hamadeh – co-founder, Vault.com *

John W. Henry John William Henry II (born September 13, 1949) is an American businessman and investor and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, ''The B ...

– money manager and principal owner of the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

and

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...

* Nita Ing – chairman of Continental Engineering Corporation and Taiwan High Speed Rail *

William R. Johnson William R. Johnson is an American businessman and is the former president, CEO and chairman of H. J. Heinz. He worked at Drackett as an assistant product manager for Behold furniture polish, starting at $13,000 a year. He worked at Ralston Purina ...

– chief executive officer,

H.J. Heinz Company The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six conti ...

* Alex Kozinski – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals * Ryan Lee – hedge fund manager and radio commentator *

Hardy McLain Bruce Hardy McLain (born September 1952) is an American retired hedge fund manager, and a co-founder and former managing partner of CVC Capital Partners. Early life Bruce Hardy McLain was born in September 1952, in San Francisco, US. McLain ea ...

(born 1952) – hedge fund manager; managing partner of

CVC Capital Partners CVC Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based French private equity and investment advisory firm with approximately US$133 billion of assets under management and approximately €157 billion in secured commitments since inception across American, E ...

* Billy G. Mills –

Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the legislative body of the Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles in California. The council is composed of 15 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The President of the Los Angeles City Counc ...

member, 1963–74, Superior Court judge thereafter *

Marvin Mitchelson Marvin M. Mitchelson (May 7, 1928 – September 18, 2004) was an American celebrity lawyer who pioneered the concept of palimony, calling it "marriage with no rings attached". Early life Mitchelson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the younges ...

– attorney *

Irwin Molasky Irwin Molasky (February 22, 1927 – July 4, 2020) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the Chairman of The Molasky Group of Companies. Early life Irwin Molasky was born to a Jewish family on Fe ...

– real estate entrepreneur and early developer of Las Vegas *

Ezri Namvar Ezri Namvar (born ) is an Iranian-born Jewish American businessman, philanthropist and convicted criminal. He was the founder and chairman of Namco Capital Group, an asset management firm based in Los Angeles, California. In the wake of the financi ...

– former founder and chairman of Namco Capital Group * Dorothy W. Nelson – senior judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals * Michael Newdow –

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in Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the

Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is a patriotic recited verse that promises allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America. The first version, with a text different from the one used ...

*Robert C. O'Brien, United States National Security Advisor *Michael Ovitz – Hollywood power broker and former president of the Walt Disney Company *Robert O. Peterson – founder of the Jack in the Box (restaurant), Jack in the Box restaurant chain *Daniel Petrocelli – attorney *Harry Pregerson – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals *Donald Prell – venture capitalist, author and futurist *Subramaniam Ramadorai – chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services *Jennifer Rodgers, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and CNN legal analyst *Nobutada Saji – chief executive officer, Suntory *Robert Shapiro (lawyer), Robert Shapiro – attorney, part of defense team in O. J. Simpson murder case *Sanford C. Sigoloff – businessman and philanthropist * Stacey Snider – president of DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks * Ronald Sugar – chief executive officer, Northrop Grumman * Jay Sures – co-president of United Talent AgencyVariety Magazine 500: Jay Sures
retrieved October 21, 2017 * Edward Tabash – Constitutional attorney specializing in Separation of church and state, church and state issues; Board of Directors for the Center for Inquiry * Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi – federal judge * A. Wallace Tashima – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals *Steven F. Udvar-Hazy – founder, chairman and CEO of ILFC *Kim McLane Wardlaw – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals *Surangel Whipps Jr. - President of the Republic of Palau (2021 - Present) *Don Yee – NFL sports agent *James Yenbamroong – space entrepreneur and founder of Mu Space *Ken Ziffren (J.D. 1965) – entertainment attorney, L.A.'s film czar (2014–present)

