List of Los Angeles Unified School District people

This is a list of notable alumni, faculty and current students of the American Los Angeles Unified School District, located in Los Angeles, California.

Notable alumni

Academia, science and technology

• Vint Cerf, computer scientist, one of the "fathers of the Internet"
• Walt Cunningham, astronaut
• John McCarthy (1927–2011), computer technology, "father of artificial intelligence"
• Glenn T. Seaborg, nuclear chemistry, Nobel laureate

Arts and literature

• Ray Bradbury, author
• Helen Gurley Brown, author, publisher, and businesswoman who founded Cosmopolitan magazine
• James Ellroy, writer
• Craig Ellwood (1922–1992), architect
• Murray Fromson, CBS News correspondent and USC professor
• Edith Head (1897–1981), Academy Award-winning costume designer
• Karl Hubenthal (1917–1998), cartoonist
• Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
• Jack Smith (1916–1996), columnist, journalist
• Irving Stone, writer

Film, television, and theatre

• Byron Allen, talk show host
• Carol Burnett, comedian
• Adam Carolla, comedian
• Richard Crenna (1926–2003), actor
• Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
• Micky Dolenz, actor/musician/drummer of The Monkees
• Nanette Fabray, actor
• Mike Frankovich (1909–1992), film producer
• Joel Grey née Joel David Katz (1950), singer and actor
• Rita Hayworth née Margarita Carmen Cansino, actress
• Carole Lombard, actress
• Quinn Martin, producer
• Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), actor
• David Nelson, actor
• Ricky Nelson, actor
• Anthony Quinn (1915–2001), actor
• Robert Redford, actor
• Mort Sahl, humorist
• Tom Selleck, actor
• Coy Watson, Jr. (1912–2009), child actor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family
• Delmar Watson (1926–2008), actor, photo-journalist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family
• Harry R. Watson (1921–2001), actor, photo-journalist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson family
• Jack Webb (1920–1982), producer, director, actor
• Robert Young, actor

Music

• Steven Adler, musician, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
• Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
• Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician, bassist, trumpet player (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), folk singer, activist
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), pianist, composer, and arranger
• Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
• Phil Spector, record producer
• Mike Stoller, music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
• Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, pianist and composer
• Roger Wagner, choral musician, administrator and educator

Athletics

• Garret Anderson, former MLB player with the Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers
• Gilbert Arenas, professional basketball player, NBA All-Star with Washington Wizards
• Ron Botchan, NFL official
• Anthony Davis, USC star running back and later pro football player in the NFL and Canadian Football leagues
• Oscar De La Hoya, former world champion and gold medal-winning boxer and founder of Golden Boy Promotions
• Don Drysdale (1936–1993), National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
• Jordan Farmar, NBA basketball player
• Jeff Fisher, former NFL player and head coach
• Gail Goodrich, basketball player in the NBA, attended UCLA
• Luis (Lou) Gomez, MLB player
• Mike Haynes, NFL Hall of Famer
• Robert Lyles, NFL player
• Gary Matthews, former Major League Baseball player
• Dick Moje, National Football League
• Jim E. Mora, football coach
• Eddie Murray, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Bobby Riggs (1918–1995), tennis player
• Ozzie Smith, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Charles White, football player, Heisman Trophy winner
• Mal Whitfield, athlete

Medicine

• David Ho, AIDS researcher, physician and Time magazine's 1996 Man of the Year
• Sammy Lee, MD, Olympic gold medalist in diving
• Norman Topping (1908–1997), MD, president of the University of Southern California

Business and law

• Lee Baca, sheriff of Los Angeles County, 1998–2014
• Warren Christopher, U.S. secretary of state
• Jimmy Doolittle, aviation pioneer
• Daryl F. Gates, Los Angeles police chief, 1978–1992
• Carlos R. Moreno, California Supreme Court justice (Cl. of 1966)
• Dorothy Wright Nelson, United States federal judge
• Harry Pregerson, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Manuel Lawrence Real, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom

Politics and government

• Howard Berman, former U.S. representative
• Tom Bradley (1917–1998), mayor of Los Angeles
• Ralph Bunche, educator, UN mediator on Palestine and Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Vickie Castro, activist and member of the LAUSD School Board
• James Charles Corman (1920–2000), congressman
• Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
• Jane L. Harman, U.S. House of Representatives
• Augustus F. Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 21st and 29th district 1963–1991; California assembly 1935–1963
• Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
• Glenard P. Lipscomb (1915–1970), congressman
• Howard McKeon, U.S. House of Representatives from the 25th District (1993–2015)(
• Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77
• Edward R. Roybal (1917–2005), member of the U.S. House of Representatives(1963–93)
• Vincent Thomas (1907–1980), California assemblyman
• Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st mayor of Los Angeles

Miscellaneous

• Patrick Argüello (1943–1970), US-Nicaraguan national killed in the attempted hijack of an El Al flight, as carried out by the PFLP
• Al Michaels, television sportscaster

Notable faculty

• Fay Allen, first African-American woman to be elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District board
• Salvador B. Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist
• Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), educator
• Jim Tunney, principal and NFL official

See also

• List of people from Los Angeles

References