List of University of California, Los Angeles people

This is a list of notable present and former faculty, staff, and students of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Notable alumni

Summarize

Perspective

Nobel laureates

Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize^[1]
Richard F. Heck – recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[2]
Robert Bruce Merrifield – recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[3]
Elinor Ostrom – recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences^[4]
Ardem Patapoutian – recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine^[5]
Randy Schekman – recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine^[6]
Glenn T. Seaborg – recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[7]
William F. Sharpe – recipient of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences^[8]
Andrea Ghez – recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics^[9]

Academia, science and technology

Hutton Ayikwei Addy – professor of Public Health, first dean of the University for Development Studies Medical School
Allen Adham, B.S. Engineering, 1990 – co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment^[10]^[11]
Thomas A. Kennedy, Ph.D. Engineering 1984 – executive chairman, Raytheon Technologies
C. Anthony Anderson, Ph.D. Philosophy – professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sara Alpern, M.A. History, 1968 – professor of feminist history, Texas A&M University^[12]
Theresa H. Arriola – Chamorro cultural anthropologist
William Arveson – mathematician; professor of mathematics, University of California, Berkeley^[13]
Molefi Kete Asante, Ph.D. 1968 – professor of African-American studies, Temple University; founder of the theory of Afrocentricity^[14]
Bernadette Atuahene, B.A. 1997 – property law scholar, James E. Jones Chair at the University of Wisconsin Law School
June Bacon-Bercey, B.S. 1954, M.S. 1955 – expert on weather; first African-American and first woman to be awarded the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval^[15]
Paul Baran, M.S. 1959 – Internet pioneer^[16]
Barry Boehm, M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1964 – computer scientist; designed the constructive-cost model in software engineering^[17]
Vance Brand, M.B.A. 1964 – astronaut on STS-35, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-41-B, STS-5^[18]
Joanna Brooks, Ph.D. 1999 – literary scholar, professor, author^[19]
Kate Brousseau – chair of the Psychology Department at Mills College, valedictorian of the first graduating class from Los Angeles State Normal School in 1884^[20]
Lara Brown – political scientist and director of The Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University^[21]
Angela Bryan B.A. 1992, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, health psychologist conducting HIV/STD and cannabis research
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"^[22]
Steven N. S. Cheung – former head, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong^{[citation needed]}
Juan Cole – professor of history, University of Michigan^[23]
Francine Coeytaux – women's health worker and abortion rights activist^[24]
Steve Crocker, B.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1977 – Internet pioneer^[25]
Walter Cunningham, B.A. 1960, M.A. 1961 – astronaut; Apollo lunar-module pilot, Apollo 7
Robert Dassanowsky – B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1992 – CU Distinguished professor of film studies and languages and literatures, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; film and cultural historian; film producer
Mike Davis – writer and urban theorist; creative-writing professor, University of California, Riverside
Veronica Della Dora, Ph.D. 2005 – professor of human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London; Fellow of the British Academy
Keith DeRose, Ph.D. Philosophy – professor, Yale University
Edward Diller, B.A. 1953 – professor of Germanic languages and literature, University of Oregon
Kim Yi Dionne, B.A. 1999, M.A. 2007, Ph.D. 2010 – political scientist
Eliza T. Dresang – M.A. in library and information science
Glenn S. Dumke, Ph.D. 1942 – historian; chancellor, California State University
Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D. – clinical psychologist, media expert, and author
Vernon Dvorak, M.S. 1966 – meteorologist; developed the Dvorak technique
Charles Elachi, M.S. 1983 – director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thomas Everhart, M.S. 1955 – physicist; former president, California Institute of Technology
Claude S. Fischer, B.A. 1968 – sociologist; professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Anna Lee Fisher, B.S. 1971, M.D. 1976 – astronaut
FM-2030, B.A. 1952 – transhumanist philosopher and author
Martin Ford, M.B.A. 1991 – author of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, winner of the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Arthur Furst – toxicologist and cancer researcher
Biruté Galdikas, B.S. 1966, M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1978 – primatologist; considered the world's foremost expert in primatology^{[citation needed]}
E. Mark Gold, Ph.D. 1965 – computer scientist
Louis M. Goldstein, Ph.D. 1977 – professor of linguistics and psychology, Yale University
Stathis Gourgouris, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. – professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University
Nancy Guerra, B.A. – psychologist and dean of the School of Social Ecology at University of California, Irvine
Elliot Hirshman, M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1987 – President of San Diego State University
David Ho – physician and AIDS researcher; 1996 Time Person of the Year
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg – biologist and climate scientist known as a leading in the effects of climate change on coral reefs
John Keith Irwin (1929–2010), B.A. – author; professor of sociology, San Francisco State University^[26]
M. Saif Islam – electrical engineer; professor at the University of California, Davis^[27]
Charlie Jackson, B.A. 1972 – co-founder of FutureWave Software, which created Adobe Flash
Kay Redfield Jamison – writer; psychiatry professor, Johns Hopkins University
Frede Jensen Ph.D. 1961 – author; Romance philologist; professor of French, University of Colorado at Boulder
Lewis Judd, MD – neurobiologist and psychiatrist, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, pioneered biomedical study of mental illness, professor at the University of California, San Diego (1977-2013)
John Junkins, professor and former interim President of Texas A&M University
Travis Kalanick – co-founder of Uber (dropped out)
Hildegard Korf Kallmann-Bijl – Ph.D. 1955, Kallmann Atmosphere
Hans Kamp, Ph.D. Philosophy – professor, University of Stuttgart and University of Texas, Austin
David A. Karnofsky, BA 1934 – physician, medical oncologist, known for the Karnofsky score
Kenneth Kaushansky – dean of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, physician, former editor-in-chief of Blood, past president of the American Society of Hematology^[28]
Maulana Karenga – former chairperson of the black-studies department, California State University, Long Beach; founder of Kwanzaa^{[citation needed]}
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Ph.D. 1989 – mathematician; professor at University of Tokyo
Azadeh Kian – social scientist and director of the Centre d’Etudes Feministes, Paris Cité University
Ed Krupp, Ph.D. 1972 – astronomer; author; director, Griffith Observatory
Thomas S. Kupper – physician, Thomas B. Fitzpatrick Professor at Harvard Medical School
Helen Landgarten, B.A 1963 – psychotherapist, art therapy pioneer
Jim Lanzone – president, CBS Interactive^[29]
Ralph Larkin, Ph.D. 1969 – sociologist
Jeffrey W. Legro, M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1992 – political scientist; executive vice president, provost, and professor at the University of Richmond; professor and vice provost for global affairs at the University of Virginia
Steven Lehrer – medical researcher and writer
Antony Garrett Lisi – theoretical physicist
Elizabeth Loftus – psychologist; professor, University of California, Irvine; influential studies on human memory
Geoffrey Marcy – astronomer; professor of physics and astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Gordon Eugene Martin, M.S. 1951 – pioneering piezoelectric materials researcher for underwater sound transducers^[30]
K. Megan McArthur, B.S. 1993 – astronaut, including STS-125 shuttle mission to service Hubble Space Telescope
Patrick McNaughton, B.A. 1966 – art historian, Chancellor Professor of African Art History at Indiana University
Michael Morhaime, B.S. 1990 – co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment^[10]^[11]
Steven Muller – former president, Johns Hopkins University
Story Musgrave, M.B.A. 1959 – astronaut
Nathan Myhrvold, B.A., M.S. 1979 – former chief technology officer, Microsoft; board of trustees member, Institute for Advanced Study
David Nagel, Ph.D. – former president and chief executive officer, PalmSource
Shrikanth Narayanan – researcher, professor, University of Southern California
Hugh Nibley, B.A., history – writer and scholar; professor of ancient studies, Brigham Young University
Bruce Ovbiagele, M.S. 2009 – physician, academician, author, editor, and hospital leader
Hagop Panossian – aerospace engineer, academic and philanthropist
Mary Papazian – president of San Jose State University
David A. Patterson, A.B. 1960, M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1976 – professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley; one of the pioneers of both RISC and RAID
Frank Pearce, B.S. 1990 – co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment^[10]^[11]
John L. Phillips, Ph.D. 1987 – astronaut
George C. Pimentel, B.S. 1943 – former professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; inventor of the chemical laser; namesake of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education; namesake of Pimentel Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Mason Porter – professor of Mathematics, UCLA (2016– )
Jon Postel, B.S. 1966, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1974 – Internet pioneer
Alvin F. Poussaint – professor of psychiatry, Harvard University
Hilary Putnam – philosopher of mind, language and mathematics; philosophy professor, Harvard University
Itamar Rabinovich, PhD – historian, diplomat, and President of Tel Aviv University
Max Rafferty, B.A. 1938, M.A. 1949 – 22nd California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, education advocate, author, and politician
Kanury Venkata Subba Rao, post-doctoral research 1985–88 – immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Louise Richardson, M.A. 1981 – the first female Vice-Chancellor of both the University of St Andrews and the University of Oxford (the third oldest and oldest university in the English-speaking world respectively)
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, B.S. 1986, M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1998 – pioneer in RF CMOS and mmWave radios
Jed E. Rose, Post-Doctoral 1979–1980, Psychophysiology – professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University; co-inventor of the nicotine patch; president and CEO of the Rose Research Center^[31]^[32]
Mary Golda Ross, professional engineering certificate, 1949 – first Native American woman engineer
Christine Rossell, Ph.D. Political Science – professor, Boston University
Nathan Salmon, Ph.D. Philosophy – professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wesley Salmon, Ph.D. Philosophy – professor, University of Pittsburgh
Henry Samueli, B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 – professor of electrical engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; co-founder of Broadcom Corporation; namesake of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA; namesake of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Mark S. Scarberry – professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law
Elliot See, M.S. 1962 – astronaut
Etel Solingen, Ph.D. 1987 – political scientist
David L. Soltz, Ph.D. 1974 – environmental biologist, President of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania^[33]
Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind, M.A. Psychology, 1934 – neurologist and psychiatrist
Steven Soter, B.S. 1965 – astrophysicist, science writer, co-wrote both Cosmos television series
Gilbert Strang, Ph.D. 1959 – professor of mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gary Sullivan, Ph.D. 1991 – researcher and standardization leader in video compression technology including H.264/AVC, HEVC, and DirectX Video Acceleration
Guido Tabellini, Ph.D. 1984 – rector, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Andrea Talentino, M.A., Ph.D. – ninth president of Augustana College
David Tannor (born 1958), Ph.D. – theoretical chemist, Hermann Mayer Professorial Chair in the Department of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Richard A. Tapia – mathematician; advocate for under-represented minorities in science education; professor of computational and applied mathematics, Rice University
Paul Terasaki – organ-transplant medicine and tissue typing
Michael Albert Thomas – physicist, academic, and clinical researcher
Marc Tremblay, M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1991 – chief architect, Sun Microsystems; co-designer of several of its microprocessors
Hendrik W. (H.W.) van der Merwe, Ph.D. 1963 – founder of the Centre for Intergroup Studies, University of Cape Town
Marius Vassiliou, M.B.A 1991 – research executive, author, and computational scientist
Taylor Wang, B.S. 1967, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1971 – astronaut; professor of mechanical engineering, Vanderbilt University
Jessica Watkins, Ph.D. Geology 2015 – astronaut candidate
Nicole Weekes, psychologist and neuroscientist
Fred Whipple, B.S. 1927 – astronomer; proposed the dirty snowball theory of the composition of comets; namesake of the Whipple Observatory in Arizona
Susan Wojcicki, M.B.A. 1998 – CEO of YouTube
Susanne Woods – English professor and provost of Wheaton College
Flossie Wong-Staal, B.S. 1968, Ph.D. Molecular Biology 1972 – virology, first to clone HIV
Charles E. Young, M.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1960 – former chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles; former president, University of Florida^[34]
Mani H. Zadeh, B.S. 1994 – surgeon and researcher (sinus surgery)

