Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and current students of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
- Ralph Bunche - Peace, 1950
- Bruce Merrifield - Chemistry, 1984
- Elinor Ostrom - Economics, 2009
- Glenn T. Seaborg - Chemistry, 1951
- William Sharpe - Economics, 1990
Academia, science and technology
- Allen Adham, B.S. Engineering, 1990 - co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[1][2]
- William Arveson - mathematician; professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley
- Molefi Kete Asante, Ph.D. 1968 - Professor of African American Studies at Temple University, founder of the theory of Afrocentricity
- Paul Baran, M.S. 1959 - Internet pioneer
- Barry Boehm, M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1964 - computer scientist; designed the COCOMO model in software engineering
- Vinton Cerf, M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1972 - Internet pioneer; recipient of the Turing Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom; frequently called the "Father of the Internet"
- Steven N. S. Cheung - former head of School of Economics and Finance at University of Hong Kong
- Juan Cole - professor of history at the University of Michigan
- Steve Crocker, B.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1977 - Internet pioneer
- Walter Cunningham, B.A. 1960, M.A. 1961 - astronaut; lunar module pilot
- Robert von Dassanowsky - professor of German and film studies at University of Colorado; film and cultural historian; film producer
- Mike Davis - writer, urban theorist and creative writing professor at UC Riverside
- Glenn S. Dumke, Ph.D. 1942 - historian, chancellor of the California State University
- Eliza T. Dresang, MA in information and library sciences
- Charles Elachi, M.S. 1983 - director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Thomas Everhart, M.S. 1955 - physicist and former president of CalTech
- Anna Lee Fisher, B.S. 1971, M.D. 1976 - astronaut
- Claude S. Fischer, B.A. 1968, sociologist; professor of sociology at the UC Berkeley
- Biruté Galdikas, B.S. 1966, M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1978 - primatologist; considered the world's foremost expert in primatology
- James Gimzewski - physicist and nanotechnology pioneer
- Louis M. Goldstein, Ph.D. 1977 - professor of lingustics and psychology at Yale University
- Marc L. Greenberg, B.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1990, - professor of Slavic Languages at the University of Kansas
- David Ho - physician and AIDS researcher; TIME magazine's 1996 Person of the Year
- Charlie Jackson, B.A. 1972 - co-founder of FutureWave Software which created Adobe Flash
- Kay Redfield Jamison - writer and psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins University
- Maulana Karenga - former chairperson of the black studies department at California State University, Long Beach and founder of Kwanzaa
- Ed Krupp, Ph.D. 1972; astronomer and author, director of Griffith Observatory
- Ralph Larkin - Sociologist, Ph.D. 1969
- Garrett Lisi - theoretical physicist
- Elizabeth Loftus - psychologist; professor at University of California, Irvine and influential for her studies on human memory
- Geoffrey Marcy - astronomer; professor of physics and astronomy at University of California, Berkeley
- Nathan Myhrvold, B.A. and M.S. 1979 - former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft; member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute for Advanced Study
- Michael Morhaime, B.S. 1990 - co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[1][2]
- Steven Muller - former president of Johns Hopkins University
- Story Musgrave, M.B.A. 1959 - astronaut
- David Nagel, Ph.D. - former President and CEO of PalmSource
- Hugh Nibley, B.A., History; prolific writer and influential scholar; Professor of Ancient Studies, Brigham Young University
- David A. Patterson, A.B. (1960), M.S. (1970), Ph.D. (1976) - professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley; one of the pioneers of both RISC and RAID
- Frank Pearce, B.S. 1990 - co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[1][2]
- John L. Phillips - astronaut
- George C. Pimentel, B.S. 1943 - former professor of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley; inventor of the chemical laser; namesake of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (originally sponsored by Dow Chemical and currently by Rohm and Haas), namesake of the Pimental Hall at UC Berkeley
- Jon Postel, B.S. 1966, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1974 - Internet pioneer
- Alvin F. Poussaint - professor of psychiatry at Harvard University
- Hilary Putnam - philosopher of mind, language and mathematics; philosophy professor at Harvard University
- Henry Samueli, B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 - professor of Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles; co-founder of Broadcom; namesake of the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science; namesake of the University of California, Irvine School of Engineering
- Elliott See, M.S. 1962 - astronaut
