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

See also: Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni

Nobel laureates

Ralph Bunche in 1963

• Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
• Richard F. Heck – recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Robert Bruce Merrifield – recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Elinor Ostrom – recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• Randy Schekman – recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Glenn T. Seaborg – recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• William F. Sharpe – recipient of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Academia, science and technology

• Allen Adham, B.S. Engineering, 1990 – co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment
• Sara Alpern, M.A. History, 1968 – professor of feminist history, Texas A&M University
• William Arveson – mathematician; professor of mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• Molefi Kete Asante, Ph.D. 1968 – professor of African-American studies, Temple University; founder of the theory of Afrocentricity
• June Bacon-Bercey, B.S. 1954, M.S. 1955 – expert on weather; first African American as well as first woman to be awarded the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval
• Paul Baran, M.S. 1959 – Internet pioneer
• Barry Boehm, M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1964 – computer scientist; designed the constructive-cost model in software engineering
• Vance Brand, M.B.A. 1964 – astronaut on STS-35, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-41-B, STS-5
• 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"
• Steven N. S. Cheung – former head, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong
• Juan Cole – professor of history, University of Michigan
• Steve Crocker, B.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1977 – Internet pioneer
• Walter Cunningham, B.A. 1960, M.A. 1961 – astronaut; Apollo lunar-module pilot, Apollo 7
• Robert Dassanowsky – professor of German culture and film studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; film and cultural historian; film producer
• Mike Davis – writer and urban theorist; creative-writing professor, University of California, Riverside
• Edward Diller, B.A. 1953 – professor of Germanic languages and literature, University of Oregon
• Eliza T. Dresang, M.A. in library and information science
• Glenn S. Dumke, Ph.D. 1942 – historian; chancellor, California State University
• Charles Elachi, M.S. 1983 – director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Larry J. Estrada, Ph.D. 1990 – professor; president, National Association for Ethnic Studies (2002–2010)
• 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
• Martin Ford, M.B.A. 1991 - author 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.
• Biruté Galdikas, B.S. 1966, M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1978 – primatologist; considered the world's foremost expert in primatology
• Louis M. Goldstein, Ph.D. 1977 – professor of linguistics and psychology, Yale University
• Chris P. Hafner-Eaton MPH 1988 - School of Public Health - Behavioral Sciences and Health Education; PhD (1992) Public Health - Health Services; author; faculty; health services researcher and policy analyst – U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Science Policy Analyst and Public Health Faculty
• David Ho – physician and AIDS researcher; 1996 Time Person of the Year
• John Keith Irwin (1929–2010), B.A. – author; professor of sociology, San Francisco State University
• 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
• 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
• Maulana Karenga – former chairperson of the black-studies department, California State University, Long Beach; founder of Kwanzaa
• Ed Krupp, Ph.D. 1972 – astronomer; author; director, Griffith Observatory
• Jim Lanzone – president, CBS Interactive
• Ralph Larkin, Ph.D. 1969 – sociologist
• Steven Lehrer – medical researcher and writer
• Antony Garrett Lisi – theoretical physicist
• Elizabeth Loftus – psychologist; professor, University of California, Irvine; influential for her 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
• K. Megan McArthur, B.S. 1993 – astronaut, including STS-125 shuttle mission to service Hubble telescope
• Michael Morhaime, B.S. 1990 – co-founder, Blizzard Entertainment
• 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
• Hugh Nibley, B.A., history – writer and scholar; professor of ancient studies, Brigham Young 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
• 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 (originally sponsored by Dow Chemical and currently by Rohm and Haas); namesake of Pimentel Hall, University of California, Berkeley
• 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
• Afshin David Rahimi, B.S. 1990 – dermatologist
• Henry Samueli, B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 – professor of electrical engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; co-founder of Broadcom; 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
• Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind, M.A. Psychology, 1934 - neurologist and psychiatrist
• Steven Soter, B.S. 1965 – astrophysicist, science writer, co-wrote both Cosmos television series
• Guido Tabellini, Ph.D. 1984 – rector, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Charles E. Young, M.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1960 – former chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles; former president, University of Florida