Music

* Jenni Alpert – singer-songwriter * Sara Bareilles – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist * Jan Berry – singer-songwriter; member of the rock and roll, rock-and-roll duo Jan & Dean * Jeff Blue – music producer for various labels; vice president of Warner Bros. Records, Warner California's artists and repertoire, artists-and-repertoire division * Alison Brown – Grammy Award-winning banjo player * John Cage – composer; student of Schoenberg * Don Davis (composer), Don Davis – film score composer, film-score composer, including the science fiction film, science-fiction action film, action film franchise The Matrix (franchise), ''The Matrix'' trilogy (1999, 2003 and 2003) * Brad Delson – guitarist; lead guitarist and founding member of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park * Ryan Dusick – drummer, member of the Grammy Award-winning pop rock, pop-rock band Maroon 5 * Doriot Anthony Dwyer – principal flautist, Boston Symphony Orchestra * Blake McIver Ewing − singer, pianist, actor * John Fahey (musician), John Fahey – experimental guitarist * Jill Gibson – singer-songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor * Greg Ginn – guitarist and singer-songwriter; guitarist of the punk-rock band Black Flag * Kim Gordon – musician; member of the alternative rock, alternative-rock band Sonic Youth * Greg Graffin – singer-songwriter; lead singer of the punk rock, punk-rock band Bad Religion * Conan Gray – singer-songwriter;youtuber * Joshua Guerrero, operatic tenor * Este Haim, — member of Grammy nominated sister band HAIM. * Jake Heggie – opera composer, ''Dead Man Walking (opera), Dead Man Walking'' * Marilyn Horne – mezzo-soprano opera singer * James Horner – Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy Award-winning film score composer, film-score composer * Anthony Kiedis – singer-songwriter; lead vocalist of the alternative rock, alternative-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers * Jim Lindberg – singer-songwriter; lead singer of the punk rock, punk-rock band Pennywise (band), Pennywise *Jon MacLennan – session musician and author of ''Melodic Expressions: The Art of the Line'' (2012) * Mickey Madden – bass guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning pop rock, pop-rock band Maroon 5 * Ron Mael – musician and songwriter; co-founder (with brother Russell Mael) and keyboardist of the pop rock, pop-rock band Sparks (band), Sparks * Russell Mael – singer-songwriter; co-founder (with brother Ron Mael) and lead vocalist of the pop-rock band Sparks * Ray Manzarek – co-founder and keyboardist of the rock band The Doors * Maile Misajon – singer-songwriter; former member of the pop girl group Eden's Crush * Jim Morrison – poet and singer-songwriter; co-founder and lead vocalist of rock band The Doors * Randy Newman – composer, pianist and singer-songwriter; Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning film score composer, film-score composer (dropped out one semester short of a B.A. in music) * NS Yoon-G, stage name of Christine Kim, aka Kim Yoonji – South Korean singer * John Ondrasik – singer-songwriter; performs pop rock under the stage name Five for Fighting * Mo Ostin – music executive, Chairman Emeritus of Warner Bros. Records * Kira Roessler – musician and film and television dialogue editor; bass guitarist of the punk rock, punk-rock band Black Flag (band), Black Flag; film and television work includes Primetime Emmy Award-winning dialogue editor for her work on the biographical television miniseries ''John Adams (TV miniseries), John Adams'' (2008) episode "Don't Tread On Me" * Laura Roppé – singer-songwriter and writer; cancer survivor who wrote memoir ''Rocking the Pink: Finding Myself on the Other Side of Cancer'' * Seo Jung-kwon – Korean-American rapper under the stage name Tiger JK, and leader of hip hop group Drunken Tiger * Andy Sturmer – singer-songwriter and drummer of Jellyfish (band), Jellyfish, producer for Puffy AmiYumi, composer of theme songs for ''Ben 10'' and ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'' * Paul Tanner – member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, inventor of the Electro-Theremin instrument * David Tao – singer * Brian Tyler (composer), Brian Tyler – BAFTA-nominated film score composer, conductor and film producer; his compositions include scores for ''Iron Man 3'', ''Thor: The Dark World'', and ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' * Kamasi Washington – jazz saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader * John Williams – Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning composer; conductor and pianist; compositions include scores for the space opera Star Wars music, ''Star Wars'' film series * La Monte Young – composer, leading figure in musical minimalism