- Richard A. Tapia - mathematician, advocate for under-represented minorities in science education; professor of computational and applied mathematics at Rice University
- Marc Tremblay, M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1991 - Chief Architect at Sun Microsystems, co-designer of several of their microprocessors
- Taylor Wang, B.S. 1967, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1971 - astronaut, professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University
- Fred Whipple, B.S. 1927 - astronomer, proposed the dirty snowball theory of the composition of comets, namesake of the Whipple Observatory in Arizona,
- Charles E. Young, M.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1960 - former chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles
Arts and Literature
- Catherine Asaro - Nebula Award winning science fiction novelist
- James Robert Baker - novelist
- Gary Baseman - artist
- Judy Chicago - artist and educator
- Gerald Davis - painter
- Jacques Ehrmann - literary theorist
- Dan Eldon - photojournalist
- Kelly Grovier - poet and literary critic
- Diane Johnson - novelist
- Jonathan Kellerman - Edgar Award-winning novelist and psychologist
- Agnes de Mille - dancer and choreographer
- Alexandra Nechita - painter
- Kay Ryan - United States Poet Laureate
- Harry Turtledove - Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction novelist
- Barbara Brooks Wallace - award-winning children's author
- Raymond Pettibon - punk artist most popular for creating the cover art of Black Flag albums
- Russell Leong - author and philosopher of Asian American studies
Film, television, and theatre
- Moustapha Akkad - film producer
- Sean Astin - actor
- Carroll Ballard - film director
- Sunkrish Bala - actor
- Carol Barbee - television producer
- Elizabeth Berkley - actress
- Sarah Uriarte Berry - actress/singer
- Mayim Bialik - actress
- Dustin Lance Black - Academy Award winning screenwriter
- Jack Black - actor and comedian
- Shane Black - screenwriter; wrote Lethal Weapon and Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
- Lo Bosworth - actress, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and The Hills
- Beau Bridges - actor
- Lloyd Bridges - actor
- Carol Burnett - actress and comedienne
- Charles Burnett - film director
- Michael Burns - child star of Wagon Train and professor emeritus in history, Mount Holyoke College
- Nancy Cartwright - Emmy Award winning actress; voice of Bart Simpson
- Doug Chiang - Academy Award winning film production designer
- James Coburn - Academy Award winning actor
- Eleanor Coppola - Emmy Award winning documentarian
- Francis Ford Coppola - Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter; co-wrote and directed the Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now
- Alex Cox - film director and screenwriter; wrote and directed Repo Man and Sid and Nancy
- Julie Dash - film director; wrote and directed Daughters of the Dust
- Jonathan Dayton - film director; co-directed Little Miss Sunshine
- James Dean - actor
- Robert Englund - actor
- Josh Evans - actor, director, producer
- Will Forte - actor and comedian
- James Franco - actor
- Eddie Frierson - actor
- Alex Gibney - documentary filmmaker
- Dan Gordon - screenwriter
- Christopher Gorham - actor
- Kristin Hanggi - Tony Award-nominated theatre director
- Chris Hardwick - television personality, host of Wired Science
- Catherine Hardwicke - film director and screenwriter
- Mariska Hargitay - Emmy Award-winning actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Mark Harmon - actor, played quarterback for the UCLA football team from 1971-73
- Kayo Hatta - film director; Picture Bride
- Michael Hitchcock - actor (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Serenity )
- Allan Hunt - film, television and stage actor
- Judy Kaye - Tony award winning actress and singer
- Gary E. Knell - President and CEO of Sesame Workshop
- Walter Koenig - actor
- David Koepp - screenwriter
- Carlos Lacamara - actor
- Justin Lin - filmmaker; co-wrote and directed Better Luck Tomorrow
- Heather Locklear - actress
- Allan Loeb - screenwriter and film producer
- Masiela Lusha - actress/writer
- Meredith MacRae - actress
- Jayne Mansfield - actress and model
- Frank Marshall - film producer
- Doug McClure - actor
- Elizabeth McGovern - actress
- Danica McKellar - actress
- Scott Mechlowicz - actor
- Darius Mehrjui - film director
- Emud Mokhberi - Academy Award nominated director, photographer
- Niels Mueller - film director and screenwriter
- Victor Nuñez - film director and screenwriter
- Lisa Onodera - film producer (Picture Bride, The Debut, Day of Independence, Americanese)
- John Orloff - screenwriter
- Danielle Panabaker - actress
- Kay Panabaker - actress
- Alexander Payne - Academy Award winning filmmaker; director and co-screenwriter of Election, About Schmidt and Sideways
- Kal Penn - actor
- Gina Prince-Bythewood - film director and screenwriter; wrote and directed Love & Basketball
- Autumn Reeser - actress
- Rob Reiner - actor/film director; directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally...