Arts and literature

• Amy Adler – artist
• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve - writer and educator
• Catherine Asaro – Nebula Award-winning science-fiction novelist
• James Robert Baker – novelist
• Gary Baseman – artist
• Rosa Beltrán – writer, lecturer and academic
• Stan Bitters – sculptor
• Slater Bradley – artist
• Kenneth Wayne Bushnell, B.A., 1958 – artist and educator
• Vija Celmins – MFA 1965, artist
• Judy Chicago – artist and educator
• Jennifer Dalton – artist
• Agnes de Mille – dancer and choreographer
• Jacques Ehrmann – literary theorist
• Dan Eldon – photojournalist
• Kelly Grovier – poet and literary critic
• Sam Harris – writer
• Juan Felipe Herrera – professor, 21st U.S. poet laureate
• Diane Johnson – novelist
• Craig Kauffman – artist
• Jonathan Kellerman – Edgar Award-winning novelist and psychologist
• Annie Lapin – painter
• Gaylord Larsen – mystery writer
• Russell Leong – author and philosopher of Asian-American studies
• Alexandra Nechita – painter
• Raymond Pettibon – visual artist, known for creating the cover art for punk-rock band Black Flag's albums
• Kay Ryan, B.A. 1967, M.A. 1968 – poet and educator; U.S. Poet Laureate (2008–2010); MacArthur Fellow (2011)
• Harry Turtledove – Hugo Award and Nebula Award-winning science-fiction novelist
• Barbara Brooks Wallace – award-winning children's author, including two Edgar Awards and a William Allen White Children's Book Award
• Emma Walton Hamilton (UCLA Lab School) – actress, author of children's books
• Antoine Wilson – novelist

Film, television and theater

Sean Astin was a 2011 commencement speaker at UCLA.

Rob Reiner in 1988

• Moustapha Akkad – film producer
• Inez Asher – television writer and novelist
• Sean Astin – actor
• Philip Austin – comedian and writer
• Sunkrish Bala – actor
• Carroll Ballard – film director
• Carol Barbee – television producer
• Errol Barnett – CNN anchor
• Beth Behrs – actress, 2 Broke Girls
• Catherine Bell – actress
• Xander Bennett – author and screenwriter
• Corbin Bernsen - actor
• Sarah Uriarte Berry – actress and singer
• Mayim Bialik – actress, including sitcom television series Blossom (1990–1995) and The Big Bang Theory (2009–present)
• Dustin Lance Black – Academy Award-winning screenwriter for biographical film Milk (2008)
• Jack Black – actor, comedian and musician
• Shane Black – screenwriter; wrote buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon (1987) and crime black-comedy film Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005)
• 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
• Michael Burns – actor and historian; child star of Wagon Train (1960–1965); professor emeritus in history, Mount Holyoke College
• Todd Burns – film producer, including The Stoning of Soraya M
• Nicolas Cage – actor
• Nancy Cartwright – Emmy Award-winning actress; voice of Bart Simpson
• Doug Chiang – Academy Award-winning film-production designer
• Tanya Chisholm – actress
• James Coburn – Academy Award-winning actor
• Josh Cooke – actor, including Better With You
• 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
• Alex Cox – film director and screenwriter; wrote and directed Repo Man and Sid and Nancy
• 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)
• Shirley Dinsdale, winner of the first "Emmys" for Judy Splinters in 1949
• Deepti Divakar – Indian model, actress, writer and Miss India World 1981
• 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
• Eddie Frierson – actor
• Brad Garrett - actor and comedian
• Alex Gibney – documentary filmmaker
• Dan Gordon – screenwriter
• Christopher Gorham – actor
• Horace Hahn – actor
• Kristin Hanggi – Tony Award-nominated theater director
• Chris Hardwick – actor, comedian and television personality; host of popular-science documentary television series Wired Science (2007)
• Catherine Hardwicke – film director and screenwriter
• Mariska Hargitay – Emmy Award-winning actress, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Mark Harmon, B.A. Communication, 1974 – actor; played quarterback for the UCLA Bruins 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
• Allan Hunt – film, television and stage actor
• John Ireland – sportscaster
• Anne-Marie Johnson – actress
• Judy Kaye – Tony Award-winning actress and singer
• Joanna Kerns - actress
• Taran Killam – actor, comedian
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Darius Mehrjui – film director
• Nana Meriwether – Miss Maryland USA 2012, Miss USA 2012
• 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
• Leonard Nimoy – actor, director and photographer
• 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
• 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 – star of the "Blurred Lines" music video
• Autumn Reeser – actress
• Tasha Reign – pornographic actress
• Rob Reiner – actor and film director; directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally...
• Tim Robbins – Academy Award-winning actor, film director and social activist; wrote and directed Bob Roberts and Dead Man Walking
• Dev Ross – Annie Award, Emmy Award, Humanitas Award, and PBS ACT Award – winning screenwriter, Winnie the Pooh and Return of Jafar
• 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
• Ben Stiller – actor and comedian
• Joel Surnow – co-creator of 24
• 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
• Tritia Toyota – news anchor, CBS 2 Los Angeles
• Ham Tran – film director, including Journey from the Fall
• Gabrielle Union – actress
• Milo Ventimiglia – actor, including Heroes, Gilmore Girls
• Gore Verbinski – film director; directed the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
• Michael Warren – actor, including Hill Street Blues
• Jaleel White – actor, including Family Matters
• Amy Winfrey – artist and animator
• Eric Winter – actor
• Hoyt Yeatman – Academy Award-winning visual-effects supervisor
• Caveh Zahedi – filmmaker
• Daphne Zuniga – actress, including Melrose Place, One Tree Hill

