The following is a list of notable persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with San José State University, located in the American city of

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

Notable alumni

Academia

* Bettina Aptheker — author, professor, political activist * Marshall Drummond — former chancellor, California Community College System * Harry Edwards — Professor Emeritus of Sociology,

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

; author of ''The Revolt of the Black Athlete'' *Mary Lyons — President,

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...

Henry Suzzallo Henry Suzzallo (August 22, 1875 – September 25, 1933) was the president of the University of Washington from 1915 to 1926. He later served as director of the National Advisory Committee on Education and president of the Carnegie Foundation for ...

— former president,

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

Jennifer Wilby Jennifer M. Wilby (born 1953) is an American and UK management scientist, and past director of the Centre for Systems Studies, and a senior lecturer and researcher in management systems and sciences in The Business School, University of Hull. Sh ...

— Director of the Centre for Systems Studies,

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ...

* Hamza Yusuf — Islamic scholar *

Lawrence H. Keeley Lawrence H. Keeley (August 24, 1948 – October 11, 2017) was an American archaeologist best known for pioneering the field of microwear analysis of lithics. He is also known for his 1996 book, ''War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peacefu ...

— archaeologist; professor,

University of Illinois Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois sy ...

; author of ''

War Before Civilization ''War Before Civilization: the Myth of the Peaceful Savage'' (Oxford University Press, 1996) is a book by Lawrence H. Keeley, a professor of archaeology at the University of Illinois at Chicago who specialized in prehistoric Europe. The book de ...

Artists and musicians

* Amber Aguirre — American ceramic sculptor *

Bernd Behr Bernd Behr (born 1976) is a Taiwanese artist based in London. Biography Born in Hamburg in 1976 and raised in Malaysia, Behr studied at San José State University, California and Goldsmiths, University of London, London. Behr was shortlisted for ...

— artist *

Mary Blair Mary Blair (born Mary Browne Robinson; October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978) was an American people, American artist, animator, and designer. She was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for s ...

— artist and illustrator who helped create

Disney's The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

''Cinderella'' (1950), ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1951) and ''Peter Pan'' (1953) * Lindsey Buckingham — musician best known for

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...

''(attended SJSU, but did not graduate)'' *

Doug Clifford Douglas Raymond Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the group disbanded in late 1972 ...

— rock drummer best known for his work as a founding member of

Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California. The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, ...

* Stu Cook — bass guitarist best known for his work with

''(attended SJSU, but did not graduate)'' *

Irene Dalis Irene Dalis (born Yvonne Patricia Dalis; October 8, 1925 – December 14, 2014) was an American mezzo-soprano singer, who had a long international career at the highest levels of world opera. In 1946, she received her bachelor's degree from Sa ...

—

New York Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...

star and founder of

Opera San Jose Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

Allan Graham Allan Graham, who sometimes uses the name Toadhouse, (born 1943 in San Francisco, California) is a contemporary American artist based in New Mexico. His work includes sculpture, painting, poetry, and video. Graham studied at the San Francisco A ...

— visual artist ''(studied at SJSU; graduated from

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

)'' * Robert Graham — internationally acclaimed sculptor whose work includes the Olympic Gateway in Los Angeles'' (attended SJSU before transferring to

San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...

)'' * Tom Johnston — rock guitarist and vocalist best known for his work as a founding member of

The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. Active for five decades, with their greatest success in the 1970s, ...

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He cont ...

— rock guitarist best known for his work as a founding member of

Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...

David Kuraoka David Kuraoka (born 1946) is an American ceramic artist. He was born in Lihue, Hawaii, grew up on the island of Kauai, Hawaii in Hanamaulu and Lihue, and graduated from Kauai High School in 1964. Kuraoka spent his formative years in Hanamaulu wh ...

— ceramic artist *

Sal Maccarone Sal Maccarone is an American author, sculptor, designer and kinetic artist. He is best known as a master craftsman, and for his internationally distributed woodworking books such as ''Tune Up Your Tools'', and ''How to Make $40,000 a Year Woo ...

— nationally acclaimed woodworker and sculptor whose work includes "The Spirit of Tenaya" in

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

'' *

Bryan "Brain" Mantia Bryan Kei Mantia (born February 4, 1963), known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill ...

— drummer, Primus,

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

, Buckethead *

Ann Millikan Ann E. Millikan (born June 10, 1963) is an American composer. Life and career Ann Millikan was born in San Diego County, California. She studied music at San José State University, where she graduated with a BA. She went on to graduate with a MFA ...

— musician and composer *

Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...

— musician best known for

''(attended SJSU, but did not graduate)'' *

Larry Norman Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music and released more than 100 album ...

— Christian rock musician, singer and songwriter; founding member of the '60s rock band

People! People! was a one-hit wonder rock band that was formed in San Jose, California in 1965. Their greatest chart success came with their summer hit single "I Love You". The song, written by The Zombies bass guitarist Chris White, rose to number ...

''(attended SJSU, but did not graduate)'' *

Fred H. Roster Fred H. Roster (June 27, 1944 – December 19, 2017) was an American sculptor known for his mixed media narrative sculptures. Biography Roster was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up on a farm. He received an Master of Arts, MA degree in ...

— sculptor * Judy Shintani — artist * Patrick Simmons — rock guitarist and vocalist best known for his work as a founding member of

* Gordon Smedt – pop artist and painter ''(studied graphic design and illustration at SJSU from 1982–1984; graduated from Art Center College of Design)'' * Wayne Thiebaud — painter ''(studied at SJSU from 1949–1950; graduated from

Sacramento State University California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...

)'' * Cal Tjader —

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

-winning jazz musician ''(studied at SJSU; graduated from

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

)'' *

Michael Whelan Michael Whelan (born 29 June 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has ...