Politics

* Shahid Khaqan Abbasi – Prime Minister of Pakistan * Farid Abboud – ambassador of Lebanon to United States * Senu Abdul Rahman – former Member of the Malaysian Parliament, Malaysia's first Ministry of Information (Malaysia), Minister of Information * Glenn M. Anderson – United States Representative from California (1969–1993) * Patrick Argüello – Nicaraguan-American revolutionary''Public Broadcasting Service'' website fo
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* Howard Berman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Tom Bradley (American politician), Tom Bradley – Mayor of Los Angeles (1973–1993) * Yvonne B. Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke – Los Angeles County Supervisor * John B. T. Campbell III, John Campbell – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Benjamin J. Cayetano, Benjamin Cayetano – Governor of Hawaii (1994–2002) * Judy Chu – first Chinese-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress * James C. Corman – Los Angeles City Council member; member of the U.S. House of Representatives * J. Curtis Counts – director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service * Edmund D. Edelman – Los Angeles City Council member (1965–1974); Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member (1975–1994) * John Ehrlichman – assistant and counsel to the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration * Elizabeth Emken – 2012 Republican U.S. Senate Candidate * Robert C. Farrell – journalist; Los Angeles City Council member (1974–1991) * Dean Florez – member of the California State Senate, student body president at UCLA * Kirsten Gillibrand – List of United States Senators from New York, U.S. Senator from New York * H.R. Haldeman – Chief of Staff for the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration; a key figure in the Watergate scandal * James Day Hodgson – former United States Secretary of Labor and United States Ambassador to Japan, Ambassador to Japan * Andrei Iancu - Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office * Paul Koretz – former member of the California State Assembly; Los Angeles City Council member * Sheila Kuehl – former member of the California State Senate, California State Assembly, and current Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors * Jerry Lewis (California politician), Jerry Lewis – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations * Calum MacDonald (politician), Calum MacDonald – former Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom * Roberto Madrazo – candidate for president of Mexico in the 2006 Mexican general election, 2006 presidential elections * Jim Matheson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Utah * Tom McClintock – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * David McReynolds – activist and socialist political candidate * Lloyd Monserratt – California political and community leader * Bill Morrow (California politician), Bill Morrow – member of the California State Senate * Gordon L. Park – former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives * Dennis Ross – U.S. diplomat to the Middle East * Edward R. Roybal – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Brad Sherman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Helen Singleton – civil rights activist and Freedom Riders, Freedom Rider * William French Smith – former United States Attorney General * Todd Spitzer – member of the California State Assembly * William R. Steiger – director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's Office of Global Health Affairs in the George W. Bush administration * Ted Stevens – former senator of Alaska and alumnus to Delta Kappa Epsilon * Rick Tuttle – Freedom Rider and Los Angeles City Controller * Peggy Stevenson – Los Angeles City Council member (1975–1985) * Antonio Villaraigosa – Mayor of Los Angeles; former Speaker of the California Assembly * Joel Wachs – Los Angeles City Council member (1970–2001); president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City * Mimi Walters – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Diane Watson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Henry Waxman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Shirley Weber – Secretary of State of California * Harold Willens – Jewish American businessman, political donor, nuclear freeze activist * Helena Wong (politician), Helena Wong – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, lecturer at Hong Kong Polytechnic University * Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948) – Los Angeles City Council member; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member *Ehsan Zaffar – author; faculty; senior advisor on civil right,– U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