Music

• Jenni Alpert – singer-songwriter
• Sara Bareilles – Grammy Award-nominated 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
• 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
• John Fahey – experimental guitarist
• David Farrell – bass guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park
• 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
• Jake Heggie – opera composer, Dead Man Walking
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• Susie Tallman – children's musician
• 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
• John Williams – Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning composer; conductor and pianist; compositions include scores for the space opera Star Wars film series
• La Monte Young — composer, leading figure in musical minimalism

Business and law

• Eugene Anderson – attorney
• Fred D. Anderson, M.B.A. – 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
• 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
• Cormac J. Carney – United States federal judge
• Phil Carter – attorney, writer, and U.S. Army adviser in Iraq
• Morgan Chu – attorney, intellectual property expert
• Marcia Clark – attorney, lead prosecutor in O.J. Simpson murder case
• Johnnie Cochran – attorney
• Lynn Compton – former judge for the California Court of Appeals
• Roger Curtis – founder of Associated Electrics
• Keith Fink – attorney
• Laurence D. Fink – CEO and Chairman of BlackRock
• Dikla Gavrieli – President and co-founder of Tieks
• Dolly Gee – U.S. District Court judge
• Bill Gross, M.B.A. – co-founder of PIMCO
• Vinita Gupta – first Indian-origin woman to take her company public
• 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
• Ronald L. Havner Jr. – CEO of Public Storage Inc.
• John W. Henry – money manager and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C.
• Nita Ing – chairman of Continental Engineering Corporation and Taiwan High Speed Rail
• 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
• Matt Levin – mid-level consultant, "American Ninja Warrior" contestant, attorney
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Nobutada Saji – chief executive officer, Suntory
• Robert Sanchez – chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Hexadyne Corporation
• Robert Shapiro – attorney
• Reid Smith – Los Angeles Area businessman and former actor
• Stacey Snider – president of DreamWorks
• Ronald Sugar – chief executive officer, Northrop Grumman
• 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
• Daniel Tawfik - founder of Vonjour.com
• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy – founder, chairman and CEO of ILFC
• Kim McLane Wardlaw – judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Don Yee - NFL sports agent

Politics

• Farid Abboud – ambassador of Lebanon to United States
• Glenn M. Anderson – United States Representative from California (1969–1993)
• Patrick Argüello – Nicaraguan-American revolutionary
• Howard Berman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Tom Bradley – Mayor of Los Angeles (1973–1993)
• Yvonne Braithwaite Burke – Los Angeles County Supervisor
• John Campbell – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Benjamin Cayetano – Governor of Hawaii (1994–2002)
• Judy Chu – first Chinese-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress
• James C. Corman – Los Angeles City Council member; member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• J. Curtis Counts – director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• Edmund D. Edelman – Los Angeles City Council member (1965–1974); Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member (1975–1994)
• John Ehrlichman – assistant and counsel to the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration
• Elizabeth Emken – 2012 Republican U.S. Senate Candidate
• Larry J. Estrada – former mayor of Fort Collins, Colorado
• Robert C. Farrell – journalist; Los Angeles City Council member (1974–1991)
• Dean Florez – member of the California State Senate, student body president at UCLA
• Eric Garcetti (UCLA Lab School, '82) – Mayor of Los Angeles
• Kirsten Gillibrand – U.S. Senator from New York
• H.R. Haldeman – Chief of Staff for the Richard M. Nixon presidential administration; a key figure in the Watergate scandal
• James Day Hodgson – former United States Secretary of Labor and Ambassador to Japan
• Paul Koretz – former member of the California State Assembly; Los Angeles City Council member
• Sheila Kuehl – member of the California State Senate
• Jerry Lewis – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
• Calum MacDonald – former Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
• Roberto Madrazo – candidate for president of Mexico in the 2006 presidential elections
• Jim Matheson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Utah
• Tom McClintock – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• David McReynolds – activist and socialist political candidate
• Lloyd Monserratt – California political and community leader
• Bill Morrow – member of the California State Senate
• Gordon L. Park (class of 1961) – former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Dennis Ross – U.S. diplomat to the Middle East
• Edward R. Roybal – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Brad Sherman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Helen Singleton – civil rights activist and Freedom Rider
• William French Smith – former United States Attorney General
• Todd Spitzer – member of the California State Assembly
• William R. Steiger – director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's Office of Global Health Affairs in the George W. Bush administration
• Ted Stevens – former senator of Alaska and alumnus to Delta Kappa Epsilon
• Peggy Stevenson – Los Angeles City Council member (1975–1985)
• Antonio Villaraigosa – Mayor of Los Angeles; former Speaker of the California Assembly
• Joel Wachs (born 1939) – Los Angeles City Council member (1970–2001); president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City
• Mimi Walters – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Diane Watson – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Henry Waxman – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Shirley Weber – member of the California State Assembly
• Helena Wong (born 1959) – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, lecturer at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948) – Los Angeles City Council member; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member