— artist and illustrator specializing in imaginative realism; Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee

Authors

Lorna Dee Cervantes Lorna Dee Cervantes (born August 6, 1954) is an American poet and activist, who is considered one of the greatest figures in Chicano poetry. She has been described by Alurista, as "probably the best Chicana poet active today." Early life Cer ...

— poet,

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

nominee *

William J. Craddock William J. "Billy" Craddock (July 16, 1946 – March 16, 2004) was an American author who published two novels in the early 1970s chronicling psychedelic and biker culture in California in the 1960s."Obituary", ''Los Gatos Weekly-Times'' (P ...

— novelist, author of ''Be Not Content'' and ''Twilight Candelabra'' * Carmen Giménez Smith — poet,

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

winner *

James D. Houston James Dudley Houston (November 10, 1933 – April 16, 2009) was an American novelist, poet and editor. He wrote nine novels and a number of non-fiction works (some co-authored and/or edited). Early life Houston was born in San Francisco, where h ...

— co-author of ''

Farewell to Manzanar ''Farewell to Manzanar'' is a memoir published in 1973 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The book describes the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family before, during, and following their relocation to the Manzanar internm ...

''; author of ''Continental Drift'', ''Snow Mountain Passage'', and others; Lurie Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at SJSU in Spring 2006 *

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born September 26, 1934) is an American writer. Her writings primarily focus on ethnic identity formation in the United States of America. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Farewell to Manzanar'' that n ...

— co-author of ''Farewell to Manzanar'' *

Jayne Ann Krentz Jayne Ann Krentz, née Jayne Castle (born March 28, 1948 in Cobb, California, United States), is an American writer of romance novels. Krentz is the author of a string of ''New York Times'' bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she ...

— ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' bestselling author *

Ella Leffland Ella Leffland (born November 25, 1931) is an American novelist and short story writer. Highly regarded by other writers, her novels demonstrate stunning mastery of the techniques of realistic fiction; but Leffland uses her facility to illuminate c ...

— novelist (''Rumors of Peace'') and short story writer (''Last Courtesies and Other Stories'') *

Edwin Markham Edwin Markham (born Charles Edward Anson Markham; April 23, 1852 – March 7, 1940) was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon. Life Edwin Markham was born in Oregon City, Oregon, and was the youngest of 10 children; ...

— poet * Patricia A. McKillip — novelist *

Sandra McPherson Sandra Jean McPherson (born August 2, 1943) is an American poet. Born in San Jose, California, McPherson received her B.A. at San José State University, and studied at the University of Washington, with Elizabeth Bishop and David Wagoner. She c ...

— poet * Robert Scoble — blogger, author, and social media pioneer * Amy Tan — novelist; author of '' The Joy Luck Club''

Aviation

Jason Dahl Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He was ...

— airline pilot and United Airlines Flight 93 captain who died in the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...

Business

Terry Alderete Theresa Eleanor "Terry" Roderick-Alderete (May 17, 1945 in San Jose, California – March 21, 2013 in Newark, California, Newark, California) was an American businesswoman from the Bay Area. After working for Pacific Bell for thirty years, she st ...

— businesswoman *

Helder Antunes Hélder Fragueiro Antunes (born 6 July 1963; Angra do Heroísmo, Azores) is a Portuguese-American executive, computer scientist, and former racecar driver. A Cisco Systems executive for over twenty years, as well as founder and first Chairman of ...

— Senior Director,

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...

; Chairman of the Board,

OpenFog Consortium The OpenFog Consortium (sometimes stylized as Open Fog Consortium) was a consortium of high tech industry companies and academic institutions across the world aimed at the standardization and promotion of fog computing in various capacities and fi ...

* James F. Boccardo —

trial lawyer A lawyer is a person who Practice of law, practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different Jurisdiction, legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney at law, attorney, barrister, canonist, canon l ...

, businessman, and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

Finis Conner Finis Conner (born July 28, 1943) is an American entrepreneur and pioneer of the disk drive industry, founding industry leaders Shugart Associates, Seagate Technology and Conner Peripherals. Conner Peripherals, a major HDD manufacturer, was foun ...

— founder,

Conner Peripherals Conner Peripherals (commonly referred to as Conner) was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1985 by Seagate Technology co-founder and San Jose State University alumnus Finis Conner ( ...

and co-founder of

Seagate Technology Seagate Technology Holdings plc is an American data storage company. It was incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology and commenced business in 1979. Since 2010, the company has been incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquart ...

* Ron Conway — billionaire

angel investor An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital for a business or businesses start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or owners ...

and philanthropist; co-founder and former CEO of Altos Computer Systems *

Robert Frankenberg Robert J. Frankenberg (born 1947) is an American computer engineer and business executive who served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Novell, Inc. from 1994 to 1996. Life and career Frankenberg spent much of his career at H ...

— former CEO,

Novell Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi-platform network operating system known as Novell NetWare. Under the lead ...

Carl Guardino The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (abbreviated SVLG) is a non-profit advocacy group in Silicon Valley, California, in the United States. Its members are businesses that operate in the valley and its purpose is to influence public policy rela ...

— President and CEO,

Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (abbreviated SVLG) is a non-profit advocacy group in Silicon Valley, California, in the United States. Its members are businesses that operate in the valley and its purpose is to influence public policy rela ...

Omid Kordestani Omid R. Kordestani ( fa, امید کردستانی; born 1963) is an Iranian-American businessman who was the Executive Chairman at Twitter from October 2015 to June 2020 and a board member of the company until October 2022. He was a Senior Vic ...

— Senior Vice President,

Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...

Brian Krzanich Brian Matthew Krzanich (born May 9, 1960) is an American engineer and Krzanich joined Intel as an engineer in 1982 and served as chief operating officer (COO) before being promoted to CEO in May 2013. As CEO, Krzanich was credited for diversifyin ...