Arts and literature

Amy Adler – artist
Luis Aguilar-Monsalve – writer and educator
Sara Kathryn Arledge – artist
Catherine Asaro – Nebula Award-winning science-fiction novelist
Glenna Avila – artist
James Robert Baker – novelist
Gary Baseman – artist
Edith Baumann – abstract artist
Rosa Beltrán – writer, lecturer and academic
Guy Bennett – writer, translator and educator
Susan Berman – author and screenwriter
Stan Bitters – sculptor
Justina Blakeney – designer and author
Slater Bradley – artist
JaNay Brown-Wood, children's book author
Kenneth Wayne Bushnell – artist and educator
Jan Butterfield – art writer and educator
Vija Celmins – artist
Judy Chicago – artist and educator
Vicky A. Clark – curator
Coleman Collins – artist
Jennifer Dalton – artist
Agnes de Mille – dancer and choreographer
Elliot Engel – writer, dramatist, and lecturer
Jacques Ehrmann – literary theorist
Dan Eldon – photojournalist
Warren Farrell – educator, gender equality activist and author of The Myth of Male Power^[35]
Alyce Frank – artist
Martin Friedman – former director of Walker Art Center
Charles Garabedian – artist
Laeh Glenn – visual artist^[36]
Kelly Grovier – poet and literary critic
Kim Gruenenfelder – author^[37]
Sam Harris – writer
Emilie Halpern – artist
Florence Parry Heide – author of children's literature
Juan Felipe Herrera – professor, 21st U.S. poet laureate
Gilah Yelin Hirsch – artist
Diane Johnson – novelist
Jane Jin Kaisen – artist
Beth Katleman – sculptor
Craig Kauffman – artist
Jonathan Kellerman – Edgar Award-winning novelist and psychologist
Toba Khedoori – painter
Annie Lapin – painter
Mitchell Landsberg – journalist
Gaylord Larsen – mystery writer
Joanne Larson – writer
Russell Leong – author and philosopher of Asian-American studies
Linda Levi – artist
Dave McNary – entertainment journalist
Edward Meshekoff – artist
Meleko Mokgosi – artist
Ed Moses – artist
Alexandra Nechita – painter
John D. Nesbitt – writer and educator
Tameka Norris – artist
Flo Perkins – glass artist
Raymond Pettibon – visual artist, known for creating the cover art for punk-rock band Black Flag's albums
Jenelle Porter – art curator and author
RinRin Doll – model and YouTuber
Jason Rhoades – artist
Kay Ryan – poet and educator; U.S. Poet Laureate (2008–2010); MacArthur Fellow (2011)^[38]
Betye Saar – artist
Ben Sakoguchi – artist
Shizu Saldamando – artist
Sarah Seager – artist
Cindy Shih – artist
Klaus Stimeder – writer and journalist
Jan Stussy (1921–1990) – artist
Wu Tsang – artist
Billie Tsien – architect, Barack Obama Presidential Center
Harry Turtledove – Hugo Award and Nebula Award-winning science-fiction novelist
Barbara Brooks Wallace – award-winning children's author, including two Edgar Awards^[39] and a William Allen White Children's Book Award
Emma Walton Hamilton (UCLA Lab School) – actress, author of children's book
Idelle Weber – artist
Antoine Wilson – novelist
Jan Wurm – artist
Richard Wyatt Jr. – artist