Miscellaneous

• Rodney Alcala – convicted rapist and serial killer active from 1968 to 1979, aka the "Dating Game Killer" for his successful appearance on the The Dating Game.
• 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
• Judge Joe Brown – television judge
• Carlos Castaneda – anthropologist and writer
• Paul Colichman — founder of Here! cable TV network
• Allen Cunningham – professional poker payer
• Iva Toguri D'Aquino – World War II radio propagandist, "Tokyo Rose"
• Giada De Laurentiis – Food Network Chef (Every Day Italian)
• Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, B.S., Ph.D. – World Series of Poker main event winner and poker professional
• Harvey J. Fields (1935–2014), B.A. from UCLA in 1958, Reform rabbi.
• Jonathan Gold – Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic
• 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
• Jill Kinmont – educator, quadriplegic, alpine ski racer in the 1950s
• Ezra Klein – blogger; journalist, The Washington Post
• 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
• Donn Moomaw – Presbyterian minister, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Zoltan Pali - architect
• Steve Parode - U. S. Navy Rear Admiral
• 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
• Nicolas Sadirac – founder and current President of the École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
• Steve Sailer, M.B.A. – paleoconservative blogger and journalist (VDARE, Taki's Magazine)
• 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
• Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand
• Francis B. Wai – Medal of Honor recipient
• Stephen Worth – director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project
• Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol of Thailand

Notable faculty

See also: Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty

Nobel laureates

• Paul D. Boyer – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Donald Cram (1919–2001) – professor of chemistry; recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 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

Social science, arts and humanities

• Joyce Appleby – U.S. historian; specialist in intellectual history and the legacy of liberalism
• William Bodiford – professor of Japanese and Buddhist studies
• Kenny Burrell – professor of jazz studies; jazz guitarist and composer
• Rudolf Carnap – professor of the philosophy of language
• Alonzo Church – pioneer in the philosophy of language and computer science
• James Smoot Coleman – Africanist; founded the UCLA African Studies Center
• Neil Denari – professor of architecture
• Jared Diamond – professor of geography and physiology, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
• Frederick Erickson – professor emeritus of educational anthropology
• Saul Friedländer – European historian; specialist in Holocaust studies
• James Gimzewski – physicist and nanotechnology pioneer
• Carlo Ginzburg – European historian; pioneer of microhistory
• Juan Gomez-Quinones – U.S. historian; specialist in Chicano history
• N. Katherine Hayles – literary critic
• Thomas Hines – architectural historian; professor emeritus
• James N. Hill (1934–1997) – processualist archaeologist
• David Kaplan – professor of the philosophy of language
• Edmond Keller – professor of political science; Africanist
• Harold Kelley (1921–2003) – professor of psychology; social psychologist
• 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
• 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
• 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 Thacker Morris (1917–1981) – chairman of the sociology department, author
• Donald Neuen – professor of choral studies; conductor; apprentice of Robert Shaw
• Karen Orren – professor of political science; noted for her work in American political development
• Hans Reichenbach – professor of philosophy
• Teofilo Ruiz – European historian; specialist in medieval history
• Bertrand Russell – professor of philosophy; taught as a guest lecturer for one year
• Arnold Schoenberg – professor of music; composer
• Seana Shiffrin – professor of philosophy known for her work in legal and moral philosophy
• Shelley Taylor – professor of psychology; social psychologist
• Josef von Sternberg – taught film aesthetics
• Eugen Weber – historian; author of Peasants Into Frenchmen
• Luc E. Weber – Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Kendall Houk – professor of chemistry
• Tatsuo Itoh – professor of electrical engineering; member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Alan Kay – professor of computer science; Turing Award laureate
• 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
• 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
• Henry John Orchard – professor of electrical engineering; pioneer of the field of filter design
• 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
• Joseph Rudnick – professor of physics; dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences; senior dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science
• 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
• Edward Wright – professor of astronomy; expert in cosmology and infrared astronomy; member of the National Academy of Sciences

Politics

• Michael Dukakis – professor of policy studies, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential candidate
• Al Gore – visiting professor, 45th Vice President of the United States
• Larry Pressler – teacher and visiting fellow, former Senator from South Dakota

Medicine

• Michael S. Gottlieb – first physician to diagnose AIDS
• David Ho – AIDS researcher
• Howard Judd – menopause expert and medical researcher
• No-Hee Park, DMD, PhD – Dean, UCLA School of Dentistry and notable researcher of oral (head and neck) cancer and aging research
• Patrick Soon-Shiong – executive director, UCLA Wireless Health Institute