— CEO,

CDK Global CDK Global Inc. is an American multinational corporation based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, providing data and technology to the automotive, heavy truck, recreation, and heavy equipment industries. The company has 37 locations in 25 countries a ...

and former CEO,

Intel Corporation Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 series ...

* Jenny Ming — CEO,

Charlotte Russe A charlotte is a type of bread pudding that can be served hot or cold. It is also referred to as an "icebox cake". Bread, sponge cake, crumbs or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold, which is then filled with a fruit puree or custard. The b ...

; former CEO of

Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its ...

* Gordon Moore — co-founder,

''(studied two years at SJSU; graduated from

U.C. Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

)'' *Louis Nguyen — Chairman and CEO, Saigon Asset Management *

Ed Oates Edward A. Oates (born 1946) is an American businessman. He co-founded Software Development Labs in August 1977 with Larry Ellison, and Bob Miner. Software Development Labs later became Oracle Corporation. Education and early employment Ed Oates ...

— co-founder,

Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...

Daniel R. Scoggin Dan Scoggin (born July 18, 1937) is an American businessman and the person credited for expanding nationwide the first casual-theme restaurant, T.G.I. Friday's.TGI Fridays *

Mike Sinyard Mike Sinyard is the founder and chairman of Specialized Bicycle Components, an American manufacturer of bicycles and cycling components. In 2022, he retired as the CEO of Specialized Bicycle Components, a company he had led for 48 years. Early Car ...

— founder and CEO, Specialized Bicycle Components *

James E. Thompson James E. "Jim" Thompson, GBS (born January 14, 1940) is an American businessman who is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Crown Worldwide Group. Early life and education Thompson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Bayonn ...

— founder and chairman,

Crown Worldwide Group The Crown Worldwide Group, headquartered in Hong Kong, provides a range of logistics and related services: personal effects transportation and Warehouse, storage from offices in 53 countries. Services include international and domestic househol ...

Film, theatre, and TV

Coby Bell Coby Scott Bell (born May 11, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jesse Porter on the USA Network original series '' Burn Notice'' and professional football player Jason Pitts on The CW/BET comedy-drama '' The Game''. ...

— actor; best known for his role as NYPD officer Tyrone Davis, Jr. on the NBC drama '' Third Watch'' *

Danny Lee Clark Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark (born May 21, 1964) is an American athlete, television personality, author, actor, and producer. He is best known for his role as gladiator Nitro on the TV show '' American Gladiators''. He is also a health and fitness exp ...

— actor, writer and producer; played Nitro on '' American Gladiators'' *

Rosanna DeSoto Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950) is an American actress who has performed in films and television. She is best known for her roles in ''Stand and Deliver'', for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and in '' ...

— film actress, best for her role of Connie Valenzuela in the 1987 film '' La Bamba'' *

Debrah Farentino Debrah Farentino (born September 30, 1959) is an American actress, producer and journalist. She began her career starring in the CBS daytime soap opera ''Capitol'' from 1982 to 1987, before moving to prime time with a female leading role in the ...

— film and television actress; model ''(attended SJSU; transferred to

UCLA 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 ...

)'' *

Jerry Juhl Jerome Ravn Juhl (July 27, 1938 – September 27, 2005) was an American television and film writer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Biography Juhl was born in St. Paul, Minnesota; his family moved to Menlo Park, California, when ...

— head writer and producer for ''

The Muppets The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an absurdist, burlesque, and self-referential style of variety- sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson in 1955, they are the focus of a media franchise that encompasses ...

'' and '' Fraggle Rock'' *

Omar Benson Miller Omar Benson Miller (born October 7, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for his work as Walter Simmons on '' CSI: Miami'' (2009–2012), as Charles Greane on ''Ballers'' (2015–2019), as the voice of Raphael on ''Rise of the Teenage Mutan ...

— actor *

Steve Silver ''Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon'' was the world's longest-running musical revue. The show began its run in 1974, at the Savoy Tivoli and later moved to the larger Club Fugazi in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The show was cre ...

— founder of

Beach Blanket Babylon ''Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon'' was the world's longest-running musical revue. The show began its run in 1974, at the Savoy Tivoli and later moved to the larger Club Fugazi in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The show was cr ...

, a popular cabaret show in San Francisco * Kurtwood Smith — actor, best known for the role of Red Forman on ''

That '70s Show ''That '70s Show'' is an American television Period piece, period teen sitcom that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in the ficti ...

'' *

The Smothers Brothers The Smothers Brothers are Thomas ("Tom" – born February 2, 1937) and Richard ("Dick" – born November 20, 1938), American folk singers, musicians, and comedians. The brothers' trademark double act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic gu ...

— comedians * Bobbi Starr — pornographic actress * Luis Valdez — Chicano playwright, screenwriter and director best known for his movie '' La Bamba'' * Yousef Erakat — Actor, Comedian, Vlogger

Journalism

* Chauncey Bailey — ''Oakland Post'' editor-in-chief; murdered in 2007 *

Grant Brisbee Grant Brisbee (born October 31, 1977) is an American sports writer and editor. He is the founder of McCovey Chronicles, a San Francisco Giants-focused site, and served as its lead writer from 2005 until 2018. From 2011–19, he served as a nation ...

— San Francisco Giants writer for

The Athletic ''The Athletic'' is a subscription-based sports website that provides national and local coverage in 47 North American cities as well as the United Kingdom. ''The Athletic'' also covers national stories from top professional and college sports ...

* Kim Komenich — photojournalist, filmmaker and teacher; Pulitzer Prize winner (1987) * John Kouns — photojournalist during the

Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, Racial discrimination ...

* Tony Kovaleski — broadcast journalist (

KNTV-TV KNTV (channel 11), branded as NBC Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's NBC network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Sta ...

); multiple Emmy awards; winner of the

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interl ...

(2010) *

Steve Lopez Steven M. Lopez (born 1953) is an American journalist and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist who has been a columnist for ''The Los Angeles Times'' since 2001. Life and work Lopez is a native of Pittsburg, California, and attended San Jose Stat ...