Film, television and theater

Moustapha Akkad – film producer
Corey Allen – actor, film director, writer, television director, and producer
Rachel Ames – actress
Inez Asher – television writer and novelist
Sean Astin – actor
Phil Austin – comedian and writer^[40]
Sunkrish Bala – actor
Carroll Ballard – film director
Robert Balser – animator and animation director (Yellow Submarine)^[41]
Carol Barbee – television producer
Errol Barnett – CNN anchor
William Bast – screenwriter and author
Justine Bateman – actress, director, producer, including Family Ties and Men Behaving Badly
Beth Behrs – actress, 2 Broke Girls
Catherine Bell – actress
Mary Kay Bergman – voice actress
Corbin Bernsen – actor
Sarah Uriarte Berry – actress and singer
Mayim Bialik – actress, including sitcom television series Blossom and The Big Bang Theory; host of Jeopardy!
Bruce Bilson – Primetime Emmy Award winning director
Dustin Lance Black – Academy Award-winning screenwriter for biographical film Milk
Jack Black – actor, comedian and musician
Shane Black – screenwriter; wrote buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon and crime black-comedy film Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Paul Bloch – chairman of Rogers & Cowan, celebrity publicist^[42]
Lo Bosworth – actress, including Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and The Hills
Beau Bridges – actor
Dorothy Bridges – actress and poet
Lloyd Bridges – actor
Carol Burnett – actress and comedian
Charles Burnett – film director
Ana Brenda Contreras – actress
Michael Burns – actor and historian; child star of Wagon Train and It's a Man's World; professor emeritus in history, Mount Holyoke College; horse breeder in Danville, Kentucky
Nicolas Cage – actor
Patricia Cardoso – filmmaker, Real Women Have Curves
Sofia Carson – actress
Nancy Cartwright – Emmy Award-winning actress; voice of Bart Simpson
Cari Champion – Broadcast journalist and TV personality
Doug Chiang – Academy Award-winning film production designer
Migdia Chinea – screenwriter; director; writer for films including The Incredible Hulk
Tanya Chisholm – actress
James Coburn – Academy Award-winning actor
Josh Cooke – actor, including Better With You
Wyatt Emory Cooper – author, screenwriter, actor, father of Anderson Cooper
Eleanor Coppola – Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Francis Ford Coppola – Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter; co-wrote and directed the Godfather Trilogy and Apocalypse Now^[43]
Alex Cox – film director and screenwriter; wrote and directed Repo Man and Sid and Nancy
Jeanne Crain – actress, including Pinky, State Fair, Leave Her to Heaven, A Letter to Three Wives and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Mark Cullen – Emmy-nominated television writer, screenwriter; Cop Out
Robb Cullen – Emmy-nominated television writer, screenwriter; Cop Out
Julie Dash – film director; wrote and directed Daughters of the Dust
Jonathan Dayton – film director; co-directed Little Miss Sunshine
James Dean – Academy Award-nominated actor (dropped out after one semester)^[43]
Joyce DeWitt – actress, including Three's Company
Shirley Dinsdale – winner of the first "Emmys" for Judy Splinters in 1949^[44]
Deepti Divakar – Indian model, actress, writer and Miss India World 1981
David Dorfman – actor, child prodigy, and attorney
John Duda – actor
Merrin Dungey – actress, King of Queens, Big Little Lies
Robert Englund – actor, including Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
Josh Evans – actor, director and producer
Hal Fishman – longest-running news anchor in American television; KTLA 5 News Los Angeles
Will Forte – actor and comedian
James Franco – Academy Award-nominated actor,^[43] also taught film classes^[45]
Eddie Frierson – actor
Brad Garrett – actor and comedian
Barbara Garshman – television producer, writer and executive
Kathy Garver – actress, Family Affair
Caitlin Gerard – actress, American Crime
Alex Gibney – documentary filmmaker
Lillian Glass – author, TV commentator, body language expert
Dan Gordon – screenwriter
Christopher Gorham – actor
Horace Hahn – actor
Marilyn Hall – Canadian-born American producer and philanthropist^[46]
Kristin Hanggi – Tony Award-nominated theater director
Chris Hardwick – actor, comedian and television personality; host of popular-science documentary television series Wired Science
Catherine Hardwicke – film director and screenwriter
Mariska Hargitay – Emmy Award-winning actress, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mark Harmon – actor; played quarterback on the school's football team (1971–1973)
Kayo Hatta – film director, including Picture Bride
Micol Hebron – multidisciplinary contemporary artist
Felicia D. Henderson – television producer, writer, and director, and co-creator of Soul Food
Michael Hitchcock – actor, including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Serenity
Laurie Holden – actress, producer and human rights activist
Earl Holliman – Golden Globe-winning film and TV actor
Benjamin Howard – filmmaker
Allan Hunt – film, television and stage actor
John Ireland – sportscaster
Brittany Ishibashi – actress^[47]
Mike Jittlov – independent animator
Anne-Marie Johnson – actress
Judy Kaye – Tony Award-winning actress and singer
Staci Keanan – actress, including Step by Step and My Two Dads, currently deputy district attorney with Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Joanna Kerns – actress
Taran Killam – actor, comedian
Derek Klena – Tony Award-nominated actor and singer, including Anastasia, Jagged Little Pill
Walter Koenig – actor, including Star Trek
David Koepp – screenwriter
Mila Kunis – actress
Carlos Lacámara – actor
Lloyd LaCuesta – KTVU television news reporter, bureau chief, San Francisco Bay Area
Christine Lakin – actress, including Step by Step
Suzanne Lanza – model
Karenssa LeGear – actress
Robert Lehrer – actor
Victoria Ann Lewis – actress and theatre creator
Carol Lin – CNN news anchor
Justin Lin – film director; co-wrote and directed Better Luck Tomorrow
Heather Locklear – actress
Allan Loeb – screenwriter and film producer
Josie Loren – actress, including Make It or Break It
Masiela Lusha – actress and writer
Meredith MacRae – actress
Jayne Mansfield – actress and model
Frank Marshall – film producer
Courtney Marsh – Academy Award-nominated filmmaker
Jeanine Mason – winner of So You Think You Can Dance, season 5
Doug McClure – actor
Elizabeth McGovern – actress
Danica McKellar – actress, including The Wonder Years
Scott Mechlowicz – actor
Mike Medavoy – film producer
Darius Mehrjui – film director
Nigel Miguel – actor, film producer, Belize Film Commissioner
Victor Millan – actor and professor
Emud Mokhberi – Academy Award-nominated film director; photographer
Niels Mueller – film director and screenwriter
Mary Nguyen – Emmy-nominated investigative journalist; Teen Magazine's Miss Teenage America 1993^[48]^[49]^[50]
Leonard Nimoy – actor, director and photographer^[51]
Larry Niven – science fiction writer, including Ringworld
Matt Nix – writer and producer, including Burn Notice
Lisa Onodera – film producer, including Picture Bride, The Debut, Day of Independence and Americanese
John Orloff – screenwriter
Danielle Panabaker – actress
Kay Panabaker – actress
Bryce Papenbrook – voice actor
Randall Park – actor, comedian
Alexander Payne – Academy Award-winning filmmaker; film director and co-screenwriter of Election, About Schmidt and Sideways
Nasim Pedrad – actress; cast member on Saturday Night Live
Kal Penn – actor
Frank Peretti – author, film producer and screenwriter
Gina Prince-Bythewood – film director and screenwriter; wrote and directed Love & Basketball
Emily Ratajkowski – model
Autumn Reeser – actress
Tasha Reign – pornographic actress
Rob Reiner – actor and film director; directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally...
Nicole Riegel – screenwriter, director^[52]
Tim Robbins – Academy Award-winning actor, film director and social activist; wrote and directed Bob Roberts and Dead Man Walking
Nicolette Robinson – actor; starred in stage productions of Brooklynite and Waitress^[53]^[54]
Fred Roos – producer of many Francis Ford Coppola films, including The Godfather Part II^[55]
Dev Ross – Annie Award, Emmy Award, Humanitas Award, and PBS ACT Award-winning screenwriter; Winnie the Pooh and Return of Jafar^[56]
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 – Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning director and producer
Harry Shearer – actor and comedian, including The Simpsons
Dax Shepard – actor
Armin Shimerman – actor
Joel Siegel – film critic and television journalist
Brad Silberling – film director and screenwriter
David Silverman – animator, director, producer of The Simpsons; director of The Simpsons Movie, and co-director of Monsters, Inc.
Jeremy Sisto – actor
Tom Skerritt – Emmy Award-winning actor
John Smith – actor
Shirlee Smith – talk show host, columnist
Darren Star – producer; creator of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City
David J. Steiner – documentary filmmaker, educator, rabbi and political activist
Ben Stiller – actor and comedian
Joel Surnow – co-creator of 24
Sydney Sweeney – actress
Cynthia Szigeti – actress and improv teacher^[57]
Wes Takahashi – visual effects supervisor and animator^[58]
George Takei – actor, including Star Trek; announcer for The Howard Stern Show
Chris Tashima – Academy Award-winning film director and actor
Peter Tomarken – game show host; Press Your Luck
Tamlyn Tomita – actress
Tritia Toyota – news anchor, CBS 2 Los Angeles
Ham Tran – film director, including Journey from the Fall
Kelly Marie Tran – actress
Gabrielle Union – actress
Milo Ventimiglia – actor, including Heroes, Gilmore Girls, This Is Us
Gore Verbinski – film director; directed the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
Lynn Wallad – model^[59]
Michael Warren – actor, including Hill Street Blues; played on UCLA's basketball national championship teams in 1967 and 1968
Jaleel White – actor, including Family Matters
John J. B. Wilson – writer, creator of the Golden Raspberry Awards
Amy Winfrey – artist and animator
Eric Winter – actor
Ali Wong – writer and comedian
Leonard Wu – actor
Jenny Yang – writer and comedian
Hoyt Yeatman – Academy Award-winning visual-effects supervisor
Caveh Zahedi – filmmaker
Daphne Zuniga – actress, including Melrose Place, One Tree Hill

Athletics

Hall of Famers in major team sports

National Baseball Hall of Fame

Jackie Robinson (inducted in 1962)^[60]

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965)^[61]
Tom Fears (inducted in 1970)^[62]
Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1994)^[63]
Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006)^[64]
Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013)^[65]
Kenny Easley (inducted in 2017)^[66]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

John Wooden (inducted in 1973)^[67]
Bill Walton (inducted in 1993)^[68]
Ann Meyers (inducted in 1993)^[69]
Denny Crum (inducted in 1994)^[70]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (inducted in 1995)^[71]
Gail Goodrich (inducted in 1996)^[72]
Denise Curry (inducted in 1997)^[73]
Larry Brown (inducted in 2002)^[74]
Reggie Miller (inducted in 2012)^[75]
Jamaal Wilkes (inducted in 2012)^[76]
Donald Barksdale (inducted in 2012)^[77]

Baseball

Héctor Ambriz – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros^[78]
Garrett Atkins – Major League Baseball first baseman; Colorado Rockies (2003–2009), Baltimore Orioles (2010)^[79]
Trevor Bauer – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jake Bird (born 1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
Eric Byrnes – former Major League Baseball outfielder^[80]
Gerrit Cole – Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees
Dick Conger – Major League Baseball pitcher
Jeff Conine – former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder; two-time World Series champion^[81]
Brandon Crawford – Major League Baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants^[82]
Cody Decker – Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder for the San Diego Padres^[83]
Troy Glaus – former Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman; recipient, Most Valuable Player Award for the 2002 World Series^[84]
Casey Janssen (class of 2000) – Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher^[85]
Eric Karros – former Major League Baseball first baseman; 1992 National League Rookie of the Year; sports commentator and reporter, including ESPN and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles)^[86]
Tim Leary – former Major League Baseball pitcher^[87]
Torey Lovullo – former Major League Baseball infielder and minor league manager; manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks^[88]
Adam Melhuse – former Major League Baseball catcher^[89]
Jim Parque – former Major League Baseball pitcher^[90]
Chris Pritchett – international scout; former Major League Baseball first baseman^[91]
Dave Roberts – Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers^[92]– former Major League Baseball outfielder; 2004 World Series champion with Boston Red Sox; San Francisco Giants (2007–2008)^[93]
Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball second baseman; first African-American MLB player (with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947); 1962 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee; first UCLA student to letter in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track (did not graduate)^[94]^[95]^[96]
Chase Strumpf (born 1998) – baseball second baseman and third baseman in the Chicago Cubs organization
Chase Utley – Major League Baseball second baseman; 2008 World Series champion with the Philadelphia Phillies^[97]
Zack Weiss (born 1992), American-Israeli Major League Baseball pitcher
Matt Young – former Major League Baseball pitcher^[98]
Todd Zeile – former Major League Baseball catcher, third baseman and first baseman^[99]