- Tim Robbins - Academy Award winning actor, filmmaker and social activist; wrote and directed Bob Roberts and Dead Man Walking
- Eric Roth - Academy Award winning screenwriter
- Nick Sagan - science fiction novelist and screenwriter
- Paul Schrader - screenwriter and film director; wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull
- Arnold Shapiro - Oscar and Emmy Award winning director and producer
- Harry Shearer - actor and comedian
- Armin Shimerman - actor
- Brad Silberling - film director and screenwriter
- David Silverman - animator, director, producer on The Simpsons, director of The Simpsons Movie, and co-director of Monsters Inc.
- Tom Skerritt - Emmy Award winning actor
- Darren Star - producer; creator of Beverly Hills 90210 and Sex and the City
- Ben Stiller - actor and comedian
- Joel Surnow - co-creator of 24
- George Takei - actor
- Chris Tashima - Academy Award winning director and actor
- Ham Tran - film director; Journey from the Fall
- Gabrielle Union - actress
- Milo Ventimiglia - actor; Heroes (TV Series), Gilmore Girls
- Gore Verbinski - film director; directed the Pirates of the Caribbean films
- Michael Warren - actor
- Jaleel White- actor
- Amy Winfrey - artist and animator
- Eric Winter - actor
- Hoyt Yeatman - Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor
- Lisa Yuen - Broadway actress (Miss Saigon and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
- Caveh Zahedi - filmmaker
- Daphne Zuniga - actress (Melrose Place, One Tree Hill)
Music
- Sara Bareilles - singer-songwriter
- Jan Berry - singer; songwriter and member of Jan & Dean
- Jeff Blue - music producer; vice president of Warner California's Artists and Repertoire division
- Alison Brown - Grammy Award winning banjo player
- Don Davis - film score composer; worked on The Matrix trilogy
- Brad Delson - Grammy Award winning guitarist of Linkin Park
- Ryan Dusick - Grammy Award winning drummer of Maroon 5
- John Fahey - experimental guitarist
- Jill Gibson - singer and artist
- Greg Ginn - guitarist of Black Flag
- Kim Gordon - musician, member of Sonic Youth
- Greg Graffin - lead singer of Bad Religion
- James Horner - Academy, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winning film score composer
- Anthony Kiedis - singer and frontman of L.A. funk/rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Mickey Madden - Grammy Award winning bass player of Maroon 5
- Ron and Russell Mael - founders of the band Sparks
- Ray Manzarek - keyboard player of The Doors
- Maile Misajon - singer
- Jim Morrison - lead singer of The Doors
- Randy Newman - musician; Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award winning film score composer
- John Ondrasik - singer-songwriter; only member of Five for Fighting
- Kira Roessler - bass player of Black Flag
- Andy Sturmer - singer-songwriter and drummer of Jellyfish; producer for Puffy AmiYumi; composer of theme songs for Ben 10 and Teen Titans
- David Tao - singer
- John Williams - Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award winning film score composer; composed the music to the Star Wars film
Athletics
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (played as Lew Alcindor at UCLA) - six-time National Basketball Association champion; NBA's all-time leading scorer; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Arron Afflalo - National Basketball Association player, Denver Nuggets
- Troy Aikman - former National Football League player, three-time Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Flipper Anderson - former National Football League player
- Trevor Ariza - National Basketball Association player, Houston Rockets
- Arthur Ashe - tennis player and social activist; Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Evelyn Ashford - Olympic track and field athlete and multiple gold medalist
- Garrett Atkins - Major League Baseball player, Colorado Rockies
- Donald Barksdale - The first African-American named to an Olympic basketball team and gold medalist