Business

• Mark A.R. Kleiman – professor of public policy, noted expert on crime and drug policy
• William Ouchi – professor of management and best-selling author

Law

Main article: UCLA School of Law § Faculty

Athletics

Hall of Famers in major team sports

National Baseball Hall of Fame

• Jackie Robinson (inducted in 1962)

Pro Football Hall of Fame

• Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965)
• Tom Fears (inducted in 1970)
• Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1994)
• Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006)
• Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013)

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• John Wooden (inducted in 1973)
• Bill Walton (inducted in 1993)
• Ann Meyers (inducted in 1993)
• Denny Crum (inducted in 1994)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (inducted in 1995)
• Gail Goodrich (inducted in 1996)
• Denise Curry (inducted in 1997)
• Larry Brown (inducted in 2002)
• Reggie Miller (inducted in 2012)
• Jamaal Wilkes (inducted in 2012)
• Donald Barksdale (inducted in 2012)

Students

Baseball

• Héctor Ambriz – Major League Baseball pitcher; Houston Astros
• Garrett Atkins – Major League Baseball first baseman; Colorado Rockies (2003–2009), Baltimore Orioles (2010)
• Eric Byrnes – former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Gerrit Cole – current Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Jeff Conine – former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder; two-time World Series champion
• Brandon Crawford – Major League Baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants
• Troy Glaus – former Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman; recipient, Most Valuable Player Award for the 2002 World Series
• Casey Janssen (class of 2000) – Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher
• 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)
• Tim Leary – former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Torey Lovullo – former Major League Baseball infielder; minor-league manager
• Adam Melhuse – former Major League Baseball catcher
• Jim Parque – former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Chris Pritchett – international scout; former Major League Baseball first baseman
• Dave Roberts - Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers – former Major League Baseball outfielder; 2004 World Series champion with Boston Red Sox; San Francisco Giants (2007–2008)
• 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)
• Chase Utley – Major League Baseball second baseman; 2008 World Series champion with the Philadelphia Phillies
• Matt Young – former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Todd Zeile – former Major League Baseball catcher, third baseman and first baseman

Basketball

File:Don Barksdale.jpg

Don Barksdale, Hall of Fame basketball player

Lew Alcindor, six-time NBA champion

Bill Walton, NBA MVP, Hall of Famer

See also: Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball players, Category:UCLA Bruins women's basketball players, and List of UCLA Bruins in the NBA

• 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
• Val Ackerman – commissioner of the Big East Conference, first president of the WNBA, former pro basketball player
• Arron Afflalo – National Basketball Association player, New York Knicks
• Trevor Ariza – National Basketball Association player, Houston Rockets
• Sam Balter - Olympic gold medalist
• 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
• Matt Barnes – National Basketball Association player, Memphis Grizzlies
• Nikki Blue – Women's National Basketball Association player, New York Liberty
• Darren Collison – NBA player, Los Angeles Clippers
• Denise Curry – professional and Olympic player, former head women's basketball coach at CSU, Fullerton
• Baron Davis – National Basketball Association player
• Mark Eaton – retired American professional basketball player who was a member of the NBA's Utah Jazz
• Tyus Edney – former National Basketball Association player
• Jordan Farmar – National Basketball Association player, New Jersey Nets
• Dan Gadzuric – National Basketball Association player, Golden State Warriors
• Gail Goodrich – National Basketball Association Hall of Fame player; won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers
• Stuart Gray – former National Basketball Association player
• Jrue Holiday – National Basketball Association player, Philadelphia 76ers
• Nicole Kaczmarski – Women's National Basketball Association player (did not graduate)
• Jason Kapono – National Basketball Association player and NBA champion, Philadelphia 76ers
• Mitch Kupchak – general manager for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Zach LaVine – National Basketball Association player, Minnesota Timberwolves;
• Cliff Livingston – National Football League linebacker
• Kevin Love – National Basketball Association All-Star, Cleveland Cavaliers; Olympic gold medalist
• Luc Mbah a Moute – National Basketball Association player, Los Angeles Clippers
• Maylana Martin, 2000 – Women's National Basketball Association player; assistant coach at UCLA
• Andre McCarter – NBA player
• Ann Meyers – Hall of Fame basketball player and Olympic silver medalist
• Reggie Miller – National Basketball Association player, Olympic gold medalist, and second All-Time in 3-pointers, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Dave Minor – former National Basketball Association player
• Jerome Moiso – American professional basketball player in Europe, former NBA player
• Shabazz Muhammad – National Basketball Association player, Minnesota Timberwolves;
• Willie Naulls – former National Basketball Association player
• Teiko Nishi – high school basketball coach
• Ed O'Bannon – basketball player, led Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
• Anita Ortega – Women's Professional Basketball League player
• Noelle Quinn, 2007 – Women's National Basketball Association player
• Pooh Richardson – former National Basketball Association player
• Bill Walton – National Basketball Association MVP, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame; now a broadcaster
• Earl Watson – National Basketball Association player, Utah Jazz
• Russell Westbrook – National Basketball Association All-Star, Oklahoma City Thunder, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Jamaal Wilkes – former National Basketball Association player; four-time NBA champion; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Natalie Williams, 1994 – Women's National Basketball Association and Olympic player
• Lisa Willis, 2006 – Women's National Basketball Association player
• Trevor Wilson – former National Basketball Association player