Basketball

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^[100]
Val Ackerman – commissioner of the Big East Conference, first president of the WNBA, former pro basketball player^[101]
Arron Afflalo – former National Basketball Association player^[102]
Bryce Alford – professional basketball player
Kyle Anderson – National Basketball Association player
Ike Anigbogu – National Basketball Association player, Indiana Pacers
Trevor Ariza – former National Basketball Association player^[103]
Amari Bailey (born 2004) – National Basketball Association player
Sam Balter – Olympic gold medalist^[104]
Donald Barksdale – first African-American basketball All-American; Olympic basketball team member; Olympic gold medalist; NBA All-Star; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[105]
Lonzo Ball – National Basketball Association player, 2nd overall pick in 2017 NBA draft^[106]
LiAngelo Ball, professional basketball player, briefly attended^[107]
Matt Barnes – former National Basketball Association player^[108]
Nikki Blue – former Women's National Basketball Association player and coach^[109]
Jonah Bolden (born 1996) – professional basketball player
Darren Collison – former NBA player^[110]
Denise Curry – former professional and Olympic player and former women's basketball program head coach at CSU, Fullerton^[111]
Baron Davis – former National Basketball Association player^[112]
Mark Eaton – former professional basketball player; his No. 53 retired by Utah Jazz^[113]
Tyus Edney – former National Basketball Association player and coach^[114]
Jordan Farmar – former National Basketball Association player^[115]
Dan Gadzuric – former National Basketball Association player^[116]
Corey Gaines (born 1965) – former basketball player and coach
Gail Goodrich – National Basketball Association Hall of Fame player; won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers^[117]
Stuart Gray – former National Basketball Association player^[118]
Issac Hamilton – professional basketball player, current free agent
Andy Hill (born c. 1950) – 3x college national champion basketball player, President of CBS Productions and Channel One News, author, and motivational speaker
Jack Hirsch (born c. 1941) – basketball player
Jrue Holiday – National Basketball Association player, 2x NBA champion^[119]
Nicole Kaczmarski – former Women's National Basketball Association player (did not graduate)^[120]
Jason Kapono – former National Basketball Association player^[121]
Mitch Kupchak – general manager for the Charlotte Hornets^[122]
Zach LaVine – National Basketball Association player^[123]
T. J. Leaf – professional basketball player^[124]
Cliff Livingston – former National Basketball Association player and coach^[125]
Kevin Love – National Basketball Association player; 5th overall pick in 2008 NBA draft, NBA champion; three-point contest winner; four-time NBA All Star, and Olympic gold medalist^[126]
Maylana Martin, 2000 – Women's National Basketball Association player; assistant coach at UCLA^[127]
Luc Mbah a Moute – former NBA player^[128]
Andre McCarter – former NBA player^[129]
Ann Meyers – Hall of Fame basketball player and Olympic silver medalist^[130]
Reggie Miller – former National Basketball Association player, Olympic gold medalist, and third All-Time in 3-pointers, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[131]
Dave Minor – former National Basketball Association player^[132]
Jerome Moiso – American professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player^[133]
Shabazz Muhammad – National Basketball Association player^[134]
Willie Naulls – former National Basketball Association player^[135]
Teiko Nishi – high school basketball coach^{[citation needed]}
Ed O'Bannon – basketball player, led Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship^[136]
Anita Ortega – Women's Professional Basketball League player^[137]
Norman Powell – National Basketball Association player
Noelle Quinn, 2007 – Women's National Basketball Association player^[138]
Pooh Richardson – former National Basketball Association player^[139]
Dijon Thompson (born 1983) – former NBA player^[140]
Bill Walton – National Basketball Association MVP, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame; now a broadcaster^[141]
Earl Watson – former National Basketball Association player and coach^[142]
Russell Westbrook – National Basketball Association player; Most Valuable Player and Olympic gold medalist^[143]
Jamaal Wilkes – former National Basketball Association player; four-time NBA champion; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[144]
Natalie Williams, 1994 – former Women's National Basketball Association and Olympic player; general manager for Las Vegas Aces^[145]
Lisa Willis – former Women's National Basketball Association player and coach^[146]
Trevor Wilson – former National Basketball Association player^[147]

American football / gridiron

Troy Aikman – former National Football League player, three-time Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[148]
Kermit Alexander – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection^[149]
Flipper Anderson – former National Football League player; holds NFL record for receiving yards in a game^[150]
Zenon Andrusyshyn – former National Football League player, Southern Baptist minister^[151]
Bill Armstrong – National Football League player^[152]
Dave Ball – former National Football League player^[153]
Anthony Barr –Minnesota Vikings linebacker^[154]
Gary Beban – 1967 Heisman Trophy winner; former National Football League player^[155]
Drew Bennett – former National Football League player^[156]
Steve Bono – former National Football League player^[157]
Paul Cameron – football player^[158]
Leo Cantor (1919–1995) – National Football League football player
Brandon Chillar – former National Football League player^[159]
Kenyon Coleman – National Football League player^[160]
Randy Cross – former National Football League player; three-time All-Pro selection^[161]
Dave Dalby – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection^[162]
Bruce Davis – former National Football League player, Super Bowl Champion
Milt Davis – NFL player, First-team All-Pro, Second-team All-Pro, 2× NFL interceptions leader
Kenny Easley – National Football League player; 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year^[163]
Irv Eatman – former National Football League player^[164]
Donnie Edwards – National Football League player^[165]
Allan Ellis – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection^[166]
Danny Everett – 1988 Olympic gold medalist, 4 × 400 m men's relay^[167]
Kaʻimi Fairbairn – National Football League player
Mike Farr – National Football League player; Detroit Lions wide receiver^[168]
Kris Farris – former National Football League player^[169]
Tom Fears – former National Football League player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[170]
Rudy Feldman – head football coach at the University of New Mexico, 1968–1973; assistant coach with the San Diego Chargers and the St. Louis Cardinals; director of pro personnel for the Chargers, 1987–1997
Mike Flanagan – former National Football League player^[171]
Bryan Fletcher – former National Football League player and Super Bowl champion^[172]
Kai Forbath – National Football League player^[173]
DeShaun Foster – former National Football League player; San Francisco 49ers running back^[174]
Nesby Glasgow – former American football safety who played 14 seasons in the National Football League^[175]
Gaston Green – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection^[176]
Wally Henry – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection^[177]
Efren Herrera – former National Football League player; All Pro player^[178]
Brett Hundley – former UCLA quarterback^[179]
Jimmy Johnson – former NFL player and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame^[180]
Norm Johnson – former National Football League player^[181]
Jimmie Jones – gridiron football player^[182]
Maurice Jones-Drew – former National Football League player; (2011) NFL rushing yards leader and three time All-Pro selection (did not graduate)^[183]
Joe Keeble – National Football League player^[184]
Charlie Kendall – former American Football League player^[185]
Eric Kendricks – National Football League player
Billy Kilmer – former National Football League player, American Football Association commissioner, member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[186]
Travis Kirschke – former National Football League player^[187]
Fulton Kuykendall – former National Football League player^[188]
Carnell Lake – former National Football League player^[189]
John Lee – NCAA-record breaking, two-time All-American placekicker^[190]
Marcedes Lewis – National Football League player^[191]
Cliff Livingston – former National Football League player^[192]
Duval Love – former National Football League player, New Orleans Saints offensive tackle^[193]
Tommy Maddox – former National Football League player^[194]
Ricky Manning – former National Football League player^[195]
Frank Manumaleuga – former National Football League player^[196]
Jim Matheny – football player^[197]
Freeman McNeil – former National Football League player, three-time All-Pro selection^[198]
Fred McNeill – former National Football League player^[199]
Cade McNown – former National Football League player^[200]
Bjorn Merten – All-American^[201]
Jamir Miller – former National Football League player, one-time All-Pro selection^[202]
Freddie Mitchell – former National Football League player^[203]
Max Montoya – former National Football League player, four-time Pro Bowl selection^[204]
Rahim Moore – National Football League player for the Denver Broncos^[205]
Ryan Nece – National Football League player; Super Bowl champion^[206]
Ken Norton Jr. – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion^[207]
Jonathan Ogden – former National Football League player; Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[208]
Drew Olson, 2009 – former National Football League player^[209]
Vaughn Parker – former National Football League player^[210]
Marvcus Patton – former National Football League player^[211]
Don Paul – former National Football League player; three-time Pro Bowl selection^[212]
Adam Peters – National Football League general manager, Washington Commanders^[213]
Carl Peterson – former general manager, Kansas City Chiefs^{[citation needed]}
Roman Phifer – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion^[214]
Alex Redmond – National Football League player^[215]
Jerry Robinson – former National Football League player^[216]
Josh Rosen – Second-team All-Pac-12, Freshman All-American, Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year, NFL player
Jim Salsbury – former National Football League player^[217]
Jay Schroeder – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection^[218]
Mike Seidman (born 1981) – NFL football player
Brandon Sermons – American football player^[219]
Luis Sharpe – former National Football League player; three-time Pro Bowl selection^[220]
Mike Sherrard – former National Football League player^[221]
Don Shinnick – former National Football League player^[222]
Matthew Slater – former National Football League player, eight-time All Pro, ten-time Pro Bowler, and three-time Super Bowl champion^[223]
Kevin Smith – former National Football League player^[224]
Ken Snelling – former National Football League player^[225]
Al Sparlis – former National Football League player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[226]
Woody Strode – football player; one of the first African-American players to integrate the National Football League and film actor^[227]
Xavier Su'a-Filo – offensive lineman^[228]
Harry Thompson – National Football League player^[229]
Glen Titensor – former National Football League player^[230]
Mark Tuinei – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion^[231]
Eric Turner – former National Football League player; one-time All-Pro selection^[232]
Wendell Tyler – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection^[233]
Alterraun Verner – National Football League player^[234]
Bruce Walker – Defensive End National Football League
James Washington – former National Football League player^[235]
Kenny Washington – former football player; one of the first African-American players to integrate the National Football League^[236]
Bob Waterfield – former National Football League player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[237]
Dick Witcher – former National Football League player^[238]

Golf

Patrick Cantlay – professional golfer
John Merrick – professional golfer^[239]
Corey Pavin – professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion, 2010 Ryder Cup captain^[240]
Tom Pernice Jr. – professional golfer^[241]
Monte Scheinblum – 1992 U.S. National and World Long Drive Champion^[242]
Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer^[243]

Gymnastics

Alyssa Beckerman – gymnast
Mohini Bhardwaj – Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics
Tim Daggett – gymnast and 1984 Olympic gold medalist
Philip "Phil" Erenberg (1909–1992) – gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
Danusia Francis – London 2012 Reserve for the British team; Tokyo 2020 Member of Jamaican team
Mitch Gaylord – gymnast; 1984 Olympic gold medalist
Brian Ginsberg – two-time US junior national gymnastics champion, won gold medals at both the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games
Ron Kaplan – Israeli Olympic gymnast
Madison Kocian – 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2015 world uneven bars champion
Mattie Larson – 2010 World Championships team silver medalist
Christine "Peng Peng" Lee – Canadian artistic gymnast
Anna Li – 2012 Olympic Reserve and 2011 World Championships Reserve
Kristen Maloney – 2000 Olympics team bronze medalist
Katelyn Ohashi – 2013 American Cup winner
Samantha Peszek – 2008 Olympic team silver medalist, 2007 World Championships team gold medalist, 3-time NCAA individual champion and 17-time All-American
Jennifer Pinches – 2012 British Olympic team member, 2010 and 2011 British World Championships team member
Kyla Ross – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (team gold), 2014 World Championships team gold medalist
Sharon Shapiro – gymnast
Tasha Schwikert – 2000 Olympics team bronze medalist
Kerri Strug – 1996 Olympic Champion (team gold)
Peter Vidmar – gymnast; 1984 Olympic gold medalist
Jordyn Wieber – 2012 Olympic Champion (team gold), three-time World Championships medalist (2011 team gold, 2011 all around gold, 2011 balance beam bronze)
Valerie Zimring – Olympic rhythmic gymnast