Miscellaneous

* Rodney Alcala – convicted rapist and serial killer active from 1968 to 1979, aka the "Dating Game Killer" for his successful appearance on ''The Dating Game'' * Gustavo Arellano – ''OC Weekly'' writer and author of the "¡Ask a Mexican!" column * Jules Asner – model and television personality * Tony Auth – Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist * Rudi Bakhtiar – national news anchor * Tony Blankley – commentator on ''The McLaughlin Group'' * Joseph Blatchford – third Director of the United States Peace Corps * Barbara Branden – author, ''Who is Ayn Rand?'' * Nathaniel Branden – psychologist, author, ''Who is Ayn Rand?'', ''Psychology of Self-Esteem'' and ''Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand, Judgment Day'' * Joe Brown (judge), Judge Joe Brown – television judge * Linda Burhansstipanov – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma member, public health educator and researcher focused on Native American cancer care and support * William George Carr – Executive Secretary of the National Education Association, 1952–1967 * Carlos Castaneda – anthropology, anthropologist and writer * Paul Colichman – founder of Here! cable TV network * Allen Cunningham – professional poker player * Iva Toguri D'Aquino – World War II radio propagandist, "Tokyo Rose" * Giada De Laurentiis – Food Network Chef (''Every Day Italian'') * Clifford B. Drake - Marine Corps Major general * Chris Ferguson, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson – World Series of Poker main event winner and poker professional * Harvey J. Fields – Reform rabbi. * Alice Taylor Gafford – artist * Vanessa Getty - socialite and philanthropist * Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic * Kelly Goto – User experience design researcher and author of "Web Redsign, Workflow that Works." * Josh E. Gross – publisher of ''Beverly Hills Weekly'' * Todd Harris – Republican strategist on ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'' * Frank B. James – U.S. Air Force general * Arthur Janov – psychologist, inventor of primal therapy * Stephen Francis Jones – American architect known for high-end restaurant designs * Kang Dong-suk – yachtsman, first Korean solo circumnavigator * Jill Kinmont – educator, quadriplegic, alpine ski racer in the 1950s * Ida B. Kinney – civil rights activist * Ezra Klein – blogger; journalist, ''Vox (website), Vox.com'' * Ralph Lazo – civil rights activist, only known non-spouse and non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to a World War II Internment of Japanese Americans, Japanese American internment camp * Flora Lewis – journalist with ''The New York Times'' * Carol Lin – national news anchor * Laura Ling – journalist with Current TV, notable for her detainment in North Korea * Bridget Marquardt – co-star of ''The Girls Next Door'' * Nana Meriwether – Miss Maryland USA 2012, Miss USA 2012 * Donn Moomaw – Presbyterian minister, member of the College Football Hall of Fame * K. Patrick Okura – Japanese American psychologist and civil rights activist * Zoltan Pali – architect * Steve Parode – U. S. Navy Rear Admiral * William R. Peers – U.S. Army Lt. General best known for leading the army's investigation of the My Lai incident * Kelly Perdew – winner of ''The Apprentice (U.S. TV series), The Apprentice'' * Brian R. Price – author, editor, publisher, martial-arts instructor of the Italian school of swordsmanship, reconstructive armorer, and dissertation fellow in history at the University of North Texas * Lila Rose – activist and president of Live Action (organization), Live Action * Steve Sailer – paleoconservative blogger and journalist (''VDARE'', ''Taki's Magazine'') * James M. Seely – U.S. Navy rear admiral and acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) from December 18, 1988 to January 1990 * Ben Shapiro - conservative commentator for The Daily Wire * Marcus Stern (journalist), Marcus Stern – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * Alan S. Thompson – retired U.S. Navy vice admiral * Daniel Thompson (inventor), Daniel Thompson – inventor of the automatic bagel maker and the folding ping pong table * Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand * Francis B. Wai – Medal of Honor recipient * J. Warner Wallace – Detective, homicide detective and Christian apologetics, Christian apologist * Stephen Worth – director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project * Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol of Thailand * Kelly Rondestvedt, Kelly, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Notable faculty

Nobel laureates

* Paul D. Boyer – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1997

* Donald J. Cram, Donald Cram (1919–2001) – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1987

* Louis J. Ignarro – professor of molecular and medical pharmacology; recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine * Willard Libby (1908–1980) – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1960

* Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) – mathematician and philosopher; recipient of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature * Julian Schwinger (1918–1994) – professor of physics; recipient of the 1965

* Lloyd Shapley – professor of economics; recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics * Andrea M. Ghez - American astrophysicist and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. In 2020, she became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Administrators

* Ernest Carroll Moore, 1919–1936 * Earle Raymond Hedrick, 1937–1942 * Clarence Addison Dykstra, 1945–1950 * Raymond B. Allen, 1951–1959, First chancellor * Vern Oliver Knudsen, 1959–1960 * Franklin David Murphy, 1960–1968 * Charles E. Young, 1968–1997 * Albert Carnesale, 1997–2006 * Norman Abrams, 2006–2007 * Gene D. Block, 2007–present