Football

See also: Category:UCLA Bruins football players and List of UCLA Bruins in the NFL Draft

Troy Aikman, three-time NFL champion

Maurice Jones-Drew

• Troy Aikman – former National Football League player, three-time Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Kermit Alexander – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Flipper Anderson – former National Football League player; holds NFL record for receiving yards in a game
• Zenon Andrusyshyn – former National Football League player, Southern Baptist minister
• Bill Armstrong – National Football League player
• Dave Ball – former National Football League player
• Anthony Barr –Minnesota Vikings linebacker
• Gary Beban – 1967 Heisman Trophy winner; former National Football League player
• Drew Bennett – former National Football League player
• Steve Bono – former National Football League player
• Paul Cameron – football player
• Brandon Chillar – former National Football League player
• Kenyon Coleman – National Football League player
• Randy Cross – former National Football League player; three-time All-Pro selection
• Dave Dalby – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Bruce Davis - former National Football League player, Super Bowl Champion
• Kenny Easley – National Football League player; 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
• Irv Eatman – former National Football League player
• Donnie Edwards – National Football League player
• Allan Ellis – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Danny Everett – 1988 Olympic gold medalist, 4 × 400 m men's relay
• Mike Farr – National Football League player; Detroit Lions wide receiver
• Kris Farris – former National Football League player
• Tom Fears – former National Football League player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Mike Flanagan – former National Football League player
• Bryan Fletcher – former National Football League player and Super Bowl champion
• Kai Forbath – National Football League player
• DeShaun Foster – former National Football League player; San Francisco 49ers running back
• Nesby Glasgow – former American football safety who played 14 seasons in the National Football League
• Gaston Green – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Wally Henry – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Efren Herrera – former National Football League player; All Pro player
• Brett Hundley – current UCLA quarterback
• Jimmy Johnson – former NFL player and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Norm Johnson – former National Football League player
• Jimmie Jones – gridiron football player
• Maurice Jones-Drew – National Football League player, track and field athlete (did not graduate)
• Joe Keeble — National Football League player
• Billy Kilmer – former National Football League player, American Football Association commissioner, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Travis Kirschke – former National Football League player
• Fulton Kuykendall – former National Football League player
• Carnell Lake – former National Football League player
• John Lee – NCAA-record breaking, two-time All-American placekicker
• Marcedes Lewis – National Football League player
• Cliff Livingston – former National Football League player
• Duval Love – former National Football League player, New Orleans Saints offensive tackle
• Tommy Maddox – former National Football League player
• Ricky Manning – former National Football League player
• Frank Manumaleuga – former National Football League player
• Jim Matheny – football player
• Freeman McNeil – former National Football League player, three-time All-Pro selection
• Fred McNeill – former National Football League player
• Cade McNown – former National Football League player
• Bjorn Merten – All-American
• Jamir Miller – former National Football League player, one-time All-Pro selection
• Freddie Mitchell – former National Football League player
• Max Montoya – former National Football League player, four-time Pro Bowl selection
• Rahim Moore – National Football League player for the Denver Broncos
• Ryan Nece – National Football League player; Super Bowl champion
• Ken Norton, Jr. – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion
• Jonathan Ogden – former National Football League player; Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Drew Olson, 2009 – former National Football League player
• Vaughn Parker – former National Football League player
• Marvcus Patton – former National Football League player
• Don Paul – former National Football League player; three-time Pro Bowl selection
• Carl Peterson – former general manager, Kansas City Chiefs
• Roman Phifer – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion
• Jerry Robinson – former National Football League player
• Jim Salsbury – former National Football League player
• Jay Schroeder – former National Football League player; one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Luis Sharpe – former National Football League player; three-time Pro Bowl selection
• Mike Sherrard – former National Football League player
• Don Shinnick – former National Football League player
• Matthew Slater – National Football League player, two-time All Pro selection
• Kevin Smith – former National Football League player
• Ken Snelling – former National Football League player
• Al Sparlis – former National Football League player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Woody Strode – football player; one of the first African-American players to integrate the National Football League and film actor
• Xavier Su'a-Filo – offensive lineman
• Harry Thompson — National Football League player
• Glen Titensor – former National Football League player
• Mark Tuinei – former National Football League player; three-time Super Bowl champion
• Eric Turner – former National Football League player; one-time All-Pro selection
• Wendell Tyler – former National Football League player, one-time Pro Bowl selection
• Alterraun Verner – National Football League player
• James Washington – former National Football League player
• Kenny Washington – former football player; one of the first African-American players to integrate the National Football League
• Bob Waterfield – former National Football League player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Dick Witcher – former National Football League player