— newspaper columnist, ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

''; novelist * Dave Meltzer —editor of the ''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four We ...

'' *

Anacleto Rapping Anacleto Rapping (November 26, 1954 – September 17, 2017) was an American photographer and pedagogue. Education Anacleto Rapping studied journalism at San Jose State University (class of 1978). Career As a staff photographer at the ''Los Angel ...

— photojournalist and teacher; three-time Pulitzer Prize winner *Marcio Sanchez — photojournalist; Pulitzer Prize winner (2021) *

Steve Starr Steve Starr is a Pulitzer Prize winning American photographer. He has since retired from photography, and since 2014, has served as a Third Order Franciscan Brother at Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs. Life Starr atte ...

— photojournalist; Pulitzer Prize winner (1970) *

Julie Tilsner Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * Julie (1956 film), ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * Julie (1975 film), ''Julie'' (1975 film) ...

— author, contributing editor for ''Parenting Magazine'' and former ''Businessweek'' reporter *

David Willman David Willman (born October 18, 1956) is an American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist. Biography Early life and education Willman was born in California and graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1 ...

— reporter; Pulitzer Prize winner (2001)

Miscellaneous

* Christopher Darden — prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case *

Dirk Dirksen Dirk Dirksen (August 25, 1937 – November 20, 2006) was a music promoter and emcee of the San Francisco punk rock clubs Mabuhay Gardens and On Broadway in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dirksen was nicknamed the "Pope of Punk." Dirksen was born i ...

— godfather of San Francisco punk; tour manager for

The Doors The Doors were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential ro ...

, Iron Butterfly,

The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful ...

and

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

; owner of the

Mabuhay Gardens The Mabuhay Gardens, also known as The Fab Mab or The Mab, was a former San Francisco nightclub, located at 443 Broadway Street, in North Beach on the Broadway strip area best known for its striptease clubs. It closed in 1987. History The Mabu ...

punk club in San Francisco (attended SJSU, but did not graduate) *

Rob Janoff Rob Janoff is an American graphic designer of corporate logos and identities, printed advertisements and television commercials. He is known for his creation of the Apple logo. In 1977, Janoff worked for Regis McKenna as an art director and wa ...

— Graphic designer best known for his creation of the

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

logo * Harry W. Jenkins — Major General,

U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through comb ...

Jessica McClintock Jessica Gagnon McClintock (June 19, 1930 – February 16, 2021) was founder, President and CEO of Jessica McClintock, Inc., an American retail company based in San Francisco, California. She was a designer of formalwear for women. In 2013, after ...

— fashion designer *

Anthony Poshepny Anthony Alexander Poshepny (September 18, 1924 – June 27, 2003), known as Tony Poe, was a CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer in what became the Special Activities Division (renamed Special Activities Center in 2016). He was known for h ...

, aka Tony Poe — legendary

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...

paramilitary officer * Edward Soriano — Lieutenant General,

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 ...

; , highest ranking Filipino American in the United States military

Politics and government

Richard C. Baldwin Richard C. Baldwin (born March 24, 1947) is a former American judge, who served as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 2013 to 2017. A native of California, he was a legal aide attorney prior to joining the Oregon Supreme Court and returne ...

— Associate Justice of the

Oregon Supreme Court The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States.James T. Beall Jr. — California Assemblyman, 24th district, and former

Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...

Supervisor A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position that is primarily based on authority over workers or ...

Lee P. Brown Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from ...

— former

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

; former Police Commissioner of New York City; former Director of the

Office of National Drug Control Policy The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is a component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The Director of the ONDCP, colloquially known as the Drug Czar, heads the office. "Drug Czar" was a term first used ...

Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and as a United States Senator from Colorado f ...

— former

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

from

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

Albert E. Carter Albert Edward Carter (July 5, 1881 – August 8, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a Republican United States Representative from California from 1925 to 1945. Early life and career Carter was born in Lemon ...

— former U.S. Congressman *David C. Casas — former mayor of Los Altos and Los Altos city council member * Cindy Chavez — former member of

San Jose City Council The San Jose City Council, officially San José City Council, is the legislature of the government of the City of San Jose, California. As the Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo casts the 11th vote on matters before the council and acts as chair ...

and former vice mayor of San Jose *

Judy Chirco Judy Chirco is an American politician from California, previously serving on the San Jose, California City Council, representing District 9. She was named Vice Mayor by the San Jose City Council to replace David Cortese. Personal informatio ...

— San José City councilmember, District 9 * William Clark, Jr. — former

U.S. Ambassador Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the President of the United States, president to serve as the country's diplomat, diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as Ambassador-at-large, ...

to India * Michael Deaver — Deputy White House Chief of Staff for President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

Robert Doerr Robert Charles Doerr (October 27, 1914 – December 5, 2013) was an American politician and educator. He served as the 53rd Mayor of San Jose, California, from 1956 to 1958. Doerr was the city's oldest living mayor at the time of his death in Dec ...

— former

Mayor of San Jose, California The Mayor of San Jose, officially the Mayor of the City of San José, is executive of the Government of the City of San Jose, California in the United States. The mayor presides over the San Jose City Council, which is composed of 11 voting me ...

(1956–1958) * Paul Fong — California Assemblyman, 22nd district *

Robert "Bob" Foster Robert Foster (born January 1, 1947) is an American former businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Long Beach, California. He was elected in a runoff election in 2006. Prior to serving as mayor, Foster climbed the ranks of Southe ...

— Mayor of Long Beach, California; former President, Southern California Edison; former

CSU CSU may refer to: * Channel service unit, a Wide area network equivalent of a network interface card * Chari Aviation Services, Chad, by ICAO airline code * Christian Social Union (UK), an Anglican social gospel organisation * Christian Social Un ...

