This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California. For an individual(s) who qualify for multiple categories, they have been placed under the section for which they are best known.
Alumni and students
Academia
- Anna Jean Ayres (B.A. 1945, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1961) Occupational therapist and developmental psychologist known for her work in the area of sensory integration dysfunction
- A.V. Balakrishnan (M.A. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1954) Applied mathematician; professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles; initially earned a masters in cinema
- Leo Buscaglia (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1963) Educator, best-selling author
- George V. Chilingar (B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956) Distinguished petroleum geologist
- Fred Cohen (Ph.D. 1986) Computer scientist; inventor of computer virus defense techniques
- Andrew A. Frank (M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1968) Professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineeringat at UC Davis; the father of modern plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)
- Alice Gast (B.S. 1980) President of Lehigh University
- George Gerbner (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) Communication theorist; founder of cultivation theory
- Piara Singh Gill (B.S. 1935, M.S. 1936) Pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics
- Alfred Gottschalk (Ph.D. 1965), President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement.[1]
- Robert M. Gray (Ph.D. 1966) Information theorist; professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University
- Loren Grey (B.A. 1939, M.S. 1954, Ph.D. 1959) Author and educational psychologist
- Adam Herbert (B.A. 1966, M.P.A. 1968) President, Indiana University
- Philip G. Hoffman (M.A. 1942) Former President of the University of Houston, first Chancellor of the University of Houston System
- Howard P. House (M.D. 1935) Ear specialist and founder of the House Ear Institute
- Amando Kapauan (Ph.D. 1959) Chemist and researcher
- Jonathan Kellerman (Ph.D. 1974) Clinical psychologist and prolific writer
- Douglas Kmiec (J.D. 1976) Caruso Family Chair & Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University; Former Dean & St. Thomas More Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America; Former Director & Professor of Law, Center for Law & Government, The Law School, University of Notre Dame; also United States Ambassador to Malta; Former Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel
- Ellis O. Knox (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931) Educator, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast
- Bart Kosko (B.A. 1982) Hybrid intelligent system expert and science fiction writer
- Anthony Lazzaro (B.S. 1948) USC Senior Vice President
- Paul Locatelli (Ph.D. 1971) President and professor of accounting at Santa Clara University
- Catherine McBride-Chang (M.A. 1992, Ph.D. 1994) Developmental psychologist and early literacy researcher.
- John Mearsheimer (M.A. 1974) Political scientist; professor of political science at the University of Chicago
- Max More (Ph.D. 1995) Philosopher and futurist, founder of Extropy Institute
- James Porter Moreland (Ph.D. 1985) Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University
- William Moritz (Ph.D. 1968) Film historian
- Dennis J. Murray (M.P.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1977) President of Marist College
- Ian Roberts (Ph.D. 1985) Linguist; Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge
- Gordon H. Sato (B.S. 1951) Biochemists, former director of the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center; founder of the Manzanar Project
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) Discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure
- Shang-Hua Teng (M.S. 1988) Computer scientist; chairman of the Computer Science Department at the Viterbi School of Engineering
- Norman Topping (B.A. 1933, M.D. 1936) Former University President and NIH associate director; helped develop a typhus vaccine and the first effective treatment against Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Laura Skandera Trombley (Ph.D. 1989) President of Pitzer College
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, CDMA, co-founder of Qualcomm and benefactor of the Viterbi School of Engineering
Architecture
- Gregory Ain (attended the School of Architecture from 1927–28) FAIA
- Joel Bergman (B.Arch. 1965) FAIA casino designer
- Edward H. Fickett (B.Arch. 1937) FAIA
- Frank Gehry (B.Arch. 1954, Honorary Doctorate 2000) FAIA; Pritzker Prize winner
- Jon Jerde (B.Arch. 1964) FAIA
- Edward Killingsworth (B.Arch. 1940) FAIA
- Pierre Koenig (B.Arch. 1952) FAIA
- Thom Mayne (B.Arch. 1968) FAIA, Principal of Morphosis, Pritzker Prize laureate, and Co-Founder of Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC)
- Raphael Soriano (B.Arch. 1934) FAIA
- Paul Revere Williams (B.S. 1919) First African American member of the American Institute of Architects
Art
- Art Clokey (M.A. 1956) clay animator; creator of Gumby
- Paul McCarthy (M.F.A. 1973) Artist
- Kenneth Price (B.F.A. 1956) Ceramic artist and printmaker
- Marvin Saltzman (B.F.A, M.F.A. 1959) Painter
- Delmer J. Yoakum (attended the Roski School of Fine Arts) Artist
Astronauts
- Neil Armstrong (1960s, graduate work and 1970[2], M.S. Aerospace Engineering) USAF X-15 pilot; first man on the Moon
- Charles A. Bassett, II (1960s, graduate work)
- Karol J. Bobko (1970, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (1977, M.S. Systems Management) Space Shuttle commander; Administrator of NASA
- Gerald P. Carr (1954, B.S. Mechanical Engineering)
- Nancy J. Currie (1985, M.S. Systems Management)
- William H. Dana (1958, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Brian Duffy (1981, M.S. Systems Management)
- Henry C. Gordon (1966, M.B.A.)