Business

*Mark Kleiman, Mark A.R. Kleiman – professor of public policy, noted expert on crime and drug policy *Paul Habibi - professor of real estate and finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management *Richard Riordan - professor of business at UCLA Anderson School of Management *William Ouchi – professor of management and best-selling author

Law

Medicine

*Michael S. Gottlieb – first physician to diagnose AIDS *Roberta Gottlieb - oncologist *David Ho (scientist), David Ho – AIDS researcher *Howard Judd – menopause expert and medical researcher *Martha Kirkpatrick (1925–2015) – clinical professor of psychiatry *Kimberly J. Lee – reconstructive surgeon *Linda Liau – W. Eugene Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery *Courtney Lyder – expert in gerontology; first black dean of the UCLA School of NursingBloomekatz, Ari (October 9, 2013
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Politics

* Michael Dukakis – professor of policy studies, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential candidate * Al Gore – visiting professor, 45th Vice President of the United States * Larry Pressler – teacher and visiting fellow, former Senator from South Dakota

Science and technology

* George O. Abell (1927–1983) – professor of astronomy * Asad Ali Abidi – professor of electrical engineering; pioneer of CMOS RF circuits; member of the National Academy of Engineering * Margaret W. "Hap" Brennecke – NASA metallurgist * M. C. Frank Chang – professor of electrical engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering * Alonzo Church – known for the lambda calculus used in computing * Steven Clarke – professor of chemistry and biochemistry; pioneer in protein repair in aging (L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase) * Vijay K. Dhir – dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering * François Diederich – professor of chemistry * Paul Eggert - professor of computer science on * David Eisenberg – professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and of biological chemistry; Director of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics * Sergio Ferrara – professor of physics; co-discovered supergravity in 1976 * Rajit Gadh – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; founder and director of Smart Grid Energy Research Center, UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center and Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium * William Gelbart – professor of chemistry and biochemistry *

– professor of astronomy; expert in the galactic center and adaptive optics; Crafoord Prize recipient * Sheila Greibach – professor of computer science, known for the Greibach normal form * A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist; member, Nobel Committee for Physics * Steve Horvath - professor of human genetics * Kendall Houk – professor of chemistry * Tatsuo Itoh – professor of electrical engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering * Michael E. Jung – professor of chemistry * Richard Kaner – professor of chemistry * Alan Kay – professor of computer science; Turing Award laureate * John Kim (professor), John Kim – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering * Margaret Kivelson – professor of space physics; expert in planetary magnetospheres; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Leonard Kleinrock – professor of computer science; Internet pioneer; recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Science * William Scott Klug – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; killed in the 2016 UCLA shooting * Raphael David Levine – professor of chemistry * Tung Hua Lin – professor of civil and environmental engineering; designer of China's first Aircraft engine, twin-engine aircraft * Seymour Lubetzky – professor of library and information science * Donald A. Martin – professor of mathematics and philosophy * Mildred Esther Mathias – professor of botany (1962 – 1974), eponym of the campus' Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden * Jordan Mendler - professor of applied statistics and quantitative economics * William V. Mayer – professor of zoology * Carlo Montemagno – Associate Director, California Nanosystems Institute; Founding Department Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Carol and Roy Doumani Professor of Biomedical Engineering (2001-2006); Father of Bionanotechnology * Stanley F. Nelson - processor of human genetics * Henry John Orchard – professor of electrical engineering; pioneer of the field of filter design * Mangalore Anantha Pai – power engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Stott Parker - Professor of computer science * Judea Pearl – professor of computer science; pioneer of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence; Turing Award laureate * Roberto Peccei – professor of physics; former dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences; Sakurai Prize recipient * Theodore M. Porter – professor of history of science * Abraham Robinson – professor of mathematics and philosophy * Leonard H. Rome - professor of biochemistry; former dean of the medical school * Joseph Rudnick – professor of physics; former dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences * Amit Sahai - professor of computer science * Arnold Scheibel - professor of psychiatry and neuroanatomy * Lloyd Shapley – professor of mathematics; known for the Shapley value in game theory * Elizabeth Stern – professor of epidemiology * Ernst G. Straus – professor of mathematics * Terence Tao – professor of mathematics; Fields Medalist in 2006; Crafoord Prize recipient * Sarah Tolbert – professor of chemistry * Jean L. Turner – professor of astronomy and physics * Edward L. WEdward Wright – professor of astronomy; expert in cosmology and infrared astronomy; member of the National Academy of Sciences * Jeffrey Zink – professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Social science, arts and humanities