Trustee * Mike Honda —

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from California *

Lou Henry Hoover Lou Hoover (née Henry; March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was an American philanthropist, geologist, and First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of President Herbert Hoover. She was active in numerous community organizatio ...

— former

First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...

* Johnny Khamis — Councilmember on the

* Linda J. LeZotte — San Jose City councilmember, District 1 *

Evan Low Evan Low (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 26th Assembly District, which encompasses parts of the Northern CA South Bay and Silicon Valley, includ ...

— California State Assemblyman; member of California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus * Gus Morrison — Mayor of

Fremont, California Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area, Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth List of cities and towns in the San Fra ...

(1985–1989; 1994–2004; since January 2012) * Gaylord Nelson — former U.S. Senator; Governor of

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

; founder of

Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 b ...

Lyn Nofziger Franklyn Curran "Lyn" Nofziger (June 8, 1924 – March 27, 2006) was an American journalist, conservative Republican political consultant and author. He served as press secretary in Ronald Reagan's administration as Governor of California, ...

— White House advisor to presidents

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

and

Robert Rivas Robert Rivas O.P. (born 1946) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Castries in St. Lucia. Early life Rivas was born in the village of La Pastora, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 7, 1946. He is the son of the late Sab ...

— California State Assemblyman *

Ed Rollins Edward Rollins (born March 19, 1943) is an American political consultant and advisor who has worked on several high-profile Republican political campaigns in the United States. In 1983 and 1984, he was national campaign director for the succes ...

— National Campaign Director for

Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

–

Bush Bush commonly refers to: * Shrub, a small or medium woody plant Bush, Bushes, or the bush may also refer to: People * Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name **Bush family, a prominent American family that includes: *** ...

(1984) and

Mike Huckabee Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomina ...

(2007); regular guest political analyst on CNN ''(attended SJSU; graduated from CSU Chico)'' *

Jim Silva James Wayne "Jim" Silva (born January 15, 1944) is a Republican United States politician who served in the California State Assembly. A native of Orange County, Silva earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business from San Jose State University and ...

— California State Assemblyman; former mayor of

Huntington Beach Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 during the 2020 census, maki ...

Laurie Smith Laurie Smith (born June 21, 1952) was the 28th Sheriff of Santa Clara County, California, serving from 1998 until her early retirement in 2022 when under indictment for corruption. She was the first female County Sheriff in the history of the s ...

— Sheriff,

; first female county sheriff in the history of the state of California *

Fernando Torres-Gil Fernando Torres-Gil graduated from San Jose State University in 1970 with a BA in Political Science, PhD, was the first Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He serve ...

— first assistant secretary for aging at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton Administration; associate dean of the School of Public Affairs at UCLA *

Joe Trippi Joseph Paul Trippi (born June 10, 1956) is an American political strategist who has worked on several gubernatorial, United States Senate, and Congressional campaigns, including Jerry Brown for Governor of California and Doug Jones for U.S. Sen ...

— presidential campaign manager for Howard Dean (2004) *

Sim Tze Tzin Sim Tze Tzin (; born 6 February 1976) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minis ...

— Malaysian politician * Carole Ward Allen — former BART board director, District 4; former Oakland port commissioner * Kent Wiedemann — former U.S. Ambassador to

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

Ken Yeager Ken Yeager (born December 12, 1952) is an American politician. He served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006, he represented the cities of Campbell, California, Campbell and S ...

— politician, member of

Board of Supervisors

Science and technology

* Barbara Bekins – hydrologist and National Academy of Engineering fellow * Daniel W. Bradley — co-discoverer of

Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection people often have mild or no symptoms. Occasionally a fever, dark urine, a ...

Sarah Clatterbuck Sarah Clatterbuck is an American engineer who was selected as one of "The World's Top 50 Women in Tech 2018" by the magazine Forbes. She has worked in management positions at a number of technology companies, and is an advocate for disability-frie ...

— computer engineer *

Ray Dolby Ray Milton Dolby (; January 18, 1933 – September 12, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He helped develop the video tape recorder while at Ampex and was the founder of Dolby Labor ...

— engineer, founder of

Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (often shortened to Dolby Labs and known simply as Dolby) is an American company specializing in Noise reduction#In audio, audio noise reduction, Audio data compression, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and ...

''(studied two years at SJSU; graduated from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

)'' * Dian Fossey — ethologist and

gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...

expert *

Charles Ginsburg Charles Paulson Ginsburg (July 27, 1920 – April 9, 1992) was an American engineer and the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders. Biography Ginsburg was born on July 27, 1920 in San ...

— engineer, inventor of the

videocassette recorder A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette Videotape is magnetic tape ...

; National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee * Jan Koum — billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of

WhatsApp WhatsApp (also called WhatsApp Messenger) is an internationally available freeware, cross-platform, centralized instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by American company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). It allows us ...

; managing director at Facebook, Inc. ''(attended SJSU, but did not graduate)'' * Gordon Moore — scientist, author of

Moore's Law Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empir ...

Roger Wakimoto Roger M. Wakimoto (born December 11, 1953) is an atmospheric scientist specializing in research on mesoscale meteorology, particularly severe convective storms and radar meteorology. A former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Resear ...

— atmospheric scientist, tornado expert, director of

NCAR The US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR ) is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Foundatio ...

and NSF * James Lewis Wayman — 2013 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Sports

Baseball

* Jeff Ball — former

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

player,

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...

* Aaron Bates — Major League Baseball player,

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 ...

* Mike Brown — former Major League Baseball player,

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...

and

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

Ken Caminiti Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman who spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros (1987–1994, 1999–2000), San Diego Padres (1995–1998), Texas Rangers ( ...

— former Major League Baseball player,

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

et al. * Anthony Chavez — former Major League Baseball player, California Angels *

Chris Codiroli Christopher Allen Codiroli (born March 26, 1958) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues in 1982–1988 and 1990. In 144 career games, he had 38 wins, 47 losses, 312 strikeouts, and a 4.87 earned run average ...

