List of University of Southern California people

This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students from the University of Southern California. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.

Academia

Architecture

Art

Astronauts

Athletics

American football

The University of Southern California has had a number of notable American football players. The following list includes all former USC football players who have articles on Wikipedia. Please note: some former players may be listed elsewhere due to other achievements (i.e. John Wayne and Ward Bond, became better known as actors; Quincy Woods became better known as an Olympian, etc.).

• George Achica – Consensus All-American
• Erik Affholter (born 1966) – NFL wide receiver
• DelVaughn Alexander
• Marcus Allen – Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Marcell Allmond
• John Allred
• Charlie Ane Jr.
• Sam Anno
• Marger Apsit
• Kevin Arbet
• Jon Arnett – College Football Hall of Fame
• Earl Audet
• Don Avery
• Red Badgro – Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Bill Bain
• Johnny Baker – College Football Hall of Fame, All-American
• Terry Baker (J.D. 1968) – College Football Hall of Fame, Heisman Trophy winner at Oregon State, played quarterback in NFL and CFL
• Sam Baker – two-time All-American
• Chip Banks
• Al Bansavage
• Bradford Banta
• Jack Banta
• Kurt Barber
• Nate Barragar
• Al Barry
• Joe Barry
• Mike Battle
• Pete Beathard
• Hal Bedsole
• Ricky Bell – College Football Hall of Fame
• Duane Bickett
• Darnell Bing
• Bob Blackman
• Mel Bleeker (1920–1996) – National Football League player
• John David Booty
• Tony Boselli
• Mark Boyer
• Hoby Brenner
• Lou Brock Jr.
• Booker Brown
• Tay Brown – College Football Hall of Fame
• Joey Browner
• Keith Browner
• Will Buchanon
• Brad Budde – College Football Hall of Fame
• David Buehler
• Rudy Bukich
• Frank Buncom
• DeChon Burns
• Reggie Bush – Heisman Trophy winner, since vacated
• Ray Butler
• Dominique Byrd
• Dave Cadigan
• Lynn Cain
• Leo Calland
• Al Carmichael
• Mark Carrier
• Chris Cash
• Matt Cassel
• Bob Chandler
• Chris Claiborne – Butkus Award winner
• Travis Claridge
• Don Clark
• Monte Clark
• Leon Clarke
• Paul Cleary – College Football Hall of Fame
• Garry Cobb
• Shaun Cody
• Angelo Coia
• Keary Colbert
• Tony Colorito
• Curtis Conway
• Rashard Cook
• Marcus Cotton
• Al Cowlings
• Jeff Cravath
• Lindon Crow
• Sam Cunningham
• Brian Cushing – NFL Pro Bowler
• Mario Danelo
• Anthony Davis – College Football Hall of Fame
• Clarence Davis
• Fred Davis
• Derrick Deese
• Jack Del Rio
• Hershel Dennis
• Kori Dickerson
• Don Doll
• Morley Drury – College Football Hall of Fame
• Coye Dunn
• Dennis Edwards
• Sedrick Ellis
• Kevin Ellison
• Riki Ellison
• Dick Enright
• Ricky Ervins
• Charlie Evans
• Charlie Evans – former NFL running back
• Vince Evans
• Justin Fargas
• John Ferraro – College Football Hall of Fame
• Craig Fertig
• Bob Fisher
• Jeff Fisher
• Bill Fisk
• James Fitzpatrick
• Chris Foote
• Cole Ford
• Lonnie Ford
• Roy Foster
• Scott Galbraith
• Mike Garrett – College Football Hall of Fame, Heisman Trophy winner; USC Athletic Director (1993–2010)
• Norberto Garrido
• Mike Garzoni
• William Gay
• David Gibson
• Frank Gifford – College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame; TV analyst
• Bill Gray
• Matt Grootegoed
• Gregg Guenther
• Pat Haden – All-American QB; Rhodes Scholar; NFL Pro-Bowler; TV analyst, current athletic director, USC
• Willie Hall
• Mike Haluchak
• Brandon Hancock
• Travis Hannah
• Jim Hardy
• Pat Harlow
• Cary Harris
• Carter Hartwig
• Bob Hendren
• Ed Henke
• Ed Hervey
• Ralph Heywood
• Jesse Hibbs
• Donnie Hickman
• Fred Hill
• Jess Hill
• Bob Hoffman
• John Hoffman
• Lamont Hollinquest
• Alex Holmes
• Mike Holmgren
• Leroy Holt
• Hudson Houck
• Pat Howell
• Mike Hull
• John Jackson
• Lawrence Jackson
• Dwayne Jarrett
• Gary Jeter
• Keyshawn Johnson