Association football / soccer

Danesha Adams – NWSL defender, Sky Blue FC^[244]
Lauren Barnes – NWSL defender, Seattle Reign FC^[245]
Chad Barrett – Major League Soccer forward; Los Angeles Galaxy^[246]
Carlos Bocanegra – Chivas USA centre back; vice captain, U.S. men's national soccer team^[247]
Jonathan Bornstein – American-Israeli soccer player; Chicago Fire FC; captain, U.S. men's national soccer team^[248]
Zakiya Bywaters – NWSL forward, Chicago Red Stars^[249]
Abby Dahlkemper – NWSL defender, Western New York Flash^[250]
Caprice Dydasco – Washington Spirit
Michael Enfield – played in MLS
David Estrada – forward, midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer^[251]
Benny Feilhaber – Sporting Kansas City Midfielder; 2013 MLS Cup champion and U.S. men's national soccer team
Jessie Fleming – Canada women's national soccer team
Brad Friedel – Premier League soccer player; 2002 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year^[252]
Kevin Hartman – Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1999 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year^[253]
Jaime Hipp – water polo goalkeeper; Olympian^[254]
Lauren Holiday – NWSL forward, FC Kansas City; member, U.S. women's national soccer team^[255]
Patrick Ianni – defender of Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, U.S. Olympian for 2008 Beijing Olympics^[256]
Cobi Jones – Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1998 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year^[257]
Sarah Killion – number 2 pick in NWSL Draft, plays for Sky Blue FC
Kristina Larsen – NWSL forward, Seattle Reign FC^[258]
Sydney Leroux – NWSL forward, Boston Breakers; member, U.S. women's national soccer team^[259]
Louise Lieberman (born 1977) – soccer coach and former player
Sam Mewis – U.S. women's national soccer team^[260]
Megan Oyster – Washington Spirit
Mallory Pugh – U.S. women's national soccer team
Matt Reis – Major League Soccer player^[261]
Nick Rimando – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion^[262]
Katelyn Rowland – FC Kansas City
Sigi Schmid – soccer coach and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame^[263]
Scot Thompson – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion^[264]
Peter Vagenas – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion^[265]
Marvell Wynne – Major League Soccer player; United States men's national soccer team player^[266]
McCall Zerboni – NWSL midfielder; Western New York Flash^[267]

Tennis

Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 1) and social activist; Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame^[268]
Jimmy Connors (born 1952) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 1); two-time Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame^[269]
Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4)^[270]
Zack Fleishman (born 1980) – professional tennis player^[271]
Allen Fox (born 1939) – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach^[272]
Mike Franks (born 1936) – professional tennis player^[273]
Justin Gimelstob (born 1977) – professional tennis player^[274]
Julius Heldman (1919–2006) – professional tennis player was the National Junior Tennis Champion in 1936
Anita Kanter (born 1933) – tennis player ranked in world top 10
Tom Karp (born 1946) – tennis player
Jeff Klaparda (born 1963) – professional tennis player won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title
Steve Krulevitz (born 1951) – professional tennis player
Larry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion, in 1962 ranked 11th in the US in singles, inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame and the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
Kimberly Po – professional tennis player^[275]
Brian Teacher (born 1954) – professional tennis player (ranked as high as # 7); Australian Open champion; and coach^[276]
Eliot Teltscher (born 1959) – professional tennis player (ranked as high as # 6)^[277]
Van Winitsky (born 1959) – professional tennis player ranked as high as # 7 in doubles

Track and field

Evelyn Ashford – Olympic track and field athlete and multiple gold medalist^[278]
Ato Boldon – Olympic track and field athlete 1997 200 meter World Champion and four-time Olympic Sprint medalist^[279]
Gail Devers – track and field runner; multiple Olympic gold medalist^[280]
Danny Everett – Olympic bronze medalist in track and field
Millard Hampton – track and field athlete, gold (4X100 relay) and silver (200 meters) medalist in the 1976 Montreal Olympics^[281]
Dawn Harper – 2008 Olympics 100m Hurdles gold medalist^[282]
Joanna Hayes – Olympic gold medalist track and field 100 m hurdles record holder^{[citation needed]}
Monique Henderson – track and field runner; Olympic gold medalist in 4 × 400 m relay^[283]
Rafer Johnson – several-time world-record holder in the decathlon, and gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics^[284]
Florence Griffith Joyner – Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in 100 meter race^[285]
Jackie Joyner-Kersee – track and field athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the heptathlon^[286]
Meb Keflezighi – Olympic silver medalist, NCAA championships and New York City Marathon winner^[287]
Steve Lewis – Olympic gold medalist in track and field^[288]
Andre Phillips – track and field athlete, 400 meter hurdle gold medalist in the 1988 Seoul Olympics^[289]
Mike Powell – former track and field athlete, current coach and holder of the long jump world record^[290]
Yang Chuan-kwang (also known as C.K. Yang) – former world-record holder in the decathlon, silver medalist in the decathlon in the 1960 Summer Olympics; first man to score over 9,000 points (using the tables at the time)^[291]
Kevin Young – Olympic gold medalist in track and field, current world record holder 400 meters hurdles

Volleyball

Karch Kiraly – volleyball player and coach; only person to win Olympic gold medals in both indoor and beach volleyball
Holly McPeak – beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
Stein Metzger
Sinjin Smith
Elaine Youngs – beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist

Water polo

James Ferguson – 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame^[292]
Natalie Golda – water polo player; Olympian
Sienna Green (born 2004) – water polo Olympian
Jillian Kraus (born 1986) – water polo player
Adam Krikorian – water polo player and coach; won 14 national titles
Monte Nitzkowski – Olympic water polo coach and swimmer
Josh Samuels (born 1991) – Olympic water polo player
Jovan Vavic – former head coach of the USC men's and women's water polo teams

Other

Glenn Cowan (1952–2004) – table tennis player
Lisa Fernandez – Olympic softball gold medalist
Brian Goodell – swimmer; nine NCAA individual championships, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder
Tommy Kendall – race car driver and television analyst
Erwin Klein (d. 1992) – table tennis player
Dan Kutler – Olympic swimmer
Michelle Kwan – world champion figure skater; record nine-time U.S. National Champion
Ken Pavia – former sports agent, founder of MMAagents Sports Agency, and the former CEO of India's first MMA Promotion Super Fight League^[293]
Dot Richardson – softball player, Olympic gold medalist
Mark Schultz (attended), 3x NCAA Champion, Olympic and world champion wrestler
Doug Shaffer – platform diving, U.S. National champion, NCAA Diver of the Year, head coach at UCLA, Minnesota and LSU
Tim Thackrey – US National Team and Pan Am Games gold medalist

Business and law

Leslie Abramson – attorney, best known for the defense of Erik Menendez
Nancy J. Adler – professor of Organizational Behavior and Samuel Bronfman Chair in Management at McGill University
Eugene Anderson – attorney
Fred D. Anderson – former CFO of Apple Computer
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
Saul Brandman (1925–2008) – garment manufacturer^[294]
Bernard Briskin – co-founder and chairman of Gelson's Markets
Janice Rogers Brown – judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
Vincent Bugliosi – attorney and writer
Michael Burry – hedge fund manager
Frieda Rapoport Caplan – entrepreneur in specialty produce
Cormac J. Carney – United States federal judge
Phil Carter – attorney, writer, and U.S. Army adviser in Iraq
Morgan Chu – attorney, intellectual property expert
Frank Chuman – attorney and author
Marcia Clark – attorney, lead prosecutor in O. J. Simpson murder case
Johnnie Cochran – attorney
Jeff Cohen – entertainment lawyer best known for work as child actor in The Goonies (1985)
Lynn Compton – former judge for the California Court of Appeals and served as a commissioned officer with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army
Roger Curtis – founder of Associated Electrics
Keith Fink – attorney
Laurence D. Fink – CEO and chairman of BlackRock
Dolly Gee – U.S. District Court judge
Bill Gross – co-founder of PIMCO; philatelist
Vinita Gupta – first Indian-origin woman to take her company public^[295]
Horace Hahn – assisted Justice Robert H. Jackson as an interrogator in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg Trials
Sam Hamadeh – co-founder, Vault.com
John W. Henry – money manager and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C.
Shawn Holley – member of O. J. Simpson murder case defense team
Nita Ing – chairman of Continental Engineering Corporation and Taiwan High Speed Rail
Lance Ito – retired judge, best known for presiding over the criminal trial for the O. J. Simpson murder case
William R. Johnson – chief executive officer, H.J. Heinz Company
Alex Kozinski – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ryan Lee – hedge fund manager and radio commentator
Hardy McLain (born 1952) – hedge fund manager; managing partner of CVC Capital Partners
Billy G. Mills – Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–74, Superior Court judge thereafter
Marvin Mitchelson – attorney
Irwin Molasky – real estate entrepreneur and early developer of Las Vegas
Ezri Namvar – former founder and chairman of Namco Capital Group
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
Robert C. O'Brien – United States National Security Advisor
Michael Ovitz – Hollywood power broker and former president of the Walt Disney Company
Robert O. Peterson – founder of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain
Daniel Petrocelli – attorney
Harry Pregerson – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Donald Prell – venture capitalist, author and futurist
Subramaniam Ramadorai – chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services
Jennifer Rodgers – former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and CNN legal analyst
Nobutada Saji – chief executive officer, Suntory
Robert Shapiro – attorney, part of defense team in O. J. Simpson murder case
Sanford C. Sigoloff – businessman and philanthropist^[296]
Stacey Snider – president of DreamWorks
Steven D. Strauss – author, business columnist, and lawyer
Ronald Sugar – chief executive officer, Northrop Grumman
Jay Sures – co-president of United Talent Agency^[297]
Edward Tabash – constitutional attorney specializing in church and state issues; board of directors for the Center for Inquiry
Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi – federal judge
A. Wallace Tashima – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy – founder, chairman and CEO of ILFC
Kim McLane Wardlaw – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Surangel Whipps Jr. – president of the Republic of Palau (2021–present)
Don Yee – NFL sports agent
James Yenbamroong – space entrepreneur and founder of Mu Space
Ken Ziffren (J.D. 1965) – entertainment attorney, L.A.'s film czar (2014–present)