— former Major League Baseball player,

Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The te ...

* Kevin Frandsen — Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies *

Gary Hughes Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician. Apart from his work as a solo artist, Gary Hughes is the front man and main songwriter of Hard Rock/Melodic Rock band Ten. He has also worked as a produce ...

— former Major League Baseball assistant coach,

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

* Pat Hughes — play-by-play radio broadcaster for Chicago Cubs *

Jason Jimenez Jason Jimenez (born May 1, 1980) is a former professional gridiron football offensive tackle. He last played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is a former member of the 2006 Grey Cup champions, the BC Lions of the CFL. He went to The Universi ...

— former Major League Baseball player,

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

and Tampa Bay Devil Rays * Randy Johnson — former Major League Baseball player,

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...

Brad Kilby Brad Thomas Kilby (born February 19, 1983) is a left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. Kilby was selected by the Athletics in the twenty ninth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. He is 6'1" and he weighs 235 pounds. Minor L ...

— Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics *

Hal Kolstad Harold Everette Kolstad (born June 1, 1935 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , Kolstad batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by Boston as a ...

— former Major League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox * Mark Langston — former Major League Baseball player,

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West division. The team joined the American League ...

, California Angels, et al. *

Larry Lintz Larry Lintz (born October 10, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player whose career extended from 1971 to 1979 and included Major League service with the Montreal Expos (1973–1975), St. Louis Cardinals (1975), Oakland Athletics ...

— former Major League Baseball player,

Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...

et al. *

John Oldham John Oldham may refer to: *John Oldham (colonist) (1592–1636), early Puritan settler in Massachusetts *John Oldham (poet) (1653–1684), English poet * John Oldham (psychiatrist), American psychiatrist *John Oldham (engineer) (1779–1840), Iris ...

— former Major League Baseball player,

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

Jason Simontacchi Jason William Simontacchi (born November 13, 1973) is a pitching coordinator in the Kansas City Royals organization. He was the pitching coach for the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals from 201 ...

— former Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals and

Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadiu ...

* Anthony Telford — former Major League Baseball player,

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...

, Montreal Expos, et al. * Carlos Torres — Major League Baseball player,

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...

Basketball

Tariq Abdul-Wahad Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball at Michigan and San Jose State. In 1997, the Sacramento Kings selected Saint ...

(Olivier Saint-Jean) — former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

player ( Sacramento Kings) *

Ricky Berry Ricky Alan Berry (October 6, 1964 – August 14, 1989) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Sacramento Kings. Early life Berry was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1964, when his father ...

— former NBA player (Sacramento Kings) * Coby Dietrick — former NBA player (

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

and

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...

) * Dick Groves — former NBA player ( San Diego Rockets) * Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman — former NBA player (

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

, New Jersey Nets ''et al.'') *

Ed Hughes Edward D. Hughes (October 23, 1927 – June 23, 2000) was an American football player and coach whose career spanned more than three decades. His most prominent coaching position came in 1971 when he served as head coach of the National Footbal ...

— former BAA player (

Washington Capitols The Washington Capitols were a former Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951. The team was coached from 1946 to 1949 by NBA Hall of Famer Red Auerbach ...

) *

Stu Inman Stuart Kirk Inman (August 2, 1926 – January 30, 2007) was an American basketball player, coach and executive. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1950 NBA Draft from San Jose State University by the Chicago Stags; however, he did not pla ...

— former NBA player and coach (

Chicago Stags The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950. History 1946–47 season In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were placed in the Western Division, and after 60 games were tied with the ...

, Portland Trail Blazers, ''et al.'') *

Wally Rank Wallace Aliifua Rank (born March 1, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" guard-forward, Rank played college basketball for San Jose State University from 1977 to 1980. He scored 1,432 points in his college career and ...

— former NBA player (

San Diego Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

) *

Sid Williams Sidney Williams (born March 3, 1942) is an American former diplomat and American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played co ...

— former NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers)

Football

Courtney Anderson Courtney Jerome Anderson Sr. (born November 19, 1980) is a former American football tight end. Born in Greenville, Texas, Anderson attended high school in Richmond, California and played college football at Contra Costa College and San Jose State ...

— former

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

and

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide ...

Marcus Arroyo Marcus Cole Arroyo (born January 23, 1980) is an American football coach and former plauer. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2020 to 2022. Arroyo played college football as quarterback at San ...

— head football coach,

UNLV The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

* Stacey Bailey — former NFL wide receiver, Atlanta Falcons * Keith Birlem — former SJSU quarterback, NFL player, member of San Jose State Hall of Fame *

Kim Bokamper Kim Bokamper (born September 25, 1954) is a former American football linebacker and defensive end who played his entire nine-year career with the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins from 1977 in sports, 1977 to 1985 in sports, 1985. ...

— former NFL

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

John Broussard John Benjamin Broussard (born December 18, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Jose State. Broussard was a ...

— NFL wide receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars *

Gill Byrd Gill Arnette Byrd (born February 20, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1991 and 1992 for the Cha ...

— former NFL

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...

; two NFL

Pro Bowl The National Football League All-Star Game (1939–1942), Pro Bowl (1951–2022), or Pro Bowl Games (starting in 2023) is an annual event held by the National Football League (NFL) featuring the league's star players. The format has changed thro ...

appearances *

Jim Cadile James Cadile (born July 16, 1940, in San Jose, California) is an American retired professional football offensive guard. He played for San Jose State College and San Jose High School. Cadile played 11 years in the National Football League all fo ...

— former NFL guard,

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Sheldon Canley Sheldon Lavell Canley (born April 19, 1968) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets. Early life Canley was born in Santa B ...

— former NFL

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and

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Matt Castelo Matthew Alexander "Matt" Castelo (born March 26, 1986) is a former professional gridiron football linebacker. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football for the San Jose State Spartans. ...