- Jerry M. Linenger (1988, M.S. Systems Management)
- James A. Lovell (1961, Aviation Safety School)
- Carlos I. Noriega (1981, B.S. Computer Science)
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (1984, M.S. Systems Management)
- Walter M. Schirra (1969, Honorary Doctorate in Science)
- Pierre J. Thuot (1985, M.S. Systems Management)
Athletics
- Bibiana Candelas - Volleyball player
- Phil Hill - only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship
- Lisa Moretti (B.A. 1984) Professional female wrestler, worked for the World Wrestling Entertainment under the stage name Ivory
- Jess Mortensen - NCAA champion track athlete and coach.
- Dave Salo - Noted swimming coach
Basketball
- Elías Larry Ayuso - Professional basketball player
- Cynthia Cooper - Professional basketball player, 2-time Olympic medalist
- Lisa Leslie - WNBA player, 4-time Olympic champion
- O. J. Mayo - Professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Cheryl Miller - Basketball Hall of Fame, former USC women's coach
- Brian Scalabrine - NBA Forward
- Bill Sharman - Basketball Hall of Famer
- Tina Thompson - WNBA player, 2-time Olympic champion
- Paul Westphal - Professional basketball player, current Head Coach of Pepperdine Basketball
- Tex Winter - Basketball coach (inventor of the Triangle offense)
- Nick Young - Professional Basketball player with the Washington Wizards.
Baseball
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American football
The University of Southern California has had a number of notable American football players. The following list includes all former USC football players that have articles on Wikipedia. Please note: Some former players may be listed elsewhere due to other achievements (i.e. John Wayne and Ward Bond, became better known as actors; Quincy Woods became better known as an Olympian, etc.)
Golf
- Nicole Castrale (B.A. 2001) LPGA golfer
- Al Geiberger (B.A. 1959) - Professional golfer
- Brian Henninger - Professional golfer
- Jennifer Rosales - Professional golfer
- Dave Stockton - Professional golfer
- Scott Simpson (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Professional golfer
- Craig Stadler - Professional golfer
- Kevin Stadler (B.A. 2002) Professional golfer
Olympians
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Tennis
- Byron Black - Tennis champion
- Bob Falkenburg- Tennis champion
- Luke Jensen - Tennis champion
- Murphy Jensen- Tennis champion
- Rick Leach- Tennis champion
- Bob Lutz- Tennis champion
- Gene Mako - Tennis champion
- Alex Olmedo (B.S.B.A.) - Tennis champion
- Rafael Osuna- Tennis champion
- Dennis Ralston- Tennis champion
- Raúl Ramírez- Tennis champion
- Ted Schroeder Tennis champion
- Stan Smith- Tennis champion
- George Toley (B.A. 1942) - Tennis coach and player
- Ellsworth Vines - Tennis champion
Business
- Dan Bane (B.S. 1969) - Chairman and CEO of Trader Joe's
- Tom Barrack (B.A. 1969) - CEO of Colony Capital
- Marc Benioff (B.S.B.A. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
- Douglas G. Bergeron (M.S. 1987) - CEO of VeriFone
- David Bohnett (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
- Jerry Buss (Ph.D. 1957) - Owner of Los Angeles Lakers
- Henry Caruso (B.S.B.A.) - Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
- Rick Caruso (B.S.) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated
- Alan Casden (B.S. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of Casden Properties
- Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. 1979) - President and CEO of Korean Airlines
- Richard W. "Dick" Cook (B.A. 1972) - Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios
- Scott Cook (B.A. 1974) - Co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc.
- Kenneth C. Dahlberg (M.S.E.E. 1969) - President and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation
- Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. 1997) - Co-founder of MySpace and current CEO
- Vic Edelbrock, Jr. (B.S.B.A. 1959) - President and CEO of Edelbrock Automotive
- Daniel Epstein (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of ConAm Management Corporation
- Larry Flax (J.D. 1971) - Co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
- Carlo Gancia (M.A. in Economics) - Co-owner of the Forti Formula One team
- Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) - President of J. D. Power and Associates
- Stanley Gold (J.D. 1967) - President & CEO of Shamrock Holdings
- Jerry Heller (B.S.B.A. 1963) - Co-founder and CEO of Ruthless Records
- Thomas Hicks (M.B.A 1970) - Partner at Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Part-owner of Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers
- Barron Hilton (1946) - Co-chairman of the Hilton Hotels chain, and the original owner of the San Diego Chargers.