Music

Jenni Alpert – singer-songwriter
Sara Bareilles – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist
Jan Berry – singer-songwriter; member of the rock-and-roll duo Jan & Dean
Jeff Blue – music producer for various labels; vice president of Warner California's artists-and-repertoire division
Alison Brown – Grammy Award-winning banjo player
John Cage – composer; student of Schoenberg
Don Davis – film-score composer, including the science-fiction action film franchise The Matrix trilogy (1999, 2003 and 2003)
Brad Delson – guitarist; lead guitarist and founding member of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park
Ryan Dusick – drummer, member of the Grammy Award-winning pop-rock band Maroon 5
Doriot Anthony Dwyer – principal flautist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Blake McIver Ewing − singer, pianist, actor
John Fahey – experimental guitarist
Kyle Gass – musician, singer, songwriter; member of Grammy Award-winning duo Tenacious D with Jack Black
Jill Gibson – singer-songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor
Greg Ginn – guitarist and singer-songwriter; guitarist of the punk-rock band Black Flag
Kim Gordon – musician; member of the alternative-rock band Sonic Youth
Greg Graffin – singer-songwriter; lead singer of the punk-rock band Bad Religion
Conan Gray – singer-songwriter; YouTuber
Joshua Guerrero – operatic tenor
Este Haim – member of Grammy-nominated sister band HAIM
Jake Heggie – opera composer, Dead Man Walking
Marilyn Horne – mezzo-soprano opera singer
James Horner – Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy Award-winning film-score composer
Anthony Kiedis – singer-songwriter; lead vocalist of the alternative-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jim Lindberg – singer-songwriter; lead singer of the punk-rock band Pennywise
Jon MacLennan – session musician and author of Melodic Expressions: The Art of the Line (2012)
Mickey Madden – bass guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning pop-rock band Maroon 5
Ron Mael – musician and songwriter; co-founder (with brother Russell Mael) and keyboardist of the pop-rock band Sparks
Russell Mael – singer-songwriter; co-founder (with brother Ron Mael) and lead vocalist of the pop-rock band Sparks
Ray Manzarek – co-founder and keyboardist of the rock band The Doors
Maile Misajon – singer-songwriter; former member of the pop girl group Eden's Crush
Jim Morrison – poet and singer-songwriter; co-founder and lead vocalist of rock band The Doors
Randy Newman – composer, pianist and singer-songwriter; Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning film-score composer (dropped out one semester short of a B.A. in music)^[298]
NS Yoon-G, stage name of Christine Kim, aka Kim Yoonji – South Korean singer
John Ondrasik – singer-songwriter; performs pop rock under the stage name Five for Fighting
Mo Ostin – music executive, Chairman Emeritus of Warner Bros. Records
Kira Roessler – musician and film and television dialogue editor; bass guitarist of the punk-rock band Black Flag; film and television work includes Primetime Emmy Award-winning dialogue editor for her work on the biographical television miniseries John Adams (2008) episode "Don't Tread On Me"
Laura Roppé – singer-songwriter and writer; cancer survivor who wrote memoir Rocking the Pink: Finding Myself on the Other Side of Cancer^[299]^[300]
Seo Jung-kwon – Korean-American rapper under the stage name Tiger JK, and leader of hip hop group Drunken Tiger
Andy Sturmer – singer-songwriter and drummer of Jellyfish, producer for Puffy AmiYumi, composer of theme songs for Ben 10 and Teen Titans
Paul Tanner – member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, inventor of the Electro-Theremin instrument
David Tao – singer
Brian Tyler – BAFTA-nominated film score composer, conductor and film producer; his compositions include scores for Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Kamasi Washington – jazz saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader
John Williams – Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning composer; conductor and pianist; compositions include scores for Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Star Wars, film series
La Monte Young – composer, leading figure in musical minimalism
Inon Zur – BAFTA award and Emmy Awards winning video game and film score composer: notable compositions include scores for Dragon Age, EverQuest, Fallout, Prince of Persia, and Star Trek series

Politics

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi – Prime Minister of Pakistan^[301]
Farid Abboud – ambassador of Lebanon to United States^{[citation needed]}
Senu Abdul Rahman – former member of the Malaysian Parliament, Malaysia's first Minister of Information^[302]
Glenn M. Anderson – United States Representative from California (1969–1993)^[303]
Patrick Argüello – Nicaraguan-American revolutionary^[304]^{[citation needed]}
Howard Berman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[305]
Tom Bradley – mayor of Los Angeles (1973–1993)^{[citation needed]}
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke – Los Angeles County Supervisor^[306]
John Campbell – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[307]
Benjamin Cayetano – governor of Hawaii (1994–2002)^[308]
Judy Chu – first Chinese-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress^[309]
James C. Corman – Los Angeles City Council member; member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[310]
J. Curtis Counts – director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service^[311]
Edmund D. Edelman – Los Angeles City Council member (1965–1974); Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member (1975–1994)^{[citation needed]}
John Ehrlichman – assistant and counsel to the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration^{[citation needed]}
Elizabeth Emken – 2012 Republican U.S. Senate candidate^{[citation needed]}
Robert C. Farrell – journalist; Los Angeles City Council member (1974–1991)^{[citation needed]}
Dean Florez – member of the California State Senate, student body president at UCLA^{[citation needed]}
Vince Fong – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[312]
Kirsten Gillibrand – U.S. senator from New York^[313]
H.R. Haldeman – Chief of Staff for the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration; a key figure in the Watergate scandal^{[citation needed]}
James Day Hodgson – former United States Secretary of Labor and Ambassador to Japan^[314]
Andrei Iancu – Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office^[315]
Paul Koretz – former member of the California State Assembly; Los Angeles City Council member
Sheila Kuehl – former member of the California State Senate, California State Assembly, and current Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ^{[citation needed]}
Jerry Lewis – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations^[316]
Calum MacDonald – former Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Roberto Madrazo – candidate for president of Mexico in the 2006 presidential elections^{[citation needed]}
Jim Matheson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Utah^[317]
Tom McClintock – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[318]
David McReynolds – activist and socialist political candidate^{[citation needed]}^{[citation needed]}
Lloyd Monserratt – California political and community leader^[319]
Bill Morrow – member of the California State Senate^{[citation needed]}
Gordon L. Park – former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives^[320]
Dennis Ross – U.S. diplomat to the Middle East^{[citation needed]}
Edward R. Roybal – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[321]
Brad Sherman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[322]
Helen Singleton – civil rights activist and Freedom Rider
William French Smith – former United States Attorney General^{[citation needed]}
Todd Spitzer – member of the California State Assembly^{[citation needed]}
William R. Steiger – director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's Office of Global Health Affairs in the George W. Bush administration^{[citation needed]}
Ted Stevens – former senator of Alaska and alumnus of Delta Kappa Epsilon^[323]
Rick Tuttle – Freedom Rider and Los Angeles City Controller^[324]
Peggy Stevenson – Los Angeles City Council member (1975–1985)^{[citation needed]}
Antonio Villaraigosa – Mayor of Los Angeles; former Speaker of the California Assembly^{[citation needed]}
Joel Wachs – Los Angeles City Council member (1970–2001); president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City^{[citation needed]}
Mimi Walters – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[325]
Diane Watson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[326]
Henry Waxman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[327]
Shirley Weber – Secretary of State of California^{[citation needed]}
Harold Willens – Jewish American businessman, political donor, nuclear freeze activist^[328]
Helena Wong – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, lecturer at Hong Kong Polytechnic University^[329]
Cheng Siwei – former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
Katsuo Yakura – member of the House of Councillors for Saitama Prefecture
Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948) – Los Angeles City Council member; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member^{[citation needed]}
Ehsan Zaffar – author; faculty; senior advisor on civil right,– U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security^[330]

Miscellaneous

Rodney Alcala – convicted rapist and serial killer active from 1968 to 1979, aka the "Dating Game Killer" for his successful appearance on The Dating Game^[331]
Gustavo Arellano – OC Weekly writer and author of the "¡Ask a Mexican!" column
Jules Asner – model and television personality
Tony Auth – Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist
Rudi Bakhtiar – national news anchor
Tony Blankley – commentator on The McLaughlin Group
Joseph Blatchford – third Director of the United States Peace Corps
Barbara Branden – author, Who is Ayn Rand?
Nathaniel Branden – psychologist, author, Who is Ayn Rand?, Psychology of Self-Esteem and Judgment Day
Judge Joe Brown – television judge
Linda Burhansstipanov – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma member, public health educator and researcher focused on Native American cancer care and support
William George Carr – executive secretary of the National Education Association, 1952–1967
Carlos Castaneda – anthropologist and writer
Paul Colichman – founder of Here! cable TV network
Allen Cunningham – professional poker player
Iva Toguri D'Aquino – World War II radio propagandist, "Tokyo Rose"
Giada De Laurentiis – Food Network Chef (Every Day Italian)
Lori Dennis – interior designer and lecturer
Clifford B. Drake – Marine Corps major general
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson – World Series of Poker main event winner and poker professional
Harvey J. Fields – Reform rabbi
Alice Taylor Gafford – artist
Vanessa Getty – socialite and philanthropist
Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic
Kelly Goto – User experience design researcher and author of Web Redsign, Workflow that Works
Josh E. Gross – publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly
Todd Harris – Republican strategist on Hardball with Chris Matthews
Frank B. James – U.S. Air Force general
Arthur Janov – psychologist, inventor of primal therapy
Stephen Francis Jones – architect known for high-end restaurant designs
Kang Dong-suk – yachtsman, first Korean solo circumnavigator
Kelly, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Jill Kinmont – educator, quadriplegic, alpine ski racer in the 1950s
Ida B. Kinney – civil rights activist
Ezra Klein – blogger; journalist, Vox.com
Ralph Lazo – civil rights activist, only known non-spouse and non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to a World War II Japanese American internment camp
Flora Lewis – journalist with The New York Times
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
Nana Meriwether – Miss Maryland USA 2012, Miss USA 2012
Donn Moomaw – Presbyterian minister, member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[332]
K. Patrick Okura – Japanese American psychologist and civil rights activist
Zoltan Pali – architect
Steve Parode – U. S. Navy rear admiral
William R. Peers – U.S. Army lt. general best known for leading the army's investigation of the My Lai incident
Kelly Perdew – winner of The Apprentice
Brian R. Price – author, editor, publisher, martial-arts instructor of the Italian school of swordsmanship, reconstructive armorer, and dissertation fellow in history at the University of North Texas
Eva Ritvo – psychiatrist, author and TV/radio personality
Lila Rose – activist and president of Live Action
Steve Sailer – paleoconservative blogger and journalist (VDARE, Taki's Magazine)
Brandon Schneider – NBA executive and president of the Golden State Warriors
James M. Seely – U.S. Navy rear admiral and acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) 1988–1990
Ben Shapiro – conservative commentator for The Daily Wire
Marcus Stern – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Alan S. Thompson – retired U.S. Navy vice admiral
Daniel Thompson – inventor of the automatic bagel maker and the folding ping pong table^[333]
Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand
Francis B. Wai – Medal of Honor recipient^[334]
J. Warner Wallace – homicide detective and Christian apologist
Stephen Worth – director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project
Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol of Thailand