Golf

• John Merrick – professional golfer
• Corey Pavin – professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion, 2010 Ryder Cup captain
• Tom Pernice, Jr. – professional golfer
• Monte Scheinblum – 1992 U.S. National and World Long Drive Champion
• Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer

Soccer

• Danesha Adams – NWSL defender, Sky Blue FC
• Lauren Barnes – NWSL defender, Seattle Reign FC
• Chad Barrett – Major League Soccer forward; Los Angeles Galaxy
• Carlos Bocanegra – Chivas USA centre back; vice captain, U.S. men's national soccer team
• Jonathan Bornstein – soccer player
• Zakiya Bywaters – NWSL forward, Chicago Red Stars
• Abby Dahlkemper – NWSL defender, Western New York Flash
• Caprice Dydasco - plays for Washington Spirit
• David Estrada – forward, midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer
• Brad Friedel – Premier League soccer player; 2002 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
• Kevin Hartman – Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1999 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
• Jaime Hipp – water polo goalkeeper; Olympian
• Lauren Holiday – NWSL forward, FC Kansas City; member, U.S. women's national soccer team
• Patrick Ianni – defender of Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, U.S. Olympian for 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Cobi Jones – Major League Soccer player; two-time MLS Cup champion and 1998 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
• Sarah Killion - number 2 pick in NWSL Draft, plays for Sky Blue FC
• Kristina Larsen – NWSL forward, Seattle Reign FC
• Sydney Leroux – NWSL forward, Boston Breakers; member, U.S. women's national soccer team
• Sam Mewis – U.S. women's national soccer team
• Megan Oyster - plays for Washington Spirit
• Matt Reis – Major League Soccer player
• Nick Rimando – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
• Katelyn Rowland - plays for FC Kansas City
• Sigi Schmid – soccer coach and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
• Scot Thompson – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
• Peter Vagenas – Major League Soccer player; MLS Cup champion
• Marvell Wynne – Major League Soccer player; United States men's national soccer team player
• McCall Zerboni – NWSL midfielder; Western New York Flash

Tennis

Jimmy Connors

Justin Gimelstob

• Arthur Ashe – tennis player and social activist; Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Jimmy Connors – tennis player; two-time Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Zack Fleishman – professional tennis player
• Allen Fox – tennis player (ranked as high as # 4) and coach
• Justin Gimelstob – professional tennis player
• Kimberly Po – professional tennis player
• Brian Teacher – professional tennis player
• Eliot Teltscher – professional tennis player

Gymnastics

• Alyssa Beckerman – gymnast
• Mohini Bhardwaj – Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics
• Tim Daggett – gymnast and 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• Danusia Francis – London 2012 Reserve for the British team
• Mitch Gaylord – gymnast; 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• 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
• Samantha Peszek – 2008 Olympic team silver medalist, 2007 World Championships team gold medalist
• Jennifer Pinches – 2012 British Olympic team member, 2010 and 2011 British World Championships team member
• 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
• Kerri Strug- 1996 Olympic Champion (team gold)

Track and field

• Evelyn Ashford – Olympic track and field athlete and multiple gold medalist
• Ato Boldon – Olympic track and field athlete 1997 200 meter World Champion and four-time Olympic Sprint medalist
• Gail Devers – track and field runner; multiple Olympic gold medalist
• Millard Hampton – track and field athlete, gold (4X100 relay) and silver (200 meters) medalist in the 1976 Montreal Olympics
• Dawn Harper – 2008 Olympics 100m Hurdles gold medalist
• Joanna Hayes – Olympic gold medalist track and field 100 m hurdles record holder
• Monique Henderson – track and field runner; Olympic gold medalist in 4 × 400 m relay
• Rafer Johnson – several-time world-record holder in the decathlon, and gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Florence Griffith Joyner – Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in 100 meter race
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee – track and field athlete, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the heptathlon
• Meb Keflezighi – NCAA championships and New York City Marathon winner
• Steve Lewis – Olympic gold medalist in track and field
• Andre Phillips – track and field athlete, 400 meter hurdle gold medalist in the 1988 Seoul Olympics
• Mike Powell – former track and field athlete, current coach and holder of the long jump world record
• 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)

Volleyball

Karch Kiraly

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

Water polo

• James Ferguson – 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
• Natalie Golda – water polo player; Olympian
• Adam Krikorian – water polo player and coach; won 14 national titles
• Monte Nitzkowski – Olympic water polo coach and swimmer

Other

• 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
• 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
• Dot Richardson – softball player, Olympic gold medalist
• Doug Shaffer – platform diving, U.S. National champion, NCAA Diver of the Year, Head coach at UCLA, Minnesota and LSU