• Rob Johnson
• Winston Justice
• Mort Kaer – College Football Hall of Fame
• Ryan Kalil
• Norm Katnik
• Brian Kelly
• Kareem Kelly
• Ryan Killeen
• David Kirtman
• Bob Klein
• Sammy Knight
• Jeff Kopp
• Al Krueger
• Jason Leach
• Brad Leggett
• Matt Leinart – Heisman Trophy winner
• Dave Lewis
• Karl Lorch
• Ronnie Lott – College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Oscar Lua
• Taitusi Lutui
• Malaefou MacKenzie
• Kaluka Maiava
• Tom Malone
• Todd Marinovich
• Rod Martin
• Bruce Matthews
• Clay Matthews Jr.
• Clay Matthews III – NFL Pro Bowler, Super Bowl Champion
• Grant Mattos
• Fred Matua
• Rey Maualuga
• Ray May
• Taylor Mays
• Bob McCaffrey
• Earl McCullouch
• Sultan McCullough
• Daylon McCutcheon
• Mike McDonald
• Paul McDonald
• Tim McDonald
• Chris McFoy
• Willie McGinest
• Larry McGrew
• Marlin McKeever
• Mike McKeever – College Football Hall of Fame
• Dan McMillan
• Bob McNeish
• Johnny McWilliams
• John Michels
• Billy Miller
• Jason Mitchell
• Ron Mix – Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Fili Moala
• Marv Montgomery
• Kyle Moore
• Zeke Moreno
• Boyd Morgan
• Daniel Morgan
• Pat Morris
• Chad Morton
• Johnnie Morton
• Don Mosebar
• Gerry Mullins
• Anthony Munoz – Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Jim Musick
• Bill Nelsen
• Rick Neuheisel (J.D. 1988) – head coach (played football at UCLA)
• Jim Obradovich
• Ifeanyi Ohalete
• Pat O'Hara
• Dan Owens
• Carson Palmer – Heisman Trophy winner
• Petros Papadakis
• Mike Patterson
• Rodney Peete
• Nick Perry
• Volney Peters
• Charles Phillips
• Erny Pinckert – College Football Hall of Fame
• Kennedy Pola
• Troy Polamalu – All-American; NFL Pro Bowler; Super Bowl Champion
• Will Poole
• Ryan Powdrell
• Marvin Powell – College Football Hall of Fame
• Jim Psaltis
• Marc Raab
• Chilo Rachal
• Bill Radovich
• Drew Radovich
• Mike Rae
• LaJuan Ramsey
• Danny Reece
• Kris Richard
• Bernard Riley
• Steve Riley
• Keith Rivers
• C. R. Roberts
• Jacob Rogers
• Aaron Rosenberg – College Football Hall of Fame, 2x All-American, and film and television producer
• Tim Rossovich
• Karl Rubke
• Frostee Rucker
• Ken Ruettgers
• Darrell Russell
• Tim Ryan
• Eddie Saenz
• Paul Salata
• Sean Salisbury – ESPN football analyst
• Mark Sanchez – 2009 Rose Bowl Offensive MVP
• Mike Sanford
• Dallas Sartz
• Henry Schmidt
• Bill Schultz
• Jim Sears
• Junior Seau – NFL Pro Bowler
• Jason Sehorn
• Rocky Seto
• Rod Sherman
• Antuan Simmons
• O. J. Simpson – Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame; Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Tony Slaton
• Dennis Smith
• Ernie Smith – College Football Hall of Fame
• Harry Smith – College Football Hall of Fame
• Sid Smith
• Steve Smith – NFL Pro Bowler
• Tody Smith
• R. Jay Soward
• Matt Spanos
• Markus Steele
• Bob Svihus
• Lynn Swann – College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame; TV analyst
• Calvin Sweeney
• Lofa Tatupu – NFL Pro Bowler
• Mosi Tatupu
• Brice Taylor
• Mike Taylor
• Skip Thomas
• Terrell Thomas
• Dennis Thurman
• Mark Tucker
• Patrick Turner
• Kenechi Udeze
• Keith Van Horne
• Lenny Vandermade
• John Vella
• Jim Vellone
• Kyle Wachholtz
• Lowell Wagner
• Glen Walker
• John Walker
• Cotton Warburton – College Football Hall of Fame
• Scott Ware
• Chauncey Washington
• Charlie Weaver
• Lee Webb
• Charles White – Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame
• LenDale White
• Brian Williams
• Caleb Williams – Heisman Trophy winner, NFL first round draft pick
• Eric Williams
• Johnny Williams
• Kyle Williams
• Mike Williams – NFL first round draft pick
• Thomas Williams
• Matt Willig
• Ben Wilson
• Richard Wood – College Football Hall of Fame
• Willie Wood – Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Manuel Wright
• Justin Wyatt
• Ron Yary – College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Adrian Young – All-American
• Charle Young – College Football Hall of Fame