- Matt Barnes - National Basketball Association player, Orlando Magic
- Gary Beban - 1967 Heisman Trophy winner; former National Football League player
- Alyssa Beckerman - gymnast
- Drew Bennett - National Football League player
- Mohini Bhardwaj - Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics
- Carlos Bocanegra - captain of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team; centerback for Rennes in Ligue 1
- Ato Boldon - Olympic track and field athlete 1997 200 meter World Champion and 4 time Olympic Sprint Medalist
- Steve Bono - former National Football League player
- Ryan Boschetti - National Football League player
- Eric Byrnes - Major League Baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Brandon Chillar - National Football League player
- Jeff Conine - Former Major League Baseball player; two-time World Series champion
- Jimmy Connors - tennis player; two-time Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Denny Crum - former men's basketball coach at the University of Louisville; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Tim Daggett - gymnast and 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Baron Davis - National Basketball Association player, Los Angeles Clippers
- Gail Devers - track and field runner; multiple Olympic gold medalist
- Karl Dorrell - former head coach of the UCLA football team
- Kenny Easley - National Football League player; 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
- Tyus Edney - Former National Basketball Association player
- Donnie Edwards - National Football League player
- Danny Everett - 1988 Olympic gold medalist, 4x400m men's relay
- Jordan Farmar - National Basketball Association player, Los Angeles Lakers
- James Ferguson (water polo) - 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
- Lisa Fernandez - Olympic softball gold medalist
- Mike Flanagan - National Football League player
- Zack Fleishman - professional tennis player
- Bryan Fletcher - National Football League player and Super Bowl champion
- DeShaun Foster - National Football League player; San Francisco 49ers running back
- Brad Friedel - Premier League soccer player; 2002 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
- Dan Gadzuric - National Basketball Association player, Milwaukee Bucks
- Mitch Gaylord - gymnast; 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Justin Gimelstob - professional tennis player
- Troy Glaus - Major League Baseball player; 2002 World Series MVP
- Natalie Golda - water polo player; Olympian
- Gail Goodrich - National Basketball Association Hall of Fame player; won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Stuart Gray - Former National Basketball Association player
- Dawn Harper - 2008 Olympics 100m Hurdles gold medalist
- Kevin Hartman - Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1999 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
- Joanna Hayes - Olympic gold medalist track and field 100 m hurdles record holder
- Walt Hazzard - former National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist; former head coach of the UCLA basketball team
- Monique Henderson - track and field runner; Olympic gold medalist in 4x400 m relay
- Jaime Hipp - water polo goalkeeper; Olympian
- Jrue Holiday - National Basketball Association player, Philadelphia 76ers
- Patrick Ianni - Defender of Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, U.S. olympian for 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Jimmy Johnson - former NFL player and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Norm Johnson - former National Football League player
- Rafer Johnson - Olympic decathlon gold medalist
- Cobi Jones - Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1998 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
- Maurice Jones-Drew - National Football League player
- Florence Griffith Joyner - Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in 100 meters race.
