List of Los Angeles City College people
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This page lists the members of Los Angeles City College, including students, alumni, faculty and academic affiliates associated.
Economics
- Lawrence Klein, economist, Nobel Prize recipient in Economics (deceased)
Communications
- Pete Arbogast, radio announcer
- Murray Fromson, broadcast journalist
- Paul Olden, radio announcer
- Ted Sobel, sports journalist
Education
- Maulana Karenga, professor of Black Studies, activist and founder of Kwanzaa
- Margaret Martin, Harmony Project founder and recipient of President's Citizens Medal
Entertainment
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Performance
- Michael Ansara, actor
- Rene Michelle Aranda, actress
- Bob Arbogast, radio broadcaster and voice actor
- Alan Arkin, actor, Academy Award recipient
- Billy Barty, actor and founder, Little People of America
- Brenda Benet, actress
- Barbara Billingsley, actor
- Tommy Bond, actor
- Sufe Bradshaw, actress
- Albert Brooks, actor, comedian and director
- Grand L. Bush, actor
- Diana Canova, actor
- Ralph Carter, actor
- James Coburn, actor, Academy Award recipient
- Angela Dorian, actress and model
- Clint Eastwood, actor; producer, Academy Award recipient; director
- Christine Elise, actress, author, writer, producer
- Mike Evans, actor
- Laurence Fishburne, actor
- Al Freeman Jr., actor, Emmy recipient
- Morgan Freeman, actor, Academy Award recipient
- Don Grady, actor on TV's My Three Sons[1]
- Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, actor, Tony Award recipient
- Deidre Hall, actor
- Mark Hamill, actor
- Earl Hammond, actor, voice actor
- Linda Hart, actor
- Alex Henteloff, actor
- Allen Hoskins, actor
- Jackie Joseph, actor
- Aron Kader, comedian
- Sally Kellerman, actor, Academy Award nominee
- Margaret Kerry, actor
- Wallace Langham, actor
- Ruta Lee, actor
- Elliott Lewis, actor, director and producer in old-time radio[2]
- Whitman Mayo, actor
- Angela McEwan, actor
- James Mitchell, actor and dancer
- Dickie Moore, actor
- Wayne Morris, actor, WWII ace
- Shelley Morrison, actor
- Stephen Nichols, actor
- Jeanette Nolan, actor
- Hugh O'Brian, actor, Golden Globe Award recipient
- Rosie Perez, actor and choreographer
- Donna Reed, actor, Academy Award recipient
- Maggie Roswell, actor
- Reiko Sato, dancer and actress[3]
- Wendy Schaal, actress
- Alexis Smith, actor, Tony Award recipient
- Mila del Sol, Philippine actress, entrepreneur, civic-leader, philanthropist
- Louise Sorel, actor
- Joseph Stern, actor
- Roy Thinnes, actor
- Irene Tsu, actress[4]
- Robert Vaughn, actor, Emmy Award recipient
- David White, actor; played Larry Tate on the Bewitched TV series
- Stuart Whitman, actor
- Cindy Williams, actor and producer
- Ed Williams, actor
- Esther Williams, actor, Golden Globe Award recipient
- Mykelti Williamson, actor
- Paul Winfield, actor, Emmy Award recipient
- Jo Anne Worley, actor
- Tony Young, actor
Production
- Ray Aghayan, costume designer, Emmy Award recipient
- Rudy Behlmer, director and author
- True Boardman, screenwriter and actor
- Zev Buffman, Broadway producer
- Charles Burnett, director and writer
- Charles Campbell, sound engineer, Academy Award recipient
- Tamra Davis, filmmaker
- Robert Elswit, cinematographer, Academy Award recipient
- F. Gary Gray, director and producer
- Maggie Greenwald, director and writer
- Ray Harryhausen, producer, director and special effects artist; special Academy Award recipient
- Albert Hughes, director, producer, screenwriter
- Bruce Kimmel, director, producer, writer, actor and composer
- Mimi Leder, director, Emmy Award recipient
- Michael Lembeck, director, Emmy Award recipient; actor
- William McCloud, camera operator, Emmy Award recipient
- John Milius, screenwriter, producer and director
- Karen Moncrieff, director
- Sharon Oreck, producer and author
- José Quintero, director
- Gene Roddenberry, producer and screenwriter
- Robert J. Sexton, producer, director, writer, and former musician
- Tarsem Singh, director
- Kevin Tent, editor, Academy Award nominee
Fine arts
Art
- Don Bachardy, artist
- Billy Al Bengston, painter and sculptor
- Roberto Esteban Chavez, artist, known for his personally symbolic portraits, public murals
- Melvin Edwards, sculptor
- Cristian Gheorghiu, contemporary artist/painter[5]
- Gerhardt Knodel (born 1940), textile artist, educator[6][7]
- Doyle Lane, ceramist
- John Lees, artist and painter
- Kerry James Marshall, artist
- Evangeline Montgomery, print-maker, metal smith and weaver
- Ruth Orkin, photographer and filmmaker
- Hisako Terasaki, artist and etcher
- H.C. Westermann, printmaker and sculptor
- Robert Williams, painter and cartoonist
Dance
- Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
- Janet Collins, ballerina
Design
- Lester Oliver Bankhead, architect[8]
- Frank Gehry, architect, Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient
- Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer
Music
- Roy Ayers, jazz musician
- Chet Baker, trumpeter and vocalist
- Robert Bradley, blues musician
- Pamela Courson, singer
- Eric Dolphy, jazz musician
- Jean Fenn, opera singer
- Bob Florence, composer, band leader and educator
- Don Friedman, jazz pianist
- Herb Geller, jazz musician
- Jerry Goldsmith, composer, Academy Award recipient
- M.C. Hammer, aka Stanley K. Burrell, R&B musician