- Ming Hsieh (B.S.E.E. 1983, M.S.E.E. 1984) - President and Founder of Cogent Systems
- Hyekyung "Shelly" Hwang (M.B.A.) - Founder of Pinkberry
- Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S.B.A. 1957) - Founder of Public Storage
- Ray R. Irani (Ph.D. 1957) - CEO of Occidental Petroleum
- James Jannard - Founder of Oakley Sunglasses
- Suzanne Nora Johnson (B.S. 1979) - Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs.
- Bruce Karatz (J.D. 1970) - Chairman and CEO of KB Home
- Brian Kennedy [disambiguation needed] - President of Regency Outdoor Advertising
- Ken Klein (B.S.B.M., B.S.E.E. 1982) - Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River
- Richard Knerr (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O; the creators of the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Superball
- Terrence Lanni (B.S. 1965) - Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage
- Alan Levine (B.S. 1968, J.D. 1971) - Former President and COO of Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Jack Lindquist (B.A. 1950) - Former president of Disneyland
- Bryan Lourd (B.A. 1982) - Co-Chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
- Mike Markkula (B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E.) - Former CEO and angel investor of Apple Computer, Inc.
- Preston Martin (B.S. 1947, M.B.A. 1948) - Founder of the PMI Mortgage Insurance Company; former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- Frank McCourt Jr - Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers
- Steve McIntosh (B.S. 1984) - Founder and president of Now & Zen, Inc.; an influential writer in the field of integral philosophy
- Bob McKnight (B.S.B.A. 1976) - Founder and Chairman and CEO of Quiksilver
- Arthur Melin (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O
- Brian Mulligan - Former chairman of Fox Television
- Paul Orfalea - Founder of Kinko's
- Andrall E. Pearson (B.S. 1944) - Former president of PepsiCo, founding chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc.
- Sol Price (J.D. 1957) - Founder of Price Club (now Costco)
- Charles Prince (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1975, J.D. 1975) - Former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
- Linda Johnson Rice (B.A. 1980) - President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
- D. Kenneth Richardson - President Emeritus, Hughes Electronics
- Jim Rogers (L.L.M. 1963) - Chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Communications
- Edward P. Roski (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
- Frank Rothman (J.D. 1951) - Former chairman and CEO of MGM studios
- Steve Saleen - CEO and Founder of Saleen Performance, Inc.
- Jeff Smulyan (B.S. 1969, J.D. 1972) - Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) - Co-Founder of Qualcomm
- Mark Stevens (B.S.E.E. 1981, B.A.ECON 1981, M.S.CENG 1984) - Partner at Sequoia Capital
- Ronald Tutor (B.S.B.A. 1963) - President/CEO of Tutor-Saliba Corp.
- William Wang (B.S. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Vizio.
- Rick Wetzel - Co-Founder and President of Wetzel's Pretzels
- Craig Winn (B.S. 1977) - Founder of Value America and author of Prophet of Doom and Tea With Terrorists
- Walter Zifkin (J.D. 1961) - CEO of William Morris Agency
- Richard Ziman (B.S. 1964, J.D. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty
Film and television
- For people primarily known as actors and actresses, see Performing Arts, below.
- Erik Aadahl - Editor
- Elizabeth Allen - Director
- Thom Andersen - Film critic
- Judd Apatow - Filmmaker
- Gregg Araki - Filmmaker
- John August - Filmmaker
- John Bailey - Cinematographer
- Walt Becker - Filmmaker
- Jack Bender - Executive Producer of Lost
- Hugh Beaumont - Actor, television director, and Methodist minister
- Les Blank - Documentary filmmaker
- Jeffrey Blitz - Filmmaker
- Laura Bialis - Filmmaker
- Paul Harris Boardman - Producer and screenwriter
- Robert F. Boyle - Art director and production designer
- Charles Braverman - Filmmaker
- Henry Bumstead - Art director and production designer
- Bryan Burk - Executive Producer of Lost
- Keith Calder - Producer
- Trey Callaway - Screenwriter and producer
- Andrés Cantor - Sportscaster
- John Carpenter - Film director
- Sandro Corsaro - Animator and Author
- Sean Covel - Producer
- R. J. Cutler (B.A. 1993) - Filmmaker
- Scott Derrickson - Filmmaker
- Caleb Deschanel - Cinematographer
- Dean Devlin - Screenwriter and producer
- Ellis R. Dungan - Director
- Robert Elswit - Cinematographer
- Rick Famuyiwa - Director
- Erik Fleming - Film director and producer
- Verna Fields - Film editor and sound editor
- Dana Fox - Screenwriter
- William A. Fraker - Cinematographer
- Joe Francis - Adult film producer
- David S. Goyer - Filmmaker
- James Gray - Film director and screenwriter
- Brian Grazer - Film and television producer
- Taylor Hackford - Film director and producer
- Conrad Hall - Cinematographer