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee - track and field athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the heptathlon
- Jason Kapono - National Basketball Association player and NBA champion, Toronto Raptors
- Eric Karros - former Major League Baseball player; 1992 National League Rookie of the Year; ESPN sports commentator
- Meb Keflezighi - NCAA championships; New York City Marathon winner[3]
- Tommy Kendall - race car driver and television analyst
- Karch Kiraly - volleyball player; only person to win Olympic gold medals in both indoor and beach volleyball
- Adam Krikorian - water polo player and coach; won 14 national titles
- Michelle Kwan - world champion figure skater; record nine-time U.S. National Champion
- Carnell Lake - Former National Football League player
- Tim Leary - Former Major League Baseball player
- John Lee - NCAA-record breaking, 2-time All-American placekicker
- Steve Lewis - Olympic gold medalist in track and field
- Kevin Love - National Basketball Association player, Minnesota Timberwolves
- Torey Lovullo - Former Major League Baseball player and present Minor League manager
- Tommy Maddox - National Football League player
- Ricky Manning - National Football League player
- Cade McNown - Former National Football League player
- Luc Mbah a Moute - National Basketball Association player, Milwaukee Bucks
- Holly McPeak - beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
- Adam Melhuse - Major League Baseball player
- John Merrick - professional golfer
- Ann Meyers - Hall of Fame basketball player and Olympic silver medalist
- Reggie Miller - National Basketball Association player, Olympic gold medalist, and All-Time NBA leader in 3-pointers.
- Freddie Mitchell - National Football League player
- Jerome Moiso - American Professional Basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
- Ryan Nece - National Football League player; Super Bowl champion
- Monte Nitzkowski - Olympic Water Polo coach and swimmer
- Ken Norton Jr. - Former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion
- Ed O'Bannon - basketball player, led Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- Jonathan Ogden - National Football League player; Super Bowl champion
- Jim Vo Parque - Major League Baseball player
- Corey Pavin - professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion, 2010 Ryder Cup captain
- Tom Pernice, Jr. - professional golfer
- Carl Peterson - General Manager Kansas City Chiefs
- Roman Phifer - National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion
- Chris Pritchett - former Major League Baseball player
- Mike Powell - former Track and Field athlete, current coach and holder of the long jump world record
- Matt Reis - Major League Soccer player
- Dot Richardson - softball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Pooh Richardson - Former National Basketball Association player
- Nick Rimando - Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
- Dave Roberts - Major League Baseball player; World Series winner
- Jackie Robinson - Major League Baseball player and civil rights pioneer, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Jerry Robinson - former National Football League player
- Sigi Schmid - soccer coach and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
- Woody Strode - football player; one of the first African American players to integrate the National Football League and film actor
- Brian Teacher - professional tennis player
- Eliot Teltscher - professional tennis player
- Scot Thompson - Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
- Chase Utley - Major League Baseball player[4]
- Peter Vagenas - Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
- Peter Vidmar - gymnast; 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Duffy Waldorf - professional golfer
- Bill Walton - National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame; now a broadcaster
- Kenny Washington - football player; one of the first African American players to integrate the National Football League
- Bob Waterfield - former National Football League player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Earl Watson - National Basketball Association player, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Russell Westbrook - National Basketball Association player, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Jamaal Wilkes - former National Basketball Association player; four-time NBA champion
- Trevor Wilson - former National Basketball Association player
- Marvell Wynne - Major League Soccer player; United States National Team Soccer player
- Matt Young - Former Major League Baseball player
- Elaine Youngs - beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
- Todd Zeile - Former Major League Baseball player
Business and law
- Val Ackerman - president of USA Basketball
- Fred D. Anderson - former CFO of Apple Computer (MBA)
- John Edward Anderson - president of Topa Equities, Ltd.; namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Tom Anderson - founder of MySpace
- Nancy Austin - management consultant and author of The Assertive Woman.
- Stephen F. Bollenbach - CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Carl Boronkay - general manager of Metropolitan Water District, 1984-1993
- Janice Rogers Brown - judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
- Vincent Bugliosi - attorney and writer
- Phillip Carter - attorney, writer, and U.S. Army adviser in Iraq
- Morgan Chu - attorney, intellectual property expert
- Marcia Clark - attorney, lead prosecutor in O.J. Simpson murder case
- Johnnie Cochran - attorney
- Lynn Compton - former judge for the California Court of Appeals
- Ann Daly - COO of DreamWorks Animation SKG
- Laurence D. Fink - CEO & Chairman of BlackRock
- Keith Fink - attorney
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy - founder, chairman and CEO of ILFC
- Peter Haber - Law Scholar, Future Founder of Rusty Brand Raunchy Products
- Ron Havner - CEO of Public Storage Inc.