— former NFL

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; former

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linebacker,

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— nationally renowned quarterbacks coach; founder of Steve Clarkson Dreammaker quarterback camp *

Sherman Cocroft Sherman Carlos Cocroft (born August 29, 1961) is a retired American football defensive back. High school career Cocroft played high school football at Watsonville High School. College career Cocroft played college football at San José State Uni ...

— former NFL defensive back,

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*Clarence Cunningham — former

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wide receiver, defensive back, running back, and kick returner; former

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starter, Stockton Lightning;

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— former SJSU quarterback, NFL manager and scout; holds the record for the most earned Super Bowl rings at seven *Rashied Davis — NFL wide receiver, Chicago Bears *Yonus Davis —

running back, BC Lions *Steve DeBerg — former NFL quarterback, Dallas Cowboys *David Diaz-Infante — former NFL and CFL offensive guard,

, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, and Sacramento Gold Miners *Oscar Donahue — former NFL wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings *Terry Donahue —

head football coach; College Football Hall of Fame inductee ''(attended SJSU for one year)'' *Leon Donohue, former NFL offensive lineman,

and Dallas Cowboys *Carl Ekern — former NFL linebacker, Los Angeles Rams; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance *David Fales -NFL quarterback,

*Mervyn Fernandez —former NFL wide receiver, Los Angeles Raiders *Coye Francies — NFL defensive back, Cleveland Browns *Jeff Garcia — NFL quarterback,

''et al.''; four NFL Pro Bowl appearances *Trestin George — CFL defensive back, BC Lions *Jarron Gilbert – NFL defensive tackle, Chicago Bears *Charlie Harraway — former NFL running back, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns *Paul Held — former NFL quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers *Willie Heston — former SJSU Halfback (American football), halfback; College Football Hall of Fame inductee ''(attended SJSU from 1898–1900; graduated from University of Michigan)'' *James Hodgins — former NFL fullback, St. Louis Rams et al. *Duke Ihenacho — NFL safety, Denver Broncos *Johnny Johnson (American football), Johnny Johnson — former NFL running back,

; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance; consensus choice for Rookie of the Year (1990) *Cody Jones — NFL defensive tackle, Los Angeles Rams; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance *James Jones (wide receiver), James Jones — NFL wide receiver,

*Rick Kane — former NFL running back, Detroit Lions *Bob Ladouceur — among winningest high school football coaches in U.S. history; coached De La Salle High School (Concord, California), De La Salle High Spartans to 151 consecutive wins from 1992–2003 *Bill Leavy — NFL referee; officiated Super Bowl XL *Dwight Lowery — NFL defensive back, New York Jets and two-time All-American at SJSU *Joe Nedney — NFL kicker, San Francisco 49ers *William Yaw Obeng — Arena Football League lineman, San Jose Sabercats *Chris Owens (American football), Chris Owens — NFL defensive back,

*Tom Petitthome — former

player, San Jose Sabercats *Art Powell (wide receiver), Art Powell — NFL wide receiver,

; Raiders' 7th all-time leading receiver *Waylon Prather — former NFL Punter (football), punter, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals * Jim Psaltis — former NFL

*David Richmond (American football), David Richmond — NFL wide receiver, Cincinnati Bengals *Scott Rislov —

quarterback, San Jose Sabercats *Al Saunders — former NFL head coach for the

*Rufus Skillern — CFL and NFL wide receiver, BC Lions and Baltimore Ravens *Gerald Small — former NFL defensive back, Miami Dolphins *Carl Sullivan — former NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers *Adam Tafralis — CFL quarterback, Hamilton Tiger-Cats *Tyson Thompson —NFL kick returner, Dallas Cowboys *Bob Titchenal — former NFL linebacker, Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Dons; one Pro Bowl appearance; former head football coach,

and SJSU *Paul Varelans - retired professional MMA fighter formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC *Dick Vermeil — NFL head coach; winning coach, Super Bowl XXXIV *Bill Walsh (football coach), Bill Walsh — NFL head coach; winning coach, Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XIX, and Super Bowl XXIII; Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee *Gerald Willhite — former NFL running back, Denver Broncos *Billy Wilson (wide receiver), Billy Wilson — former NFL receiver, San Francisco 49ers; six NFL Pro Bowl appearances *Louis Wright (American football), Louis Wright — former NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos; 1st round NFL draft pick; five NFL Pro Bowl appearances *Roy Zimmerman (American football), Roy Zimmerman — former NFL quarterback, Washington Redskins; one Pro Bowl appearance

Golf

*Ron Cerrudo — PGA Tour, PGA golfer and tour winner *Bob Eastwood — PGA golfer and tour winner *Pat Hurst — LPGA golfer and tour winner; #16 on the all-time LPGA money list *Juli Inkster — LPGA golfer; two-time U.S. Women's Open winner (1999 and 2002); #4 on the all-time LPGA money list *Mark Lye — PGA golfer and tour winner *Roger Maltbie — PGA golfer and tour winner *Janice Moodie — LPGA golfer and tour winner *Arron Oberholser — PGA golfer; AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am winner (2006) *Patty Sheehan — LPGA golfer; two-time U.S. Women's Open winner (1992 and 1994) *Ken Venturi — PGA golfer; 1964 U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open winner and ''Sports Illustrated'' "Sportsman of the Year" *Mark Wiebe — PGA golfer and tour winner