- Curtis Harrington - Experimental filmmaker
- Ron Howard - Film director and actor
- George Huang - Filmmaker
- Martin Hynes - Filmmaker
- James Ivory - Film director
- Joe Johnston - Film director
- Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski - Writers
- Howard G. Kazanjian - Film producer
- Richard Kelly - Filmmaker
- Irvin Kershner - Film director
- Karey Kirkpatrick - Screenwriter
- Randal Kleiser - Filmmaker
- John Knoll (B.A. 1984) - Motion picture visual effects specialist, co-creator of Adobe Photoshop
- Ben Kurland - Actor, producer
- Gary Kurtz - Film producer
- Barry Levy - Screenwriter
- John Longenecker - Film director, cinematographer
- Doug Liman - Film director and producer
- George Lucas - Film director and producer
- Felipe Marino - Producer
- Gregory Markopoulos - Filmmaker
- Kerry McCluggage - Film and TV executive and producer
- John Milius - Film director and screenwriter
- Herman Miller - Writer and Producer
- Ron W. Miller - CEO and president of Walt Disney Productions
- Miles Millar - Screenwriter and producer
- Walter Murch - Film editor
- Don Murphy - Producer
- Gustin Nash - Screenwriter
- Tom Neff - Film director, producer and executive
- Joe Neurauter - Producer
- Michael Nolin - Producer
- Tommy O'Haver - Filmmaker
- Richard Outten - Screenwriter
- Sam Peckinpah - Film director
- Brian Wayne Peterson - Screenwriter and television producer
- Jon Poll - Film editor and director
- Jason Reitman - director
- Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
- Gene Roddenberry - Screenwriter and producer
- Jay Roach - Film director and producer
- Barry Rubinow - Film executive and editor
- Gary Rydstrom (B.A. 1981) - Sound designer
- Walter Salles - Filmmaker
- Josh Schwartz - Producer and creator of The O.C.
- John Schwartzman - Cinematographer
- Ben Shedd - Documentary filmmaker
- Sigurjón Sighvatsson - Producer
- Bryan Singer - Film director
- John Singleton - Film director
- Stephen Sommers - Film director
- Dror Soref - Filmmaker
- Scott Speer - Music video producer
- Adam Stein - Filmmaker, editor
- Tim Story - Film director
- Ron Underwood - Film director
- Lee Unkrich -- Film director
- Clay Walker - Film producer, director, cinematographer and editor
- Jack Warner - Founder of Warner Brothers Studios
- Brad Williams - Comedian
- David L. Wolper (B.A. 1949) - Film and television producer
- Robert Yeoman - Cinematographers
- Robert Zemeckis - Film director
- Laura Ziskin - Producer
Music
See also: USC Thornton School of Music
- Ambrose Akinmusire (M.M. 2007) - Jazz trumpeter
- Herb Alpert (B.M. 1954) - Musician, co-founder of A&M Records
- Christophe Beck (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 1993) - Film score composer
- Marco Beltrami (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 1993) - Film score composer
- Aloe Blacc, soul singer, musician
- Harold Budd (B.M. 1966) - Ambient/avant-garde composer
- Alan Chang (B.M. 2002) - Musician, composer, musical director for Michael Bublé
- Nicolas Chumachenco - Musician, violinist
- John Dearman (B.M. 1981, M.M. 1983) - Classical guitarist
- Nmon Ford - Grammy Award winning singer
- Kina Grannis - Musician
- Macy Gray (1990, screenwriting) - singer, songwriter
- Jerry Goldsmith - Film score composer
- Lionel Hampton - Jazz musician
- Dexter Holland - Singer and guitarist for The Offspring
- Marilyn Horne (B.M. 1953) - Opera singer
- James Horner (B.M. 1974) - Film score composer
- William Kanengiser (B.M. 1981, M.M. 1983) - Classical guitarist
- James Newton Howard, Film score composer
- Morten Lauridsen (B.M. 1966, M.A. 1968, D.M.A. 1974) - Composer
- Robert Marsteller - US symphonic trombonist
- Bear McCreary - Film score composer
- Mark McGrath - Singer, Frontman of Sugar Ray, host of Extra
- Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., keyboardist for Jellyfish, Beck and The Moog Cookbook
- David Newman (M.M. 1982) - Film composer
- Kelley O'Connor (B.M. 2002) - Opera singer
- Martin O'Donnell - Composer best known for video game work
- John Ottman (B.A. 1988) - Film score composer
- Christopher Parkening (B.M. 1969) - Classical guitarist
- Basil Poledouris, Film score composer
- Brian Ralston - Film score composer
- Lee Ritenour (B.M. 1972) - Jazz guitarist
- Jessica Rivera (M.M. 1998) - Opera singer
- Douglas Romayne (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 2000) - Television and Film score composer
- Patrice Rushen (B.M. 1976) - Songwriter, session musician, producer, arranger, film composer, and musical director
- Craig Saper - Audio engineer, actor
- Scott Tennant (B.M. 1986) - Classical guitarist
- Salli Terri - Singer and songwriter
- Michael Tilson Thomas (B.M. 1967, M.M. 1976) Conductor and music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- Andrew York (M.M. 1986) - Classical guitarist-composer
- Marvin Young (more popularly known as Young MC) - Rapper, producer and writer
- Robyn Troup - Singer and "My Grammy Moment 2007" Winner