- DJ Irene, aka Irene M. Gutiérrez, electronic music DJ
- Earl Kim, composer
- Leon Kirchner, composer
- Florence LaRue, lead singer of The 5th Dimension
- Howard Leese, rock musician and producer
- Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, songwriters and Hall of Fame producers, Grammy recipients
- David Liebe Hart, outsider musician, street performer, artist, actor, puppeteer
- George London, opera singer and administrator
- Lebo M, composer
- Les McCann, jazz pianist and singer
- Charles Mingus, jazz musician
- Arthur Nakane, one-man band act
- Lennie Niehaus, composer
- Marni Nixon, vocalist
- Odetta, folk singer
- Dianne Reeves, jazz singer, Grammy recipient
- Howard Rumsey, jazz musician
- Robin Russell, drummer
- Jack Sheldon, jazz musician
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor, National Medal of Arts recipient
- Ed Thigpen, jazz drummer
- Russ Titelman, music producer, Grammy recipient; songwriter
- John Williams, composer, Academy Award recipient
- La Monte Young, composer
- Michele Zukovsky, principal and solo clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Writing
- Byron Barton, author and illustrator
- Kurt Boone, author and poet
- Charles Bukowski, poet and author
- Ed Bullins, playwright, Obie Award recipient
- Leonard Buschel, writer, founder of film festival and addiction and recovery organization
- Carlos Castaneda, author
- Charles Eastman, playwright and screenwriter
- Charles Gordone, playwright, Pulitzer Prize recipient; actor, Obie Award recipient; director
- Jim Harmon, author and producer
- Michael S. Harper, poet, former Poet Laureate of Rhode Island
- Bryan Malessa, author
- Terry McMillan, author
- David Meltzer, poet, musician and educator
- Alejandro Murguía, poet, current Poet Laureate of San Francisco
- Pat Parker, poet and activist
- Judith Reisman, conservative writer
- Carolyn See, author and educator
- Gerald Silver, author, educator, and community activist
- Justin Tanner, playwright
- Quincy Troupe, poet; former Poet Laureate of California
Law
- John Branca, music attorney, co-executor of the Michael Jackson Estate
- Albert L. Gordon, lawyer and gay rights advocate
Public service
Military
- Susan Ahn Cuddy, U.S. Navy, first Asian-American female Navy officer, first female gunnery officer, WWII
- Herbert R. Temple Jr. (Ret.), chief of the National Guard Bureau
Elected officials
- Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council member
- Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Council member
- Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles City Council member (former)
- Bernard C. Parks, Los Angeles City Council member and former chief of police
- Arthur K. Snyder, Los Angeles City Council member, lawyer
- Diane Watson, member of Congress
Judiciary
- Lourdes Baird, U.S. District Court (Ret.)
- Vaino Spencer, Los Angeles County Superior Court, co-founded the Black Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges, deceased
Religion
- Robert Sirico, Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Acton Institute
Science
- Lawrence H. Johnston, physicist
- Rosella Kanarik, mathematics professor
- Robert B. Leighton, astrophysicist, Rumsford Prize and James Craig Watson Medal recipient
- Seymour Liebergot, former NASA Flight Controller during the Apollo program
Sports
Baseball
- Emmett Ashford, baseball umpire
- Dennis Gilbert, LACC Hall of Fame baseball inductee, sports agent and entrepreneur
Basketball
- Larry Friend, professional basketball player
Football
- Kermit Alexander, professional football player
- Don Bishop, professional football player
- Ron Botchan, football coach
- Homer Butler, professional football player
- Milt Davis, professional football player
- Mike Douglass, former NFL player
- Vince Evans, professional football player
- Reggie Haynes, professional football player
- Woodley Lewis, professional football player
- Rod Martin, former All-Pro player Oakland Raiders
- Jaelan Phillips, professional football player[9]
- Harry Thompson, football player
Track
- Jeff Williams, sprinter
Wrestling
- José "Pepper" Gomez, professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Miscellaneous
- Richard Butler, white supremacist
References
- ↑ Kaufman, Dave (1968). TV 69: Who's Who, What's What in the New TV Season (mass market paperback). New York: Signet. p. 130.
- ↑ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 165.
- ↑ Claesson, Samuel. "The Story of Reiko Sato", Classic Images (July 2024)
- ↑ "Actress Irene Tsu, an LACC Alum, Talks to LACC Cinema Students About her Film Career", Los Angeles City College News, December 1, 2006
- ↑ Gheorghiu, Cristian (July 5, 2012). "KCET interview". www.kcet.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Miniature Fiber Arts: A National Exhibition. Textile Workshops. 1980. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-9604110-0-9.
- ↑ "Overview Collection Information: Oral history interview with Gerhardt Knodel". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. August 3, 2004. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ↑ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 1, 2004). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95628-8.
- ↑ Perez, Amanda (October 8, 2020). "'It's surreal to be back': Former top recruit Jaelan Phillips finds second chance at Miami". ESPN. Retrieved April 18, 2021.