- John W. Henry - money manager and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox.
- Alex Kozinski - judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Mitch Kupchak - general manager for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jim Lanzone - CEO of Ask.com
- Marvin Mitchelson - attorney
- Irwin Molasky - real estate entrepreneur and early developer of Las Vegas
- Dorothy W. Nelson - senior judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Michael Newdow - plaintiff in Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance
- Michael Ovitz - Hollywood power broker and former president of the Walt Disney Company
- Daniel Petrocelli - attorney
- Harry Pregerson - judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Nobutada Saji - CEO of Suntory
- Robert Sanchez - Chairman of the Board for Avex Aerospace and CEO of International Security Solutions
- Robert Shapiro - attorney
- Stacey Snider - president of Dreamworks
- Reid Smith - Los Angeles Area businessman and former actor
- Subramaniam Ramadorai - CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services
- Ronald Sugar - CEO of Northrop Grumman
- Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi (1930-2009) - United States federal judge
- A. Wallace Tashima - judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Kim McLane Wardlaw - judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Politics
- Farid Abboud - ambassador of Lebanon to United States
- Glenn M. Anderson - United States Representative from California (1969-1993)
- Tom Bradley - mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-1993
- Yvonne Braithwaite Burke - Los Angeles County Supervisor
- Benjamin Cayetano - Governor of Hawaii, 1994-2002
- John Campbell - member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Judy Chu - first Chinese-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress
- James C. Corman, City of Los Angeles Councilman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives[5]
- J. Curtis Counts (1915-1999), Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.[6]
- John Ehrlichman - assistant and counsel to the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration
- Dean Florez - member of the California State Senate, student body president at UCLA
- Kirsten Gillibrand - Senator of New York, in the 111th Congress (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's successor
- H.R. Haldeman - Chief of Staff for the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration; a key figure in the Watergate scandal
- Andrés Herrera - City of Oxnard councilman
- Paul Koretz - member of the California State Assembly
- Sheila Kuehl - member of the California State Senate
- Jerry Lewis - member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
- Calum MacDonald - former Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
- Roberto Madrazo - candidate for president of Mexico in the 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 - member of the California State Senate
- Hisham Nazer - former Minister of Planning and Petroleum in Saudi Arabia
- 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
- William French Smith - former United States Attorney General
- Todd Spitzer - member of the California State Assembly
- William R. Steiger - Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Global Health Affairs in the George W. Bush administration
- Ted Stevens - senator of Alaska and alumnus to Delta Kappa Epsilon
- Antonio Villaraigosa - mayor of Los Angeles and former California Speaker of the Assembly
- Mimi Walters - member of the California State Assembly
- Diane Watson - member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Henry Waxman - member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Miscellaneous
- Gustavo Arellano - OC Weekly writer and author of the "¡Ask a Mexican!" column.
- Jules Asner - model and television personality
- Jack Bauer - American hero.