Performing arts
- Sasha Alexander - Actress
- Zeenat Aman - Indian Actress
- Morris Ankrum - Actor
- Brandon Barash - actor
- John Beradino - Baseball player and actor (General Hospital)
- Julie Marie Berman - Actress
- Richard Biggs - Actor
- Harry Blackstone, Jr. - Actor and magician
- Ward Bond - Football player and actor
- LeVar Burton - Actor
- Sophia Bush - Actress
- Eric Close - Actor
- Buster Crabbe - Actor, also All-American swimmer at USC
- James Dannaldson - Actor, animal handler
- Jenna Dewan - Actress and dancer
- Anthony Edwards - Film and television actor
- Rob Estes - Actor
- Dorothy Fay - Actress
- Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian
- America Ferrera - Actress
- Joe Flynn - Comedic actor
- David Gallagher - Actor
- Kevin Hagen - Actor
- Kristin Hanggi - Tony Award-nominated theatre director
- Larry Harmon - Actor, known as Bozo the Clown
Mike Henry - Actor, also played football at USC and in NFL- James Hong - Actor
- Grant Imahara - TV personality
- David Jaffe - Award-winning video game designer.
- Rob Kardashian - Actor
- Swoosie Kurtz - Actress
- Michael Landon - Actor
- Matthew Lawrence - Actor
- Nelson Leigh - Actor
- Jeff Lewis - Star of Flipping Out
- James Lesure - Actor
- Lisa Ling - Former co-host of The View
- Chris Lowell - Actor
- Joseph Mazzello - Actor
- Michael McDonald - Actor and comedian
- Ted McGinley - Actor
- Ty Miller - Actor
- Derek Mio - Actor
- Bentley Mitchum - Actor, Grandson of Robert Mitchum
- Senta Moses - Actress
- Timothy Olyphant - Actor
- Fess Parker - Screen and television actor
- Whitney Port - Actress
- Kelly Preston - Actress
- Ke Huy Quan - Actor and stuntman
- Raymond Lam - Actor At Hong Kong Top TV Station - "TVB" (Television Broadcasts Limited)
- Michael Pataki - Actor
- Paula Patton - Actress
- Drew Pinsky - Longtime physician co-host of Loveline
- Vaneza Leza Pitynski - Actress
- Whitney Port - Cast member on MTV's reality show The Hills
- John Ritter - Actor
- Mort Sahl - Comedian
- Kyra Sedgwick - Actress
- Tom Selleck - Actor
- Ally Sheedy - Actress
- Cybill Shepherd - Actress
- Robert Stack - Actor
- Eric Stoltz - Actor
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Actor
- Marlo Thomas - Actress
- Eve Torres - professional wrestler, dancer, and model
- John Wayne - Actor
- Forest Whitaker (B.A. 1982) Actor
- Robert Vaughn - Actor
- Anton Yelchin - Actor
- Lee Thompson Young - Actor
- Deborah Ann Woll - Actress best known as Jessica on HBO's True Blood
- Diana Pinto - Miss India America 2009
- Patty Hou - TV Host, Actress, Newscaster
Politics and government
Presidents and prime ministers
- Marouf al-Bakhit (M.A.) Former Prime Minister of Jordan
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (attended the College from 1947–49) First democratically elected Prime Minister and President of Pakistan
- Takeo Miki (attended the College in the 1930s) Former Prime Minister of Japan
- Abe Shinzo (attended the College from 1978–79) Former Prime Minister of Japan
- Kang Young-Hoon (M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1973) Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Cabinet ministers and secretaries
- Warren Christopher (B.A. 1945) Former United States Secretary of State
- Michael B. Donley (B.A. 1977, M.A. 1978) United States Secretary of the Air Force
- Robert Finch (LL.B. 1951) Attorney, former Lieutenant Governor of California, former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Vecdi Gönül (M.A.) Minister of Defence of Turkey and Member of Parliament for Kocaeli
- Paul Robert Ignatius (B.A.) Former Secretary of the Navy
- Hilda Solis (M.A. 1981) United States Secretary of Labor
- Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Ph.D. 1984) Foreign minister of Thailand
Governors
- Fred Hall (B.A.1938, LL.B. 1941) Former Governor of Kansas
- Tomás Yarrington (M.P.A. 1986) Former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico
United States Senators
- Thomas H. Kuchel (B.A. 1932, LL.B. 1935) Former United States Senator
- Jim Webb - U.S. Senator from Virginia
Members of the United States House of Representatives
- Bob Barr (B.A. 1970) Former U.S. Representative and Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States (2008)
- Mary Bono (B.A. 1984) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (J.D. 1956) Former Los Angeles County Supervisor, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Phillip Burton (B.A. 1947) Former United States Representative
- John Campbell (M.S.B.T. 1977) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Chris Cox (B.A. 1973) former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Lionel Van Deerlin (B.A. 1937) Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Henry Aldous Dixon (Ed.D. 1937) Former United States Representative from Utah
- Clyde Doyle (LL.B. 1917) Former United States Representative
- Bertrand W. Gearhart (LL.B. 1914) Former United States Representative
