List of Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) people
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The following is a list of individuals associated with Berkeley High School (California) through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
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Notable alumni
Activists
- Bob Avakian, 1960, head of Revolutionary Communist Party[1]
- David Brower, 1928, president of Sierra Club; founder of Friends of the Earth[2]
- John Froines, 1957, Chicago Seven defendant, state track title team member, UCLA professor[3]
- Bobby Seale, 1954, co-founder of Black Panther Party[4]
Actors
- Raymond Burr, 1935, actor[5]
- Rafael Casal, actor, writer, producer[6]
- Justin Chu Cary, 2000, actor[7]
- Robert Culp, 1947, actor[8]
- Daveed Diggs, 2000, actor, producer, rapper (Hamilton)[9]
- Richard Gant, 1961, television and film actor[10]
- Nina Hartley, 1977, adult film actress[11]
- Timothy Hutton, 1978, film and television actor[12]
- Paul Mooney, 1959, actor, comedian[13]
- Rebecca Romijn, 1990, model, actress[14]
- Andy Samberg, 1996, actor, former cast member of Saturday Night Live[15]
- Akiva Schaffer, 1995, comedy writer and director, Saturday Night Live writer and director[16]
- Adivi Sesh, Tollywood actor[17]
- Jorma Taccone, 1995, comedy writer-actor, Saturday Night Live writer[18]
Artists and photographers
- Reuben Heyday Margolin, 1988, artist/kinetic sculptor[19]
- Galen Rowell, 1958, wilderness photographer; did much work for the Sierra Club[20]
- Bruce Ryan, 1971, production designer[21]
- Ariel Schrag, 1998, cartoonist/graphic novelist[22]
Athletes
- Chidi Ahanotu, 1988, football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL[23]
- Shooty Babitt, 1977, Major League Baseball player, Oakland A's[24]
- Don Barksdale, 1941, All-American basketball player at UCLA; first African-American on US Olympic basketball team (1948); first African-American to play in NBA All-Star game (1953)[25]
- Rich Barry, Major League Baseball outfielder for Philadelphia Phillies[26]
- Brittany Boyd, 2011, basketball player[27]
- Glenn Burke (1970 Athlete of the Year), Major League Baseball player[28]
- Phil Chenier, basketball player for the Washington Bullets in the 1970s[29]
- Je'Rod Cherry, football player; won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots[30]
- Merv Connors, former MLB player (Chicago White Sox)[31]
- Bill Durkee, 1939, National Basketball League player for the Minneapolis Lakers[32]
- Jack Faszholz, former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals)[33]
- Leah Freeman, 2020, soccer player[34]
- Augie Galan, former MLB outfielder[35]
- Hal Gilson, former MLB pitcher[36]
- Jacob Grandison, 2016, College Basketball player for Holy Cross and Illinois[37]
- Chick Hafey, 1921, Major League Baseball player; won two World Series with St. Louis Cardinals; had first hit in All-Star Game history[38]
- Kamani Hill, 2004, soccer player; forward for Colorado Rapids[39]
- Ruppert Jones (1973 Athlete of the Year), Major League Baseball player; 2-time All-Star[40]
- Jack LaLanne, 1935, fitness educator[41]
- Ray Lamanno, former MLB catcher[42]
- John Lambert, basketball player at University of Southern California and in NBA[43]
- Billy Martin, 1946, Major League Baseball player; second baseman for five New York Yankees World Series teams in the 1950s, and manager of four playoff teams (Twins, Yankees, Detroit, A's), including one championship[44]
- Lawrence McGrew, 1975, football player, linebacker for New England Patriots, New York Giants 1980–1991[45]
- Walter Murray, gridiron football player[46]
- Hannibal Navies, 1995, football player[47]
- Steve Odom, football player, wide receiver for Green Bay Packers 1974–1977[48]
- Gene Ransom, basketball player for University of California, Berkeley[49]
- Jeff Ransom, former MLB catcher[50]
- Earl Robinson, former MLB player[51]
- Claudell Washington, Major League Baseball outfielder[52]
- Jason Young, former MLB pitcher[53]
Authors, journalists, and poets
- Miguel Almaguer, c. 1995, correspondent, NBC News[54]
- Peter J. Aschenbrenner, 1963, author[55]
- Belva Davis, 1951, journalist[56]
- Philip K. Dick, 1947, author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which the movie Blade Runner was based, and many other books[57]
- Aaron Cometbus Elliott, 1986, writer/publisher of Cometbus zine, musician[58]
- Vincent Duffey, 1911,[59] playwright[60]
- David Gordon, 1961, editor of Harvard Crimson, economist, syndicated columnist[61]
- Sandra Gulland, 1962, novelist[62]
- Shelley Jackson, author of Patchwork Girl[63]
- Ursula K. Le Guin, 1947, science fiction author of the Earthsea series, The Left Hand of Darkness, and many other books[64]
- Thomas Levenson, 1958, science writer, author of Newton and the Counterfeiter, Einstein in Berlin and other books[65]
- Leza Lowitz, 1980, author, poet, editor, journalist[66]
- Ariel Schrag, 1998, autobiographical graphic novelist[67]
- Joel Selvin, 1967, rock music critic and author[68]
- Frank Somerville, 1976, television news anchor, KTVU Oakland[69]
- Ricardo Sternberg, 1967, poet[70]
- Tess Taylor, 1995, poet and CNN contributor[71]
- Elizabeth Treadwell, 1985, poet[72]
- Shannon Wheeler, c. 1984, cartoonist, author of Too Much Coffee Man; published in The Onion, The New Yorker, and Mad magazine[73]
- Charlotte Wilder, c. 1915, poet, sister of Thornton Wilder[74]
- Thornton Wilder, c. 1915, novelist and playwright[75]
Educators
- Shirley A. R. Lewis, c. 1956, former president of Paine College[76]
- Joshua Fogel, c. 1968, professor emeritus of Chinese and Japanese history at York University.