- Rudi Bakhtiar - national news anchor
- Tony Blankley - commentator on The McLaughlin Group
- Joseph Blatchford - third Director of the United States Peace Corps
- Judge Joe Brown - television judge
- Brooke Burke - model and television personality
- Carlos Castaneda - anthropologist and writer
- Paul Colichman — founder of Here! cable TV network
- Allen Cunningham - professional poker payer
- Giada De Laurentiis - Food Network Chef (Every Day Italian)
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino - World War II radio propagandist, "Tokyo Rose"
- Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - World Series of Poker main event winner and poker professional
- Hal Fishman - veteran news anchor
- Cliff Galiher - 2007 Jeopardy! College champion
- Jonathan Gold - Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic
- Josh E. Gross - publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly
- Arthur Janov - psychologist, inventor of Primal Therapy
- Jill Kinmont - educator, quadraplegic, alpine ski racer in 1950s
- 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
- Kelly Perdew - winner of The Apprentice
- John Wesley Powell - inventor and philanthropist
- Princess Ubol Ratana - of Thailand
- Francis B. Wai - Medal of Honor recipient[7]
- Stephen Worth - director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project
- Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol - of Thailand
Notable UCLA faculty
Nobel laureates
- Paul Boyer - professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1997)
- Donald Cram (1919-2001) - professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1987)
- Louis Ignarro - professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Nobel Laureate (Medicine, 1998)
- Willard Libby (1908-1980) - professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1960)
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) - mathematician, philosopher and Nobel Laureate (Literature, 1950)
- Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) - professor of Physics, Nobel Laureate (Physics, 1965)
Social science, arts and humanities
- Stephen Aaron - U.S. historian; Executive Director of the Autry National Center
- Joyce Appleby - U.S. historian; specialist in intellectual history and the legacy of liberalism
- Kenny Burrell - professor of Jazz Studies and world renowned jazz guitarist and composer
- Rogers Brubaker - professor of sociology; recipient of MacArthur Grant
- Rudolf Carnap - professor of philosophy of language
- Alonzo Church - Pioneer in philosophy of language and computer science
- James Smoot Coleman - africanist, founded the UCLA African Studies Center
- Barry E Collins - emeritus professsor of social psychology
- Samuel Cumming - a professor of philosophy of language, notable for his work in semantics and the proper use of pronouns.
- Neil Denari - professor of architecture
- Jared Diamond - professor of geography and physiology, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
- Saul Friedländer - European historian; renown specialist in Holocaust studies
- Carlo Ginzburg - European historian; pioneer of microhistory
- Juan Gomez-Quinones - U.S. historian; specialist in Chicano history
- Marde S. Gregory - Professor of Communications Studies, recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award (1991)
- Barbara Herman - moral and political philosopher
- N. Katherine Hayles - noted literary critic
- Thomas Hines - architectural historian; professor emeritus
- David Kaplan - professor of philosophy of language
- Harold Kelley (1921-2003) - professor of psychology, prominent social psychologist
- Mark Kleiman - professor of public policy; expert on crime and drug policy
- Peter Ladefoged - professor of linguistics, specialist in phonetics
- Ole Ivar Lovaas - professor of psychology, specialist in Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for autism
- Mwesa Isaiah Mapoma - Zambian musicologist
- Julián Marías - Philosopher; opponent of Francisco Franco, author of History of Philosophy
- Michael Mann - professor of sociology; author of The Sources of Social Power volumes I and II
- Susan McClary - American Musicologist; leading figure in the "New Musicology" movement, recipient of MacArthur Grant whose works have been translated into over 12 languages; best known for her book Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality (University of Minnesota Press, 1991)
- Vasa Mihich - professor of Design | Media Arts; renowned artist and sculptor
- Kathryn A. Morgan - professor of classical studies; specialist in classical Greek literature, Greek intellectual history
- Donald Neuen -conductor, professor of Choral Studies, apprentice of Robert Shaw
- Hans Reichenbach - professor of philosophy
- Teofilo Ruiz - European historian; renowned specialist in Medieval history
- Bertrand Russell - professor of philosophy; taught as a guest lecturer for one year
- Arnold Schoenberg - professor of music, composer
- Geoffrey Symcox - European historian; renown specialist in European urban history, general editor of Repertorium Columbianum.