* Rogers Albritton – late professor of philosophy * Perry Anderson - Marxist historian; professor emeritus of History and Sociology * Carol Aneshensel - sociologist; professor and vice chair for the Department of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health * Joyce Appleby – U.S. historian; specialist in intellectual history and the legacy of liberalism * Ann Bergren – professor of Greek Literature, winner in 1988 of the University's Distinguished Teaching Award. * William Bodiford – professor of Japanese studies, Japanese and Buddhism, Buddhist studies * Tyler Burge, Professor, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Kenny Burrell – professor of jazz studies; jazz guitarist and composer * Rudolf Carnap – late professor of the philosophy of language * Alonzo Church – pioneer in the philosophy of language and computer science * James Smoot Coleman – Africanist; founded the UCLA African Studies Center * Brian Copenhaver – emeritus historian of philosophy * Denis Cosgrove – Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Geography * James Cuno – Director of the Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum * Angela Davis – assistant professor of philosophy, fired in 1969 by the Regents of the University of California, Board of Regents and California Governor Ronald Reagan for her membership in the Communist Party * Jared Diamond – professor of geography and physiology, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ''Guns, Germs and Steel, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies'' * Keith Donnellan – late professor of philosophy * Frederick Erickson – professor emeritus of educational anthropology * Kit Fine – former professor of philosophy * Philippa Foot – late professor of philosophy * Steven Forness – Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences * Andrea Fraser – professor of interdisciplinary studio * Saul Friedländer – European historian; specialist in Holocaust studies * Lowell Gallagher – literary theorist * James Gimzewski – physicist and nanotechnology pioneer * Carlo Ginzburg – European historian; pioneer of microhistory * Juan Gómez-Quiñones – U.S. historian; specialist in Chicano history * Lev Hakak – Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at UCLA * N. Katherine Hayles –

* Barbara Herman – professor of philosophy * Thomas Hines (architectural historian), Thomas Hines – architectural historian; professor emeritus * James N. Hill (1934–1997) – Processual archaeology, processualist archaeologist * Darnell Hunt (PhD UCLA) – Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Dean of Social Sciences * Neil Peter Jampolis – professor of theater Design; Tony Award Winning Designer; Director and Designer of Theater, Dance, and Opera * Donald Kalish – late professor of philosophy * Abraham Kaplan – late professor of philosophy * David Kaplan (philosopher), David Kaplan – professor of the philosophy of language * Edmond Keller – professor of political science; African studies, Africanist * Harold Kelley (1921–2003) – professor of psychology; social psychologist * Mark Kleiman – professor of public policy, expert on crime and drug policy * Peter Kollock (1959–2009) – associate professor of sociology, specialist in collaboration and online participation in Virtual community, virtual communities * Peter Ladefoged – professor of linguistics, specialist in phonetics * Deborah Nadoolman Landis — professor of costume design; Oscar-nominated costume designer of ''Coming to America''; founding director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design * David Kellogg Lewis – former assistant professor of philosophy * Barbara Kruger – professor of new genres, recipient of the Leone D’Or award from the Venice Biennale * Ole Ivar Lovaas – professor of psychology, specialist in applied behavior analysis therapy for autism * Michael Mann (sociologist), Michael Mann – professor of sociology; author of ''The Sources of Social Power'' volumes I and II * Mwesa Isaiah Mapoma – Zambian musicologist * Julián Marías – philosopher, opponent of Francisco Franco, author of ''History of Philosophy'' * Thom Mayne – professor of architecture, architect, co-founder of firm named Morphosis * Susan McClary – musicologist; prominent in the new musicology, new-musicology movement; MacArthur Fellow; works have been translated into over twelve languages; wrote ''Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality'' * Vasa Mihich – professor of design and media arts; artist and sculptor * Richard Montague – late professor of philosophy * Charles Moore (architect), Charles Moore – professor of architecture, author and architect, Beverly Hills Civic Center * Richard Thacker Morris (1917–1981) – chairman of the sociology department, author * Donald Neuen – professor of choral studies; conductor; apprentice of Robert Shaw (conductor), Robert Shaw * Calvin Normore – professor of philosophy * Karen Orren – professor of political science; noted for her work in American political development * Catherine Opie – professor of photography and recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship * Terence Parsons – professor of philosophy * John Perry (philosopher), John Perry – former professor of philosophy * Lari Pittman – distinguished professor of painting * Hans Reichenbach – late professor of philosophy * Amy Richlin – professor in Department of Classics * Amy Rowat - Associate professor of biophysics and Marcie H. Rothman Presidential Chair in Food Studies * Walter H. Rubsamen – professor of musicology * Teofilo Ruiz – European historian; specialist in medieval history * Bertrand Russell – former professor of philosophy; taught as a guest lecturer for one year * David Schaberg – Dean of Humanities * Arnold Schoenberg – professor of music; composer * Seana Shiffrin – professor of philosophy and law known for her work in legal and moral philosophy * Josef von Sternberg – taught film aesthetics * Shelley Taylor – professor of psychology; social psychologist * Dominic Thomas (academic), Dominic Thomas – chair of the department of French and Francophone Studies at UCLA * Eugen Weber – historian; author of ''Peasants Into Frenchmen'' * Luc E. Weber – Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva * Dixon Wecter – professor of English (1939 to 1945). * Louis Jolyon West – professor of psychiatry; specialist in brainwashing * Gerald Wilson – professor of ethnomusicology, jazz studies; jazz composer, arranger and musician * Eugene Victor Wolfenstein – professor of political science; author of ''Psychoanalytic-Marxism: Groundwork'' * Roy Bin Wong – professor of history; pioneer in modern Chinese economic history * Medha Yodh – professor of classical Indian dance * John Zaller – political scientist; author of ''The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion'' * Amy Zegart – professor of public policy and U.S. intelligence analyst; author of ''Spying Blind''