Baseball

• Gabe Alvarez
• Brian Bannister
• Bret Barberie – former Major League Baseball infielder; Olympic gold medalist
• Jim Barr (B.S. B.A. 1970) – former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
• Aaron Boone – professional baseball player 1997–2009
• Bret Boone – professional baseball player 1992–2005
• Bill Bordley
• Damon Buford
• Don Buford
• Jeff Cirillo
• Jeff Clement
• Rich Dauer
• Rod Dedeaux (B.S. B.A. 1935) – legendary USC Trojans baseball coach and member of 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
• Lucas Duda
• Dave Engle
• Morgan Ensberg – professional baseball player, 2000–2009, 2005 all-star
• Seth Etherton
• Ron Fairly – former Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Randy Flores
• Ron Flores
• Mike Gillespie
• George Grande
• Jess Hill
• Kyle Hurt – pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers (2023–present)
• Geoff Jenkins – professional baseball player 1998–2008
• Randy Johnson – professional baseball pitcher 1988–2009
• Jacque Jones – professional baseball player 1999–2008
• Steve Kemp – professional baseball player 1977–1988
• Ian Kennedy
• Dave Kingman – professional baseball player 1971–1986
• Rene Lachemann – former MLB manager
• Jason Lane – professional baseball player 2002–2014
• Barry Latman – professional baseball player
• Bill Lee – MLB pitcher
• Justin Lehr – MLB pitcher
• Bob Lillis
• Fred Lynn – professional baseball player 1974–1990
• Mark McGwire – professional baseball player 1986–2001
• Chad Moeller – MLB catcher
• Eric Munson – professional baseball player 2000–2009
• Stu Pederson – MLB player
• Mark Prior – professional baseball player 2003–2013
• Anthony Reyes – MLB pitcher
• Blake Sabol (born 1998) – baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
• Tom Seaver (B.A. 1975) – professional baseball Hall of Fame pitcher 1967–1986
• Al Silvera (1935–2002) – MLB player
• Bob Skube
• Roy Smalley – professional baseball player 1975–1987
• Mark Smith
• Robert Stock (born 1989) – MLB baseball pitcher
• CJ Stubbs – MLB baseball catcher
• Garrett Stubbs (born 1993) – MLB baseball catcher
• Gary Sutherland
• Bobby Valentine – professional baseball pitcher 1969–1979, MLB Manager 1985–2012
• Ben Wanger (M.S. '20) – American-Israeli baseball pitcher, Team Israel
• Barry Zito – professional baseball pitcher 2000–2015

Basketball

Golf

Tennis

Olympians

Miscellaneous

Business

Performing arts

Directing, producing and editing

Acting

Music

Politics and government

Presidents and prime ministers

Cabinet ministers and secretaries

Governors

• Jim Gibbons (attended graduate school in the 1980s) – 28th governor of Nevada
• Fred Hall (B.A. 1938, LL.B. 1941) – 33rd governor of Kansas
• Tomás Yarrington (M.P.A. 1986) – former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico

United States senators

• Dean Heller (B.S. 1985) – former United States senator from Nevada
• Thomas H. Kuchel (B.A. 1932, LL.B. 1935) – former U.S. senator from California
• Jim Webb (attended the college 1963–1964) – U.S. senator from Virginia

Members of the United States House of Representatives

Jurists

U.S. Court of Appeals judges

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California judges

Other U.S. federal court judges

California Supreme Court justices

Other jurists

• You Chung Hong (LL.B. 1924, LL.M. 1925) – first Chinese American admitted to practice in California
• Charles Older – California Superior Court judge presiding over trial of Charles Manson; one of the famed Flying Tigers pilots of WWII
• William A. Reppy (LL.B. 1937) – associate justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Five (1968–1972)
• Mabel Walker Willebrandt (J.D. 1916, LL.M. 1917) – U.S. assistant attorney general, 1921–1929

Military

Ambassadors

Presidential staff

• Herbert G. Klein (B.A. 1940) – former White House communications director
• Fred Ryan (B.A. 1977, J.D. 1980) – assistant and chief of staff for Ronald Reagan
• Donald Segretti (B.A. 1963) – political operative for Richard Nixon
• Ron Ziegler (B.A. 1961) – former White House press secretary

State officials

Miscellaneous

Print and broadcast media

Other

Notable faculty members

A–K

L–Z

References

External links

• USC Alumni Association website