Following is a list of notable alumni of Chapman University.
Arts
Business
Education
Entertainment
Film and television
- Anastasia Baranova â film and television actress
- Ryan Bergara â creator of documentary entertainment web series BuzzFeed Unsolved
- Henry Blair â film, television and radio actor
- Jason Michael Brescia â film director
- Samantha Brown (non-degreed) â television host, notable for her work as the host of several Travel Channel shows
- Chris Burrous â television journalist and news anchor
- Jake Cherry â film actor
- Erika Cohn â Emmy and Peabody-winning film producer and director
- Dime Davis (2008) â director and producer
- Madison De La Garza â actress and filmmaker
- Derek Doneen (2009) â documentary director, producer and editor known for The Price of Free, Heist, '
- Matt Duffer (2007) â film and television writer, director, producer, and co-creator of Stranger Things
- Ross Duffer (2007) â film and television writer, director, and producer
- Hannah Einbinder (2017) (BFA) â stand-up comedian and actor, known for Hacks
- Bob Einstein â film and television actor
- Parker Finn â filmmaker, known for Smile and Smile 2
- Zachary Gordon â actor, singer and songwriter
- Colin Hanks (non-degreed, left in 1997) â film and television actor
- Ben York Jones (2006) â screenwriter and actor, co-creator of the television series Everything Sucks!
- Leslie Jones (non-degreed, left in 1986) â comedian, former Saturday Night Live cast member
- Tyler Patrick Jones â actor
- Harshvardhan Kapoor â Bollywood actor
- Sanyukta Kaza (MFA) â film editor
- Paul Le Mat (1963) â movie actor
- Matthew Lessner (2005) â independent filmmaker
- Jeff Lewis (1993) â real estate speculator, interior designer, and television personality on Flipping Out
- Eric Lloyd â actor best known for work as a child actor; Charlie Calvin in Disney's The Santa Clause film trilogy
- Carlos López Estrada â filmmaker, producer, and actor, known for Blindspotting, Summertime, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Didi
- Kellan Lutz â fashion model and actor
- Kelley Mack â actress
- Michael Mohan â film director and writer
- Cecil Moller (MA 2010) â film director and producer
- Linh Nga (MFA) â film director, film producer, actress, and screenwriter
- Olatunde Osunsanmi (MFA) â film and television director
- Owen Painter (2020) â actor, best known for his role as Isaac Night / Slurp in the Netflix series Wednesday
- Malea Rose (BFA) â actress, writer, and producer
- Utkarsh Sharma (BFA) â Indian actor
- Justin Simien (2005) â filmmaker, actor, and author; director of Dear White People
- Roger Craig Smith (2003) â voice actor
- Joan Staley (non-degreed) â model and actress
- Jodie Sweetin (2005) â actress, star of television series Full House and Fuller House
- James Sweeney â filmmaker, actor; director of Twinless
- Carles Torrens (BFA 2008) â film director
- Josie Totah â actress, writer and producer
- Ariel Tweto â cast member of the documentary television series Flying Wild Alaska that aired on Discovery Channel
- Aspen Vincent (non-degreed) â voice actress, Broadway actress, and singer
- Michael Vlamis â actor and screenwriter
- Jason Wise â filmmaker known for his wine documentaries
Music
- Kit Armstrong â classical pianist, composer, organist, and former child prodigy
- Stephen "tWitch" Boss â DJ and dancer
- Kalena Bovell (2009) â conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
- Carolyn Waters Broe â conductor, composer, and violist who founded Four Seasons Orchestra
- Sabrina Bryan â dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and member of The Cheetah Girls
- Grant Gershon (non-degreed) â Grammy Award-winning American conductor and pianist and artistic director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
- King Henry â record producer and DJ
- Kevin Kwan Loucks (EMBA 2017) â CEO of Chamber Music America and member of classical music ensemble Trio Célest
- Marty Paich â pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor
- Stacey Tappan (1995) â opera singer
- Jason Thornberry (MFA) â magazine writer and musician with the Southern California alternative-punk group Mulch
- Deborah Voigt â opera singer
- Wimberley Bluegrass Band â all four siblings graduated on the same weekend
Law
Literature and journalism
Military
Politics
Religion
Sports
- Emmett Ashford (1941) â first African-American umpire in Major League Baseball
- Don August â professional baseball player
- Jeff Carnazzo (MEd) â high school teacher and football coach
- Marty Castillo â professional baseball player
- Matt Dinerman â Thoroughbred horse racing announcer
- Tim Flannery (1979) â Major League Baseball player for eleven seasons and coach for San Francisco Giants
- Beccy Gordon â swimsuit model, member of the United States women's national softball team, off-road racer, and pit-reporter
- Brian Green â college baseball coach
- Randy Jones â former professional baseball player, San Diego Padres, New York Mets; 1976 Cy Young Award winner
- Steve Lavin â former head coach of St. John's men's basketball team (2010âÂÂ2015), former head coach of UCLA men's basketball team (1996âÂÂ2002)
- Jeff Levering (2003) â Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer
- Gary Lucas â professional baseball player
- Eric Marty â professional football player and coach
- Stephen Nelson (2011) â MLB/NHL television personality, co-host of Intentional Talk, and play-by-play announcer for the MLB Network-produced Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+
- Jay Pettibone â professional baseball player
- Brent Poppen â paralympic sportsman, advocate, author, and teacher
- Jim Saia â college basketball head coach
- Eddie Soto (non-degreed) â professional soccer player
- Kelli Stavast (2002) â sportscaster who formerly worked for NBC Sports as a pit reporter
- Paul Swingle â professional baseball player
- Bill Trumbo (1961) â college basketball coach and athletic director
- Miles Walker â professional tennis player
- Paul Wekesa â professional tennis player
- John Young â professional baseball player
- Octavio Zambrano â professional soccer player and coach
- Kate Ziegler â 2012 Summer Olympics competitor and swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance
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