Athletic directors

• Fred Cozens – Director of Physical Education and Athletics (1919–1942), first basketball (1919–1921) and football (1919) head coach
• Dan Guerrero, B.A. 1974 – athletic director (2002– )
• Wilbur Johns, 1925 – athletic director (1948–1963), men's basketball head coach (1939–1948), basketball player
• J. D. Morgan – athletic director (1963–1979), head tennis coach (1949–1966), tennis player (1938–1941)

Basketball coaches

See also: List of UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches and UCLA Bruins women's basketball § Head coaches

• Steve Alford – men's basketball head coach (2013– )
• Frank Arnold – men's basketball assistant coach
• Gene Bartow – men's basketball head coach (1975–1977)
• Larry Brown – men's basketball head coach (1979–1981), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Tasha Butts – women's basketball assistant coach
• Nikki Caldwell – women's basketball head coach (2008–2011)
• Denny Crum, 1958 – men's basketball assistant coach (1963–1971), player (1956–1958), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Gary Cunningham – men's basketball head coach (1977–1979), basketball player (1960–1962)
• Donny Daniels – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2010)
• Larry Farmer – men's basketball head coach (1981–1984), basketball player (1970–1973)
• Mark Gottfried – men's basketball assistant coach (1987–1995)
• Jim Harrick – men's basketball head coach (1988–1996)
• Walt Hazzard – men's basketball head coach (1984–1988), basketball player (1961–1964), NBA and Olympic player
• Jack Hirsch – men's basketball assistant coach (1984–1988), player (1961–1964)
• Brad Holland, B.A. 1979 – men's basketball assistant coach (1988–1992), player (1975–1979)
• Michael Holton – men's basketball assistant coach (1996–2001), player (1979–1983)
• Ben Howland – men's basketball head coach (2003–2013); 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year
• Chad Kammerer – men's basketball assistant coach
• Kerry Keating – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2007)
• Steve Lavin – men's basketball head coach (1996–2003)
• Gerald Madkins – men's basketball assistant coach, player
• Philip Mathews – men's basketball assistant coach (2010– )
• Billie Moore – women's basketball head coach (1977–1993), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Kevin O'Connor – men's basketball assistant coach (1979–1984)
• Lorenzo Romar – men's basketball assistant coach (1992–1996)
• Jim Saia – men's basketball assistant coach
• 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)
• John Wooden – men's basketball head coach (1948–1975), won 10 NCAA championships, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Caddy Works – men's basketball head coach (1921–1939)
• Ernie Zeigler – men's basketball assistant coach (2003–2006)

Football coaches

See also: UCLA Bruins football § Head coaching history

• Sal Alosi – strength and conditioning coordinator
• Dino Babers – assistant head coach (2004–2007)
• William F. Barnes – head football coach (1958–1964)
• Eric Bieniemy – running backs coach (2003–2005)
• Gary Blackney – assistant coach (1978–1979)
• Sam Boghosian – assistant coach (1957–1964), player (1952–1954)
• James J. Cline – head football coach (1923–1924)
• 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
• Karl Dorrell – head football coach (2003–2007), football player (1983–1986)
• Edwin C. Horrell – head football coach (1939–1944), member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Mike Johnson – interim head coach (2011)
• Ed Kezirian – interim head football coach (2002), football player
• Adrian Klemm – run game coordinator and offensive line coach
• Bert LaBrucherie, 1929 – head football coach (1945–1948), football player (1926–1928)
• Demetrice Martin – defensive backs coach
• Noel Mazzone – offensive coordinator
• Jim L. Mora – head football coach (2012– )
• Rick Neuheisel, B.A. 1984 – head football coach (2008–2011), football player (1980–1983)
• Kennedy Polamalu – running backs coach
• Tommy Prothro – head football coach (1965–1970), member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Pepper Rodgers – head football coach (1971–1973)
• Henry Russell Sanders – head football coach (1949–1957)
• Lou Spanos – defensive coordinator (2012–2013)
• William H. Spaulding – head football coach (1925–1938)
• Bob Toledo – head football coach (1996–2002)
• Harry Trotter – head football coach (1920–1922), track coach (1919–1946)
• Jeff Ulbrich – assistant head coach
• Dick Vermeil – head football coach (1974–1975)
• DeWayne Walker – interim head football coach (2007)
• Eric Yarber – wide receivers coach

Miscellaneous coaches

• Adam Krikorian – men's and women's water polo coach, won 9 NCAA championships; assistant coach, won 1 NCAA championship; UCLA water polo player, won 1995 NCAA championship
• Al Scates – men's volleyball coach, won 19 NCAA championships
• John Smith – track and field coach, inventor of the drive phase and world record holder at 440 yards (400 m) event

See also

• List of people from Los Angeles