- Shelley Taylor - professor of psychology, prominent social psychologist
- Louis Jolyon West - professor of psychiatry, specialist in brainwashing
- Gerald Wilson - professor of Ethnomusicology, Jazz Studies; prominent jazz composer, arranger, and musician
- Eugene Victor Wolfenstein - professor of political science, author of Psychoanalytic-Marxism: Groundwork
- Eugen Weber - historian, author of Peasants Into Frenchmen
- John Zaller - political scientist, author of The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Science and technology
- Asad Ali Abidi - professor of Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles; Pioneer of CMOS RF circuits, member of National Academy of Engineering
- George Ogden Abell - professor of astronomy, astronomer
- Alonzo Church - known for the lambda calculus used in computing
- François Diederich - professor of chemistry
- Vijay K. Dhir - Dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Sergio Ferrara - professor of physics, co-discovered supergravity in 1976
- Sheila Greibach - professor of computer science, known for the Greibach normal form
- Kendall Houk - professor of chemistry
- Tatsuo Itoh - professor of electrical engineering; Member of National Academy of Engineering
- Leonard Kleinrock - professor of computer science and Internet pioneer, 2007 National Medal of Science
- Alan Kay - professor of computer science and Turing Award laureate
- Tung Hua Lin - professor of civil and environmental engineering, designer of China's first twin engine aircraft
- Seymour Lubetzky - professor of library and information science
- Henry John Orchard - professor of electrical engineering; Pioneer of the field of filter design
- Judea Pearl - Professor of Computer Science; Pioneer of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence
- L. Jeanne Perry - Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award (2001)
- Theodore M. Porter - professor of history of science
- Lloyd Shapley - professor of mathematics, known for the Shapley value in game theory
- James Fraser Stoddart - professor of chemistry and biochemistry, an influential researcher with an h-index of 73
- Ernst G. Straus - professor of mathematics
- Terence Tao - professor of mathematics, Fields Medalist in 2006
- Paul Jenkins - assistant professor of mathematics
- Corbin Brent - professor of physics
Athletics
- Jeannette Boldon - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games women's track and field head coach (multiple medals)
- Larry Brown - men's basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jillian Ellis - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games women's soccer coach (gold)
- Ben Howland - current men's basketball coach; 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the year
- Adam Krikorian - current men's and women's water polo coach, won 9 NCAA championships; assistant coach, won 1 NCAA Championship; former UCLA water polo player that helped lead the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA title
- Al Scates - current men's volleyball coach, won 19 NCAA championships
- John Wooden - men's basketball coach, won 10 NCAA championships, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame both as player and coach
- John Smith - Track and Field coach, inventor of the drive phase and world record holder at 440 yards event.
Politics
- Warren Christopher - professor of foreign policy, former Secretary of State
- Michael Dukakis - professor of policy studies, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential candidate.
- Larry Pressler - teacher and visiting fellow, former Senator from South Dakota.
Medicine
- Michael S. Gottlieb - The first physician to diagnose AIDS
- Howard Judd - Menopause expert and medical researcher
Business and law
- Mark A.R. Kleiman - professor of public policy, noted expert on crime and drug policy
- Frances Olsen - professor of law, expert on Feminist Legal Theory
- William Ouchi - management professor and best-selling author
- Eugene Volokh - professor of law, prominent commentator on the First Amendment
- See also notable faculty at the School of Law
Current students
- Errol Barnett - Entertainment reporter
- Kara Lang - Bruins and Canadian international soccer player
- Daniel Greene - Pulitzer prize-winning American author and noted scholar
- Jeanine Mason - Winner of So you think you can dance season 5
References
- ^ a b c M. Abraham (2006-11-06). "UCLA Engineering Celebrates Accomplishments at Annual Awards Dinner". UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2006/Awards%20Dinner%202006.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ a b c "Blizzard Entertainment 10th Anniversary Celebration". Blizzard Entertainment. http://www.blizzard.com/register/blizzard/. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ UCLA's Meb Keflezighi Wins New York City Marathon, Associated Press, via UCLABruins.com, November 1, 2009
- ^ Kevin Baxter, Chase Utley buys more time for the Phillies, Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2009
- ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000780
- ^ Thurber, Jon. "J. Curtis Counts; Labor Negotiator Headed Federal Mediation Service", Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1999. Accessed July 2, 2009.
- ^ [1]Medal of Honor Recipients: World War II (T-Z)
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