List of Los Angeles Unified School District people
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This is a list of notable alumni, faculty and current students of the American Los Angeles Unified School District, located in Los Angeles, California.
Notable alumni
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Academia, science and technology
- Vint Cerf, computer scientist, one of the "fathers of the Internet"[1]
- Walt Cunningham, astronaut[2]
- John McCarthy (1927–2011), computer technology, "father of artificial intelligence" [3]
- Glenn T. Seaborg, nuclear chemistry, Nobel laureate[2][4]
Arts and literature
- Ray Bradbury, author[5]
- Helen Gurley Brown, author, publisher, and businesswoman who founded Cosmopolitan magazine[6]
- James Ellroy, writer[7]
- Craig Ellwood (1922–1992), architect[8]
- Murray Fromson, CBS News correspondent and USC professor[citation needed]
- Edith Head (1897–1981), Academy Award-winning costume designer
- Karl Hubenthal (1917–1998), cartoonist
- Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
- Jack Smith (1916–1996), columnist, journalist[9]
- Irving Stone, writer
Film, television, and theatre
- Byron Allen, talk show host[10]
- Carol Burnett, comedian
- Adam Carolla, comedian[11]
- Richard Crenna (1926–2003), actor[12]
- Leonardo DiCaprio, actor [13]
- Micky Dolenz, actor/musician/drummer of The Monkees[14]
- Nanette Fabray, actor
- Mike Frankovich (1909–1992), film producer[15]
- Joel Grey née Joel David Katz (1950), singer and actor[16]
- Rita Hayworth née Margarita Carmen Cansino, actress[17]
- Carole Lombard, actress[18]
- Quinn Martin, producer[19]
- Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), actor[2]
- David Nelson, actor
- Ricky Nelson, actor
- Anthony Quinn (1915–2001), actor[citation needed]
- Robert Redford, actor[2]
- Mort Sahl, humorist[12]
- Tom Selleck, actor[20]
- Coy Watson, Jr. (1912–2009), child actor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family[15]
- Delmar Watson (1926–2008), actor, photo-journalist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family[21]
- Harry R. Watson (1921–2001), actor, photo-journalist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family[22][23]
- Jack Webb (1920–1982), producer, director, actor[12][24]
- Robert Young, actor[2]
Music
- Steven Adler, musician, drummer (Guns N' Roses)[25]
- Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive[26]
- Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician, bassist, trumpet player (Red Hot Chili Peppers)[26]
- Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), folk singer, activist[27]
- Stan Kenton (1911–1979), pianist, composer, and arranger[28]
- Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[29]
- Phil Spector, record producer[30]
- Mike Stoller, music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[29]
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, pianist and composer
- Roger Wagner, choral musician, administrator and educator
Athletics
- Garret Anderson, former MLB player with the Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers
- Gilbert Arenas, professional basketball player, NBA All-Star with Washington Wizards[31]
- Ron Botchan, NFL official[32]
- Anthony Davis, USC star running back and later pro football player in the NFL and Canadian Football leagues
- Oscar De La Hoya, former world champion and gold medal-winning boxer and founder of Golden Boy Promotions[33]
- Don Drysdale (1936–1993), National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher[34]
- Jordan Farmar, NBA basketball player[35]
- Jeff Fisher, former NFL player and head coach
- Gail Goodrich, basketball player in the NBA, attended UCLA[36]
- Luis (Lou) Gomez, MLB player[15]
- Mike Haynes, NFL Hall of Famer
- Robert Lyles, NFL player[37]
- Gary Matthews, former Major League Baseball player[38]
- Dick Moje, National Football League [39]
- Jim E. Mora, football coach
- Eddie Murray, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Bobby Riggs (1918–1995), tennis player
- Ozzie Smith, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Charles White, football player, Heisman Trophy winner[40]
- Mal Whitfield, athlete[41]
Medicine
- David Ho, AIDS researcher, physician and Time magazine's 1996 Man of the Year[42]
- Sammy Lee, MD, Olympic gold medalist in diving[2]
- Norman Topping (1908–1997), MD, president of the University of Southern California[2]
Business and law
- Lee Baca, sheriff of Los Angeles County, 1998–2014[43]
- Warren Christopher, U.S. secretary of state
- Jimmy Doolittle, aviation pioneer
- Daryl F. Gates, Los Angeles police chief, 1978–1992[44]
- Carlos R. Moreno, California Supreme Court justice (Cl. of 1966)[45]
- Dorothy Wright Nelson, United States federal judge[2]
- Harry Pregerson, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit[2]
- Manuel Lawrence Real, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California[2]
- Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom[46]
Politics and government
- Howard Berman, former U.S. representative[47]
- Tom Bradley (1917–1998), mayor of Los Angeles[48]
- Ralph Bunche, educator, UN mediator on Palestine and Nobel Peace Prize winner[49]
- Vickie Castro, activist and member of the LAUSD School Board[50]
- James Charles Corman (1920–2000), congressman[51]
- Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Jane L. Harman, U.S. House of Representatives[52]
- Augustus F. Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 21st and 29th district 1963–1991; California assembly 1935–1963[53]
- Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player[54]
- Glenard P. Lipscomb (1915–1970), congressman[15]
- Howard McKeon, U.S. House of Representatives from the 25th District (1993–2015)([55]
- Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77[56]
- Edward R. Roybal (1917–2005), member of the U.S. House of Representatives(1963–93)[57]
- Vincent Thomas (1907–1980), California assemblyman
- Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st mayor of Los Angeles[58]
Miscellaneous
- Patrick Argüello (1943–1970), US-Nicaraguan national killed in the attempted hijack of an El Al flight, as carried out by the PFLP[59]
- Al Michaels, television sportscaster
Notable faculty
- Fay Allen, first African-American woman to be elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District board[60]
- Salvador B. Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist[61]
- Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), educator[62]
- Jim Tunney, principal and NFL official[63]