Notable faculty

Summarize

Perspective

Nobel laureates

Paul D. Boyer – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
James M. Buchanan – professor of economics; recipient of 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics
Donald Cram (1919–2001) – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Andrea M. Ghez – astrophysicist and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; in 2020, became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
Louis J. Ignarro – professor of molecular and medical pharmacology; recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Willard Libby (1908–1980) – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) – mathematician and philosopher; recipient of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature
Julian Schwinger (1918–1994) – professor of physics; recipient of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
Lloyd Shapley – professor of economics; recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics

Administrators

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Provosts (1919–1950)

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No.	Provost	Term	Notes
1	Ernest Carroll Moore	1919–1936	Provost of the University of California, Southern Branch
2	Earle Raymond Hedrick	1937–1942
3	Clarence Addison Dykstra	1945–1950

Chancellors (1951–present)

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No.	Chancellor	Term	Notes
1	Raymond B. Allen	1951–1959	First chancellor of UCLA
2	Vern Oliver Knudsen	1959–1960
3	Franklin David Murphy	1960–1968
4	Charles E. Young	September 1, 1968 – June 30, 1997	^[336]
5	Albert Carnesale	July 1, 1997 – June 30, 2006	^[337]
–	Norman Abrams	July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007	acting^[338]
6	Gene D. Block	August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2024	^[339]
–	Darnell Hunt	August 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024	Interim^[340]
7	Julio Frenk	January 1, 2025 – present	^[341]

Business

Paul Habibi – professor of real estate and finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Mark A.R. Kleiman – professor of public policy, noted expert on crime and drug policy^[342]
William Ouchi – professor of management and best-selling author^[343]
Richard Riordan – professor of business at UCLA Anderson School of Management

Law

Medicine

Michael S. Gottlieb – first physician to diagnose AIDS^[344]
Roberta Gottlieb – oncologist
David Ho – AIDS researcher
Howard Judd – menopause expert and medical researcher^[345]
Martha Kirkpatrick (1925–2015) – clinical professor of psychiatry^[346]
Kimberly J. Lee – reconstructive surgeon
Linda Liau – W. Eugene Stern Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
Courtney Lyder – expert in gerontology; first black dean of the UCLA School of Nursing^[347]
Sarah Meeker Jensen – FAIA, founder of Jensen Partners Healthcare Planning^[348]
No-Hee Park, DMD, PhD – dean, UCLA School of Dentistry and notable researcher of oral (head and neck) cancer and aging research^[349]
Patrick Soon-Shiong – executive director, UCLA Wireless Health Institute^[350]

Politics

Michael Dukakis – professor of policy studies, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential candidate^[351]
Al Gore – visiting professor, 45th Vice President of the United States^[352]
Larry Pressler – teacher and visiting fellow, former senator from South Dakota^[353]

Science and technology

George O. Abell (1927–1983) – professor of astronomy
Asad Ali Abidi – professor of electrical engineering; pioneer of CMOS RF circuits; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Margaret W. "Hap" Brennecke – NASA metallurgist^[354]^[355]
M. C. Frank Chang – professor of electrical engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Alonzo Church – known for the lambda calculus used in computing
Steven Clarke – professor of chemistry and biochemistry; pioneer in protein repair in aging (L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase)
Vijay K. Dhir – dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
François Diederich – professor of chemistry
Paul Eggert – professor of computer science
David Eisenberg – professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and of biological chemistry; Director of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Sergio Ferrara – professor of physics; co-discovered supergravity in 1976
Rajit Gadh – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; founder and director of UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center and Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium
William Gelbart – professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Andrea Ghez – professor of astronomy; expert in the Galactic Center and adaptive optics; Crafoord Prize recipient
Sheila Greibach – professor of computer science, known for the Greibach normal form
A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid – physicist; member, Nobel Committee for Physics
Steve Horvath – professor of human genetics
Kendall Houk – professor of chemistry
Tatsuo Itoh – professor of electrical engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Michael E. Jung – professor of chemistry
Richard Kaner – professor of chemistry
Alan Kay – professor of computer science; Turing Award laureate
John Kim – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Margaret Kivelson – professor of space physics; expert in planetary magnetospheres; member of the National Academy of Sciences
Leonard Kleinrock – professor of computer science; Internet pioneer; recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Science
William Scott Klug – professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; killed in the 2016 UCLA shooting
Raphael David Levine – professor of chemistry
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
Donald A. Martin – professor of mathematics and philosophy
Mildred Esther Mathias – professor of botany (1962 – 1974), eponym of the campus' Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
William V. Mayer – professor of zoology
Carlo Montemagno – associate director, California Nanosystems Institute; Founding Department Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Carol and Roy Doumani Professor of Biomedical Engineering (2001–2006); Father of Bionanotechnology
Henry John Orchard – professor of electrical engineering; pioneer of the field of filter design
Mangalore Anantha Pai – power engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Stott Parker – professor of computer science
Judea Pearl – professor of computer science; pioneer of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence; Turing Award laureate
Roberto Peccei – professor of physics; former dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences; Sakurai Prize recipient
Theodore M. Porter – professor of history of science
Abraham Robinson – professor of mathematics and philosophy
Leonard H. Rome – professor of biochemistry; former dean of the medical school
Joseph Rudnick – professor of physics; former dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences
Amit Sahai – professor of computer science
Arnold Scheibel – professor of psychiatry and neuroanatomy
Lloyd Shapley – professor of mathematics; known for the Shapley value in game theory
Elizabeth Stern – professor of epidemiology
Ernst G. Straus – professor of mathematics
Terence Tao – professor of mathematics; Fields Medalist in 2006; Crafoord Prize recipient
Sarah Tolbert – professor of chemistry
Jean L. Turner – professor of astronomy and physics
Edward Wright – professor of astronomy; expert in cosmology and infrared astronomy; member of the National Academy of Sciences
Jeffrey Zink – professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Social science, arts and humanities