- Dean Heller (B.S. 1985) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Andrew J. Hinshaw (B.A. 1950) Former United States Representative
- Joseph F. Holt (B.S. 1947) Former United States Representative
- Craig Hosmer (J.D. 1940) Former United States Representative
- Jay Kim (B.S. 1967, M.S. 1969, M.S. 1970) Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Glenard P. Lipscomb - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- James F. Lloyd (M.A. 1966) Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Cynthia McKinney (B.A. 1978) Former U.S. Representative and Green Party nominee for President of the United States (2008)
- Ralph Metcalfe (M.A. 1939) Former member of the United States House of Representatives, Olympic champion, track & field
- Juanita Millender-McDonald (attended the College) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Dana Rohrabacher (M.A. 1971) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Byron N. Scott (M.A. 1930) Former United States Representative
- Walter R. Tucker III (B.A. 1978) Former United States Representative
- Robert A. Underwood (Ed.D. 1987) Former delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives
Jurists
See also: USC Gould School of Law
- William Byrne (B.S. 1953, LL.B. 1956) Former senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- David Eagleson (B.A. 1948, J.D. 1950) Former California Supreme Court Justice
- You Chung Hong (LL.B. 1924, LL.M. 1925) First Chinese American admitted to practice in California
- Edwin L. Jefferson (B.A. 1929, LL.B. 1931) California's first African American appellate justice
- Joyce L. Kennard (B.A. 1970, M.P.A. 1971, J.D. 1974) First female Asian-American to serve as an associate justice on the California Supreme Court
- William Schwarzer (A.B. 1948) Senior Judge serving on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi (J.D. 1959) First Japanese American U.S. federal judge
- Mabel Walker Willebrandt (J.D. 1916, LL.M. 1917) U.S. Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929
Military
- Ira Eaker (B.A. 1933) Former general of the United States Army Air Forces
- Geoffrey Miller (M.A.) Former United States Army Major General
- William L. Nyland (M.S.), Retired United States Marine Corps four-star general, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (2002-2005)
- Jerry D. Page (B.S. 1937) Former major general, United States Air Force; commandant, Air War College
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf (M.S.M.E. 1964) United States Army Four Star General
Ambassadors
- Jack Dyer Crouch, II (B.A. 1980, M.A. 1981, Ph.D. 1987) Former Deputy National Security Advisor, former U.S. Ambassador to Romania
- Genta H. Holmes (B.A. 1962) Former United States Foreign Service officer and the first U.S. Ambassador to Namibia
- Douglas Kmiec (J.D. 1976) United States Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
- Edward J. Perkins (M.P.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1976) Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, South Africa and the United Nations
- Warren W. Tichenor (B.A. 1982) 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva
- Robert Holmes Tuttle (M.B.A.) United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Presidential staff
- Joseph Cerrell (B.A. 1957) Former political consultant for President John F. Kennedy
- Herbert G. Klein (B.A. 1940) Former White House Communications Director
- Fred Ryan (B.A. 1977, J.D. 1980) Assistant and Chief of Staff for Ronald Reagan
- Donald Segretti (B.A. 1963) Political operative for Richard Nixon
- Ron Ziegler (B.A. 1961) Former White House Press Secretary
State officials
- Eugene W. Biscailuz 27th Los Angeles County Sheriff, 1st Superintendent of the California Highway Patrol.
- Joe Shell (B.S. 1940) California Assemblyman; intraparty rival of Richard Nixon; captain of the 1939 USC football team
- Jesse M. Unruh (B.A. 1948) Former California State Treasurer, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Michael L. Williams (B.A. 1975, M.P.A. 1979, J.D. 1979) Senior commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas
Miscellaneous
- James Dobson (Ph.D. 1967) Conservative evangelical leader
- Charles Elachi (M.B.A. 1978) Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Michael Fabricant (Ph.D. 1978) British politician and Member of Parliament
- Sattareh Farman Farmaian (B.A. 1946, M.A 1948) Social reformer, established the Tehran School for Social Work and the concept of family planning in Iran
- John Ferraro (B.S.B.A. 1948) Former Los Angeles city council president, also former football player
- Gil Garcetti, Los Angeles County's 39th District Attorney
- Michael Griffin (M.S.E.E. 1979) NASA Administrator from 2005 to 2009
- Frank McEnulty (M.B.A. 1981) Reform Party candidate for Vice President of the United States (2008)
- Cindy Hensley McCain (B.A. 1976, M.A 1978) Wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Chairwoman of Hensley & Co.