Entrepreneurs
- Paul Budnitz, 1985, founder of Kidrobot and Ello[77]
- Ben Horowitz, c. 1984, businessman, investor, blogger, and author[78]
Filmmakers
- Amir Bar-Lev, 1990, documentary director/producer[79]
- Gregory Hoblit, 1962, television and film director[80]
- Ian Inaba, 1989, music video/film director[81]
- Leah Meyerhoff, 1997, Student Academy Award-nominated filmmaker[82]
- Dave Meyers, 1990, music video/film director[83]
- Michael Ritchie, 1956, film director
- Colin Tilley, 2006, music video/film director (including music videos for Chris Brown and Justin Bieber)[84]
Mathematicians, scientists and inventors
- Richard Bolt, 1928, physics professor at MIT with an interest in acoustics; created BBN ("modem" and "e-mail")[85]
- John Brillhart, 1948, mathematician, author of books on large-number factorization[86]
- Andrew Gleason (graduated elsewhere), mathematician[87]
- Sam Ruben, 1931?, co-discoverer of C14, a radioactive isotope of carbon, in 1940; the isotope led to many advances in the fields of biochemistry and medicine as well as its use in carbon dating for archeology[88]
- Pei-Yuan Wei, 1986, (魏培源, pinyin: Wèi Péiyuán), created ViolaWWW, one of the first graphical web browsers[89]
- Bill Woodcock, 1989, developed anycast DNS, and built more than 100 Internet exchange points around the world[90]
Media
- Megan Greenwell, journalist and editor-in-chief of Deadspin and Wired.com[91]
- Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler, 2004, esports commentator
- Dawn Monique Williams, 1996, theatre director[92]
Musicians
- Ambrose Akinmusire, 2000, jazz trumpet player[93]
- Peter Apfelbaum, 1978, multi-instrumentalist/composer of Hieroglyphics Ensemble[94]
- Will Bernard, 1977, guitarist[95]
- Steven Bernstein, 1979, jazz trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader[96]
- Stephen Bishop, 1958, classical pianist also known as Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich and Stephen Kovacevich[97]
- Kevin Cadogan, 1988, rock guitarist, formerly of Third Eye Blind
- The Cataracs, indie-pop duo[98]
- Aaron Cometbus, drummer in punk bands Crimpshrine and Pinhead Gunpowder, author of Cometbus fanzine[99]
- DJ Hollygrove- Grammy Winner, DJ and on air radio personality, attended, Class of 2002
- DJ Fuze, hip hop DJ and record producer[100]
- Gabriela Lena Frank, 1990, classical composer and pianist[101]
- G-Eazy, 2007, rapper, songwriter[102]
- Benny Green, 1980, jazz pianist[103]
- Charlie Hunter, 1985, jazz guitarist[104]
- David Immerglück, 1979, multi-instrumentalist/guitarist for Counting Crows, Camper Van Beethoven and the Monks of Doom
- Joe and Eddie (Joe Gilbert and Eddie Brown), folk singers[105]
- Greg 'Curly' Keranen, 1973, bassist, The Rubinoos, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers[106]
- KSHMR, 2006, electronic musician, record producer[107]
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka, 1964, founding member/baritone saxophone of Tower of Power[108]
- Phil Lesh, 1957, Grateful Dead bass player[109]
- Jesse Michaels, singer of the East Bay punk band Operation Ivy, Common Rider; son of writer Leonard Michaels[110]
- Johnny Otis (1921–2012), musician, record producer, disc jockey[111]
- Jeff Ott, 1988, vocalist/guitarist of Crimpshrine and Fifteen
- Lenny Pickett, Saturday Night Live saxophone player[112]
- Julian Waterfall Pollack, 2006, jazz pianist[113]
- Thomas Pridgen, drummer for The Mars Volta[114]
- Joshua Redman, 1986, jazz musician[115]
- Alex Skolnick, 1987, guitarist of the thrash metal band Testament
- Geoff Tyson, guitarist and record producer[116]
- Evanora Unlimited, 2018, record producer, multimedia artist[117]
- The Uptones, ska band[118]
- Kyle Vincent, contemporary pop recording artist/singer-songwriter, producer
- Donald Weilerstein, 1958, classical violinist, founder of Cleveland String Quartet, faculty member at Juilliard School
- Kate Wolf, née Allen, 1960, folk singer/songwriter[119]
Politicians
- Audie Bock, 1963, California politician and film scholar[120]
- Shirley Dean, 1950, Berkeley City Council member 1975–1982 and 1986–1994, and mayor 1994–2002[120]
- Matthew Denn, 1984, lieutenant governor of Delaware 2009–2014, Attorney General of Delaware 2015[121]
- Elihu Harris, 1965, mayor of Oakland, California, 1991–99[122]
- George Livingston, first elected African American Mayor of Richmond 1985–1993[123]
- Aaron Peskin, 1982, former president, San Francisco Board of Supervisors[124]
- Nick Sinai, former Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States and gov-tech pioneer[125]
Notable faculty
- Charles L. Biedenbach, principal of Berkeley High
- Pumpsie Green, first black player for the Boston Red Sox; coached baseball at Berkeley High for many years
- Edgar Manske, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, former assistant football coach at Cal under Pappy Waldorf; taught biology at Berkeley High for 20 years (1955–1975)