Athletics

Athletic directors

*Fred Cozens – Director of Physical Education and Athletics (1919–1942), first basketball (1919–1921) and football (1919) head coach *Dan Guerrero, B.A. 1974 – athletic director (2002–2020) *Martin Jarmond – athletic director (2020–present) *Wilbur Johns, 1925 – athletic director (1948–1963), men's basketball head coach (1939–1948), basketball player *J. D. Morgan – athletic director (1963–1979), head tennis coach (1949–1966), tennis player (1938–1941)

Basketball coaches

*Steve Alford – men's basketball head coach (2013–2018) *Frank Arnold (basketball), Frank Arnold – men's basketball assistant coach (1971–1975) *Gene Bartow – men's basketball head coach (1975–1977) *Larry Brown (basketball), Larry Brown – men's basketball head coach (1979–1981), List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame *Tasha Butts – women's basketball assistant coach *Nikki Caldwell – women's basketball head coach (2008–2011) *Cori Close – women's basketball head coach (2011–present), women's basketball head coach (1993–1995) *Mick Cronin (basketball), Mick Cronin – men's basketball head coach (2019–present) *Denny Crum, 1958 – men's basketball assistant coach (1963–1971), player (1956–1958), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame *Gary Cunningham – men's basketball head coach (1977–1979), basketball player (1960–1962) *Donny Daniels – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2010) *Larry Farmer (basketball), Larry Farmer – men's basketball head coach (1981–1984), basketball player (1970–1973) *Mark Gottfried – men's basketball assistant coach (1987–1995) *Jim Harrick – men's basketball head coach (1988–1996) *Walt Hazzard – men's basketball head coach (1984–1988), basketball player (1961–1964), NBA and Olympic player *Jack Hirsch – men's basketball assistant coach (1984–1988), player (1961–1964) *Brad Holland, B.A. 1979 – men's basketball assistant coach (1988–1992), player (1975–1979) *Michael Holton – men's basketball assistant coach (1996–2001), player (1979–1983) *Ben Howland – men's basketball head coach (2003–2013); 2006 Pac-12 Conference, Pac-10 Coach of the Year *Chad Kammerer – men's basketball assistant coach *Kerry Keating – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2007) *Steve Lavin – men's basketball head coach (1996–2003) *Gerald Madkins – men's basketball assistant coach, player *Phil Mathews (basketball), Philip Mathews – men's basketball assistant coach (2010–2013) *Billie Moore – women's basketball head coach (1977–1993), member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame *Kevin O'Connor (basketball), Kevin O'Connor – men's basketball assistant coach (1979–1984) *Kathy Olivier – women's basketball head coach (1993–2008), women's basketball head coach (1986–1993) *Lorenzo Romar – men's basketball assistant coach (1992–1996) *Jim Saia – men's basketball assistant coach (1996–2003) *Ivo Simović – men's basketball assistant coach (2022–present) *Kenny Washington (basketball), Kenny Washington – first women's basketball head coach (1974), basketball player (1963–1966) *Greg White (basketball coach), Greg White – men's basketball assistant coach (1995–1996) *Sidney Wicks – men's basketball assistant coach (1984–1988), player (1968–1971) *John Wooden – men's basketball head coach (1948–1975), won 10 NCAA championships, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, player and List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, coach *Caddy Works – men's basketball head coach (1921–1939) *Ernie Zeigler – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2006)