- Pat Nixon (B.A. 1937) First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
- Marcus Peacock (B.S. 1982) Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Richard Perle (B.A. 1964) Former assistant United States Secretary of Defense
- Reza Pahlavi (B.A. 1985) Former Crown Prince of Iran, the older son of late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Karl Warkomski (M.P.A. 1995) Former Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
Print and broadcast media
- Rob Asghar (B.A. 1984) Columnist
- David Bezmozgis (M.F.A.) Writer
- Anthony Boucher (B.A. 1932) Science fiction editor and writer of mystery novels and short stories
- Stacey Bradford (B.A. 1993) Personal finance author, journalist, and commentator
- Tammy Bruce (B.A. 2002) Author and political commentator
- Art Buchwald (attended the Annenberg School for Communication from 1945–48) Author and columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Stan Chambers (B.A. 1944) Reporter
- Julie Chen (B.A. 1991) Television personality, news anchor, journalist, and producer
- Mark Z. Danielewski (M.F.A. 1993) Author
- Frank Davey (Ph.D. 1968) Poet
- Maureen Furniss (Ph.D. 1994) Author, animation historian, and USC faculty member[3]
- Raj Kamal Jha (M.A. 1990) Author
- Spencer Johnson (B.A. 1963) Writer
- Pablo Kleinman (B.A.) Political columnist, entrepreneur
- Laila Lalami (Ph.D. 1997) Author and essayist
- Corinne Lee (B.A. 1983) Poet
- Sandra Tsing Loh (M.P.W. 1984) Radio commentator and author
- Arash Markazi (B.A. 2004) Journalist, writer for Sports Illustrated
- C. L. Moore (B.A. 1956, M.A. 1963) Science fiction and fantasy writer
- Joan Lowery Nixon (B.A. 1947) Journalist and author
- John Norman (M.A. 1957) Science fiction author and philosopher
- Petros Papadakis (B.A.) Sportscaster
- Alexandra Pelosi (M.A. 1993) Journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Joe Sheehan (B.A. 1994) Sportswriter and Co-Founder of Baseball Prospectus
- Lindsay Soto (B.A. 1998) Television sports journalist and producer
- Irving Stone (M.A. 1924) Writer, known for biographical novels of famous historical personalities
- Michele Tafoya (M.B.A. 1991) ESPN sportscaster
- Brad Thor - Author
- Paul Vangelisti (M.A. 1970) Poet and broadcaster
- Wayne Warga (B.A. 1960) Journalist and author
Other
- Gary Anderson (B.Arch. 1970, M.Arch 1971) Creater of the universal recycling symbol
- Wanda Austin (Ph.D. 1988) President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, NAE
- Ethel Percy Andrus (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1930) Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Jenova Chen, video game designer, co-founder thatgamecompany
- Annabel Chong Pseudonym of Grace Quek, pornographic actress, famous for engaging in 251 sex acts with about 70 men over a ten-hour period in January 1995, setting a world record, with the resulting footage being packaged as The World's Biggest Gang Bang.
- Salvatore Ferragamo, fashion designer
- Reuben Fine (Ph.D. 1948) Chess Grandmaster, psychologist
- Cliff Johnson (B.F.A. 1974) Author of award-winning computer puzzle games
- Valentino Mazzia (1922-1999), forensic anesthesiologist.[4]
- Tom Morey (B.A. 1957) Creator of the Boogie Board
- Stavros Niarchos III (B.S.B.A. 2007) Greek shipping-heir, professional kiteboarder, socialite
- Joseph Wapner (B.A. 1941, J.D. 1948) Judge of The People's Court, former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
- John Zerzan (completed his coursework towards a Ph.D., did not complete dissertation), anarchist and primitivist philosopher
Notable faculty members
- Leonard M. Adleman - Co-Inventor of RSA, Turing Award laureate
- William French Anderson - Genetics professor, dubbed "father of gene therapy"
- Michael A. Arbib - Computational neuroscience professor
- Tim Asch - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- Lois W. Banner - Former president of the American Studies Association, author
- Richard Bellman - inventor of dynamic programming
- Warren Bennis - University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration; named the "dean of leadership gurus" by Forbes magazine
- Shelley Berman - Comedian/actor/author - Teaches Writing Humor, Literary and Dramatic
- Terence Blanchard - Jazz trumpeter
- Barry Boehm - Software engineering economics expert, inventor of COCOMO
- Todd Boyd - Author, media commentator, producer and consultant.