Olympic Games

*Charles Adkins (boxer), Charles Adkins — 1952 Olympian (boxing); gold medalist *Kevin Asano — 1988 Olympic Games, Olympian (judo); silver medalist; USA Judo Hall of Fame inductee *Robert Berland, Bob Berland — 1984 Olympian (judo); silver medalist *Felix Böhni — 1980 and 1984 Olympian (pole vault) *Vinnie Bradford — 1984 Olympian (fencing) *Suzy Brookshire, Suzannah Brookshire-Gonzales — 2020 Olympian (softball) *Colton Brown — 2016 and 2020 Olympian (judo) *Ed Burke (hammer thrower), Ed Burke — 1964 and 1968 Olympian (track and field), U.S.A. Flagbearer at the 1984 Opening Ceremonies in Los Angeles *Russ Camilleri — 1960 and 1964 Olympian (freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling) *Robin Campbell (athlete), Robin Campbell — 1984 Olympian (track and field – 800 metres) *John Carlos — 1968 Olympian (track and field – 200 metres, 200 meters); bronze medalist; best known for giving raised fist salute from the medalist's podium during the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City *Dedy Cooper — 1980 Olympian (track and field – 110 metres hurdles, 110 meter hurdles) *Michelle Cox — 2020 Olympian (softball) *Jim Doehring — 1992 Olympian (track and field – shot put); silver medalist *Emma Entzminger — 2020 Olympian (softball) *Clara Espar, Clara Espar Llaquet — 2020 Olympian (water polo); silver medalist *Lee Evans (athlete), Lee Evans — 1968 Olympian (track and field – relay race, 4x400 meters and 400 metres, 400 meters); two-time gold medalist and world record holder *Jeff Fishback — 1964 Olympian (track and field) *George Haines — swim coach for seven U.S. Olympic teams; head swim coach at UCLA and

*Steve Hamann — 1980 Olympian (water polo) *Mike Hernandez — 1972 Olympian (soccer) *Mitch Ivey — 1968 and 1972 Olympian (swimming (sport), swimming); silver and bronze medalist *Margaret Jenkins — 1928 Olympian (track and field) *Stacey Johnson — 1980 Olympian (fencing) *Russ Lockwood — 1976 Olympian (Greco Roman wrestling) *Marti Malloy — 2012 Olympian (judo); bronze medalist *Keith Nakasone — 1980 Olympian (judo) *

— 1964 Olympian (judo) *Ray Norton — 1960 Olympian (track and field) *Christos Papanikolaou — 1968 Olympian (track and field – pole vault); world record holder (first man over 18 feet) *John Powell (discus thrower), John Powell — 1976 and 1984 Olympian (track and field – discus throw, discus); two-time bronze medalist *Raju Rai — 2008 Olympian (men's singles badminton) *Ronnie Ray Smith — 1968 Olympian (track and field athlete – relay race, 4 × 100 meters); gold medalist and world record holder *Tommie C. Smith, Tommie Smith — 1968 Olympian (track and field athlete – 200 meters); gold medalist; best known for giving raised fist salute from the medalist's podium during the 1968 Summer Olympic Games *Willie Steele —1948 Olympian (track and field – long jump); gold medalist *Robyn Stevens — 2020 Olympian (20k race walking) *Jill Sudduth — 1996 Olympian (synchronized swimming): gold medalist *Mike Swain — 1988 Olympian (judo); bronze medalist; first American male to win the World Judo Championships *Lynn Vidali — 1968 and 1972 Olympian (swimming); silver and bronze medalist *Jim Zylker — 1972 Olympian (soccer)

Other

* Isai Alvarado — professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player * Joey Chestnut — competitive eater; world record holder * Shane Golobic — dirt track racing driver * Krazy George Henderson — professional cheerleader and self-proclaimed inventor of the audience wave * Ryan Suarez — former MLS soccer player (Los Angeles Galaxy and Dallas Burn) * Yoshihiro Uchida — head coach, SJSU judo team; team coach, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 U.S. Olympic judo team; instrumental in developing organized intercollegiate judo competition in the U.S. * Peter Ueberroth —

Commissioner (1984 –1989); U.S. Olympic Committee chair; Time magazine, ''Time'' magazine's "Time Magazine Person of the Year, Man of the Year" * Robert Wall — actor and martial artist * Justin Willis (martial artist), Justin Willis — professional Mixed Martial Artist, current UFC Heavyweight

Faculty and staff

*James J. Asher — Professor Emeritus of psychology; inventor of Total Physical Response (TPR) *Dwight Bentel — driving force behind the development of the SJSU School of Journalism and Mass Communications *Elbert Botts — former chemistry professor; California Department of Transportation employee; inventor of Botts dots *Celia Correas de Zapata — former Spanish professor; world expert on Latin American women's fiction; widely published author *Paul Douglass — English professor; renowned literary scholar; winner of the 2007 Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield, Elma Dangerfield award for his publication of new and original work related to the life and times of the poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lord Byron; *Daniel Goldston — mathematics professor; developed breakthrough methods for proving there are arbitrarily large primes that are unusually close together *Lou Harrison — former composer-in-residence; world-renowned composer *Fred Iltis — Holocaust emigre and entomologist *Persis Karim — former co-director of the Persian Studies Program, and professor. *Jessica Mitford — former sociology professor; renowned muckraker, muckraking journalist; author of ''The American Way of Death'' *Bruce Ogilvie — psychology professor; renowned sports psychologist *Rudy Rucker — former computer science professor; renowned science fiction author; often credited as a founding father of cyberpunk *Frederick Spratt — art professor (1956–1989) and art department chair; known for his Color Theory paintings; founder of the Frederick Spratt Gallery in San Jose *Shelby Steele — former English professor; writer; documentary filmmaker; author of ''The Content of our Character''; Emmy Award winner; National Book Critics Circle Award winner *Allen Strange — Professor Emeritus of music; renowned musician and composer; author of ''Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls'', a key text on modular analog synthesis; author of other texts on modern music practices *Lloyd (Bud) Winter — track coach; produced over 100 All-Americans and nine Olympians at SJSU; coached SJSU track team to two NCAA national titles; National Track and Field Hall of Fame inductee; author of ''So You Want to be a Sprinter''

References

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