Football coaches

*Sal Alosi – strength and conditioning coordinator *Jerry Azzinaro – defensive coordinator (2018–2021) *Dino Babers – assistant head coach (2004–2007) *William F. Barnes – head football coach (1958–1964) *Eric Bieniemy – running backs coach (2003–2005) *Gary Blackney – assistant coach (1978–1979) *Sam Boghosian – assistant coach (1957–1964), player (1952–1954) *Tom Bradley (American football), Tom Bradley – defensive coordinator (2015–2017) *James J. Cline – head football coach (1923–1924) *George W. Dickerson – interim head football coach (1958) *Terry Donahue – head football coach (1976–1995), football player (1965–1966), member of the College Football Hall of Fame *Karl Dorrell – head football coach (2003–2007), football player (1983–1986) *Justin Frye – offensive line coach (2018–2021), offensive coordinator (2019–2021) *Edwin C. Horrell – head football coach (1939–1944), member of the College Football Hall of Fame *Mike Johnson (American football coach), Mike Johnson – interim head coach (2011) *Chip Kelly – head football coach (2018-present), former NFL coach *Ed Kezirian – interim head football coach (2002), football player *Adrian Klemm – run game coordinator and offensive line coach *Bert LaBrucherie, 1929 – head football coach (1945–1948), football player (1926–1928) *Demetrice Martin – defensive backs coach *Noel Mazzone – offensive coordinator (2012-2015) *Bill McGovern (American football), Bill McGovern – defensive coordinator (2022–present) *Jim L. Mora – head football coach (2012–2017) *Rick Neuheisel, B.A. 1984 – head football coach (2008–2011), football player (1980–1983) *Kennedy Polamalu – running backs coach *Tommy Prothro – head football coach (1965–1970), member of the College Football Hall of Fame *Pepper Rodgers – head football coach (1971–1973) *Henry Russell Sanders – head football coach (1949–1957) *Lou Spanos – defensive coordinator (2012–2013) *William H. Spaulding – head football coach (1925–1938) *Bob Toledo – head football coach (1996–2002) *Harry Trotter – head football coach (1920–1922), track coach (1919–1946) *Jeff Ulbrich – assistant head coach *Dick Vermeil – head football coach (1974–1975) *DeWayne Walker – interim head football coach (2007) *Eric Yarber – wide receivers coach

Miscellaneous coaches

* Elvin C. Drake – head sports trainer, 1942–1972; head track and field coach, 1947–1964, winning the NCAA championship in 1956; coached decathletes Rafer Johnson and

during the 1960 Summer Olympics, in which they won the gold and silver medals; UCLA's Drake Stadium (UCLA), Drake Stadium named in his honor * Adam Krikorian – men's and women's water polo coach, won nine NCAA championships; assistant coach, won one NCAA championship; UCLA water polo player, won 1995 NCAA championship * Al Scates – men's volleyball coach, won 19 NCAA championships * John Smith (sprinter), John Smith – track and field coach, inventor of the drive phase and world record holder at event

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