- T.C. Boyle - Novelist
- Leo Buscaglia - Special education, noted author
- Pete Carroll - Football coach
- Drew Casper - Film Historian
- Manuel Castells - Sociologist, played a key role in the development of a Marxist urban sociology
- John Choma - Renowned analog and mixed signal circuit designer
- Thomas Crow - Art Critic, Director of the Getty Research Institute
- António Damásio - Physician and neurologist
- Paul Debevec - Renowned graphics researcher
- Rod Dedeaux - Baseball coach
- Richard Dekmejian - World-renowned expert on international relations
- Jerry Del Colliano - Founder of Inside Radio publication
- Richard Easterlin - Economics professor
- Mar Elepano - Artist, animator, filmmaker
- Robert English [disambiguation needed] - Assistant Professor of International Relations
- Susan Estrich - Author, law professor, former campaign manager, Michael Dukakis for President
- Caleb E. Finch - World-renowned Alzheimer's disease researcher
- Scott Fisher - Pioneering virtual reality researcher
- Eric Fossum - Inventor of CMOS image sensor
- Andrew Garver - Grammy-nominated mastering engineer, entrepreneur
- Barry Glassner - Renowned sociologist, made an appearance in Bowling for Columbine
- Solomon W. Golomb - Mathematician, invented the Golomb coding and Golomb ruler
- Jane Goodall - Distinguished adjunct professor of anthropology
- Midori Gotō - Violinist and the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Music
- David Griffith - Film director, contributed Mise en scène and various film editing techniques to film grammar
- Eva Gustavson - opera singer
- Judith Halberstam - Gender Theorist
- Ted Harris - Mathematician, former President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Jascha Heifetz - Violinist, one of the most famous of the 20th century
- Tomlinson Holman - Inventor of Lucasfilm's THX sound system
- John Hospers - Philosopher, first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party
- Cheng Hsiao - Economics professor
- Mark Humayun - Ophthalmologist, co-inventor of Argus Retinal Prosthesis
- A. Quincy Jones - Residential architect and influential figure in modern urban planning concepts, USC Dean of Architecture.
- Mark Kac - Eminent mathematician, pioneered the modern development of probability
- Bart Kosko – Professor of electrical engineering, fuzzy logic authority
- Vijay Kumar (Ph.D. 1983) - Professor of electrical engineering, Pioneer of quaternary error-correction codes
- Timur Kuran - economist, specializing in the study of Islamic finance and its consequences
- Jerome Lawrence - Playwright
- Richard Leahy - Renowned medical-imaging engineer, chief creator of BrainStorm
- Robert C. Lipsett - Violin Pedagogue
- David Lloyd (academic) Professor of English and political activist
- Raymond Loewy - Noted industrial designer
- Leonard Maltin - Famous film critic
- Barbara Myerhoff - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- B. Clifford Neuman - Inventor of Kerberos
- Richard Neutra - Modernist architect
- George Olah - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- James J. Owens - Author, Founder and CEO of The World is Just a Book Away Foundation
- Ishu Patel - Noted artist, director, animator, photographer
- William Pereira - Influential architect and urban planner
- Gregor Piatigorsky - Cellist
- Jon Postel - Internet pioneer, former director of Information Sciences Institute's Computer Networks Division
- Christiane Robbins- Noted, Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer; Professor of Visual Art, Inter-Arts, Director of Matrix Program
- Irving S. Reed - Inventor of Reed-Solomon codes
- Everett Rogers - Professor of communications
- Steven B. Sample - Professor of electrical engineering and leadership, noted author, USC president
- Robert Scheer - Noted journalist and social, political activist
- Dan Schnur - political communication instructor, former Communications Director, John McCain for President
- Arnold Schoenberg - Composer
- Scott Soames - Professor of philosophy
- Craig Stanford - Professor of biological anthropology
- Gay Talese - One of the founders of New Journalism
- Shirley Thomas - Professor of technical writing
- Michael S. Waterman - Founding editor of Journal of Computational Biology
- Paul Wehrle - Physician who helped in the development of methods for the prevention and treatment of polio and smallpox
- Dallas Willard - Philosophy professor, Author of Divine Conspiracy and other important Christian works, Speaker
- Darryl F. Zanuck - One of the major figures in the Hollywood studio system
References
- ^ Martin, Douglas. "Alfred Gottschalk, 79, Scholar of Reform Judaism, Is Dead", The New York Times, September 15, 2009. Accessed September 16, 2009.
- ^ "USC Fact Book, Did You Know?". USC. http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/did_you_know.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
- ^ "Maureen Furniss Adjunct Faculty. University of Southern California.
- ^ Severo, Richard. "Valentino Mazzia, 77, Student Of Deaths Under Anesthesia", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed October 21, 2009.
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