Rogers Albritton – late professor of philosophy
Perry Anderson – Marxist historian; professor emeritus of History and Sociology
Carol Aneshensel – sociologist; professor and vice chair for the Department of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health
Joyce Appleby – U.S. historian; specialist in intellectual history and the legacy of liberalism
Ann Bergren – professor of Greek literature, winner in 1988 of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award
William Bodiford – professor of Japanese and Buddhist studies
James M. Buchanan – professor of economics; recipient of 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics
Tyler Burge – professor, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kenny Burrell – professor of jazz studies; jazz guitarist and composer
Rudolf Carnap – late professor of the philosophy of language
Sue-Ellen Case – professor of critical studies in theater
Alonzo Church – pioneer in the philosophy of language and computer science
James Smoot Coleman – Africanist; founded the UCLA African Studies Center
Brian Copenhaver – emeritus historian of philosophy
Denis Cosgrove – Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Geography
James Cuno – director of the Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum
Angela Davis – assistant professor of philosophy, fired in 1969 by the Board of Regents and California Governor Ronald Reagan for her membership in the Communist Party
Jared Diamond – professor of geography and physiology, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
Keith Donnellan – late professor of philosophy
Annalisa Enrile – clinical professor and social worker
Frederick Erickson – professor emeritus of educational anthropology^[356]
Kit Fine – former professor of philosophy
Philippa Foot – late professor of philosophy
Steven Forness – Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Andrea Fraser – professor of interdisciplinary studio
Saul Friedländer – European historian; specialist in Holocaust studies
Lukas Foss – late professor of music composition
Lowell Gallagher – literary theorist
James Gimzewski – physicist and nanotechnology pioneer
Carlo Ginzburg – European historian; pioneer of microhistory
Juan Gómez-Quiñones – U.S. historian; specialist in Chicano history
Lev Hakak – professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at UCLA
N. Katherine Hayles – literary critic
Barbara Herman – professor of philosophy
Thomas Hines – architectural historian; professor emeritus
James N. Hill (1934–1997) – processualist archaeologist
Darnell Hunt (PhD UCLA) – professor of Sociology and African American Studies, dean of Social Sciences^[357]
Neil Peter Jampolis – professor of theater design; Tony Award-winning designer; director and designer of theater, dance, and opera
Donald Kalish – late professor of philosophy
Abraham Kaplan – late professor of philosophy
David Kaplan – professor of the philosophy of language
Edmond Keller – professor of political science; Africanist
Harold Kelley (1921–2003) – professor of psychology; social psychologist
Robin Kelley (PhD UCLA 1987) – distinguished professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA
Mark Kleiman – professor of public policy, expert on crime and drug policy
Peter Kollock (1959–2009) – associate professor of sociology, specialist in collaboration and online participation in virtual communities
Peter Ladefoged – professor of linguistics, specialist in phonetics
Deborah Nadoolman Landis – professor of costume design; Oscar-nominated costume designer of Coming to America; founding director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design
David Kellogg Lewis – former assistant professor of philosophy
Barbara Kruger – professor of new genres, recipient of the Leone D’Or award from the Venice Biennale
Ole Ivar Lovaas – professor of psychology, specialist in applied behavior analysis therapy for autism
Michael Mann – professor of sociology; author of The Sources of Social Power volumes I and II
Mwesa Isaiah Mapoma – Zambian musicologist
Julián Marías – philosopher, opponent of Francisco Franco, author of History of Philosophy
Valerie Matsumoto – historian specializing in Asian American history
Thom Mayne – professor of architecture, architect, co-founder of firm named Morphosis
Susan McClary – musicologist; prominent in the new-musicology movement; MacArthur Fellow; works have been translated into over twelve languages; wrote Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
Vasa Mihich – professor of design and media arts; artist and sculptor
Richard Montague – late professor of philosophy
Charles Moore – professor of architecture, author and architect, Beverly Hills Civic Center
Richard Thacker Morris (1917–1981) – chairman of the sociology department, author
Donald Neuen – professor of choral studies; conductor; apprentice of Robert Shaw
Calvin Normore – professor of philosophy
Karen Orren – professor of political science; noted for her work in American political development
Catherine Opie – professor of photography and recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship
Terence Parsons – professor of philosophy
John Perry – former professor of philosophy
Lari Pittman – distinguished professor of painting
Hans Reichenbach – late professor of philosophy
Amy Richlin – professor in Department of Classics
Amy Rowat – associate professor of biophysics and Marcie H. Rothman Presidential Chair in Food Studies
Walter H. Rubsamen – professor of musicology
Teofilo Ruiz – European historian; specialist in medieval history
Bertrand Russell – former professor of philosophy; taught as a guest lecturer for one year
David Schaberg – dean of Humanities^[358]
Arnold Schoenberg – professor of music; composer
Seana Shiffrin – professor of philosophy and law known for her work in legal and moral philosophy
Leo Smit – late professor in music
Thomas Sowell – professor of economics
Josef von Sternberg – taught film aesthetics
Shelley Taylor – professor of psychology; social psychologist
Dominic Thomas – chair of the department of French and Francophone Studies at UCLA^[359]
Helen B. Thompson – professor of home economics
Amy Villarejo – chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media; professor^[360]
Eugen Weber – historian; author of Peasants Into Frenchmen
Luc E. Weber – rector emeritus of the University of Geneva
Dixon Wecter – professor of English (1939–1945)^[361]
Louis Jolyon West – professor of psychiatry; specialist in brainwashing
Gerald Wilson – professor of ethnomusicology, jazz studies; jazz composer, arranger and musician
Eugene Victor Wolfenstein – professor of political science; author of Psychoanalytic-Marxism: Groundwork
Roy Bin Wong – professor of history; pioneer in modern Chinese economic history
Medha Yodh – professor of classical Indian dance
John Zaller – political scientist; author of The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Amy Zegart – professor of public policy and U.S. intelligence analyst; author of Spying Blind

Athletics

Athletic directors

Fred Cozens – director of Physical Education and Athletics (1919–1942), first basketball (1919–1921) and football (1919) head coach^[362]
Dan Guerrero, B.A. 1974 – athletic director (2002–2020)^[363]
Martin Jarmond – athletic director (2020–present)^[364]
Wilbur Johns, 1925 – athletic director (1948–1963), men's basketball head coach (1939–1948), basketball player^[365]
J. D. Morgan – athletic director (1963–1979), head tennis coach (1949–1966), tennis player (1938–1941)^[366]

Basketball coaches

Steve Alford – men's basketball head coach (2013–2018)^[367]
Frank Arnold – men's basketball assistant coach (1971–1975)
Gene Bartow – men's basketball head coach (1975–1977)^[368]
Larry Brown – men's basketball head coach (1979–1981), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[369]
Tasha Butts – women's basketball assistant coach^[370]
Nikki Caldwell – women's basketball head coach (2008–2011)^[371]
Cori Close – women's basketball head coach (2011–present), women's basketball head coach (1993–1995)^[372]
Mick Cronin – men's basketball head coach (2019–present)^[373]
Denny Crum, 1958 – men's basketball assistant coach (1963–1971), player (1956–1958), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[374]
Gary Cunningham – men's basketball head coach (1977–1979), basketball player (1960–1962)^[375]
Donny Daniels – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2010)^[376]
Larry Farmer – men's basketball head coach (1981–1984), basketball player (1970–1973)^[377]
Mark Gottfried – men's basketball assistant coach (1987–1995)
Jim Harrick – men's basketball head coach (1988–1996)^[378]
Walt Hazzard – men's basketball head coach (1984–1988), basketball player (1961–1964), NBA and Olympic player^[379]
Jack Hirsch – men's basketball assistant coach (1984–1988), player (1961–1964)^[380]
Brad Holland, B.A. 1979 – men's basketball assistant coach (1988–1992), player (1975–1979)^[381]
Michael Holton – men's basketball assistant coach (1996–2001), player (1979–1983)^[382]
Ben Howland – men's basketball head coach (2003–2013); 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year^[383]
Chad Kammerer – men's basketball assistant coach^[384]
Kerry Keating – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2007)^[385]
Steve Lavin – men's basketball head coach (1996–2003)^[386]
Gerald Madkins – men's basketball assistant coach, player^[387]
Philip Mathews – men's basketball assistant coach (2010–2013)^[388]
Billie Moore – women's basketball head coach (1977–1993), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame^[389]
Kevin O'Connor – men's basketball assistant coach (1979–1984)
Kathy Olivier – women's basketball head coach (1993–2008), women's basketball head coach (1986–1993)
Lorenzo Romar – men's basketball assistant coach (1992–1996)
Jim Saia – men's basketball assistant coach (1996–2003)^[390]
Ivo Simović – men's basketball assistant coach (2022–present)^[391]
Kenny Washington – first women's basketball head coach (1974), basketball player (1963–1966)
Greg White – men's basketball assistant coach (1995–1996)
Sidney Wicks – men's basketball assistant coach (1984–1988), player (1968–1971)^[392]
John Wooden – men's basketball head coach (1948–1975), won 10 NCAA championships, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach^[393]
Caddy Works – men's basketball head coach (1921–1939)
Ernie Zeigler – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2006)^[394]

Football coaches

Sal Alosi – strength and conditioning coordinator^[395]
Jerry Azzinaro – defensive coordinator (2018–2021)
Dino Babers – assistant head coach (2004–2007)^[396]
William F. Barnes – head football coach (1958–1964)^[397]
Eric Bieniemy – running backs coach (2003–2005), offensive coordinator (2024)^[398]
Gary Blackney – assistant coach (1978–1979)^[399]
Sam Boghosian – assistant coach (1957–1964), player (1952–1954)
Tom Bradley – defensive coordinator (2015–2017)^[400]
James J. Cline – head football coach (1923–1924)^[401]
George W. Dickerson – interim head football coach (1958)
Terry Donahue – head football coach (1976–1995), football player (1965–1966), member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[402]
Karl Dorrell – head football coach (2003–2007), football player (1983–1986)
Justin Frye – offensive line coach (2018–2021), offensive coordinator (2019–2021)^[403]
Deshaun Foster – head football coach (2024–present), running backs (2017-2023), player (1998-2001)
Edwin C. Horrell – head football coach (1939–1944), member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[404]
Mike Johnson – interim head coach (2011)^[405]
Chip Kelly – head football coach (2018–2024), former NFL coach^[406]
Ed Kezirian – interim head football coach (2002), football player^[407]
Adrian Klemm – run game coordinator and offensive line coach
Bert LaBrucherie, 1929 – head football coach (1945–1948), football player (1926–1928)^[408]
Demetrice Martin – defensive backs coach
Noel Mazzone – offensive coordinator (2012–2015)^[409]
Bill McGovern – defensive coordinator (2022–2023)^[410]
D'Anton Lynn – defensive coordinator (2023–present)^[411]
Jim L. Mora – head football coach (2012–2017)^[412]
Rick Neuheisel, B.A. 1984 – head football coach (2008–2011), football player (1980–1983)^[413]
Kennedy Polamalu – running backs coach^[414]
Tommy Prothro – head football coach (1965–1970), member of the College Football Hall of Fame^[415]
Pepper Rodgers – head football coach (1971–1973)^[416]
Henry Russell Sanders – head football coach (1949–1957)^[417]
Lou Spanos – defensive coordinator (2012–2013)^[418]
William H. Spaulding – head football coach (1925–1938)^[419]
Bob Toledo – head football coach (1996–2002)^[420]
Harry Trotter – head football coach (1920–1922), track coach (1919–1946)^[421]
Jeff Ulbrich – assistant head coach
Dick Vermeil – head football coach (1974–1975)^[422]
DeWayne Walker – interim head football coach (2007)^[423]
Eric Yarber – wide receivers coach

Miscellaneous coaches

Elvin C. Drake – head sports trainer, 1942–1972; head track and field coach, 1947–1964, winning the NCAA championship in 1956; coached decathletes Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-kwang during the 1960 Summer Olympics, in which they won the gold and silver medals; UCLA's Drake Stadium named in his honor
Adam Krikorian – men's and women's water polo coach, won nine NCAA championships; assistant coach, won one NCAA championship; UCLA water polo player, won 1995 NCAA championship
Al Scates – men's volleyball coach, won 19 NCAA championships^[424]
John Smith – track and field coach, inventor of the drive phase and world record holder at 440 yards (400 m) event

Fictional characters

Alex Dorpenberger – fictional professor in animated series Close Enough
Bridgette Hashima – fiction student in animated series Close Enough

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