List of Los Angeles Unified School District people explained

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"^[1]
• Walt Cunningham, astronaut
• John McCarthy (1927–2011), computer technology, "father of artificial intelligence" ^[2]
• Glenn T. Seaborg, nuclear chemistry, Nobel Laureate^{[3] [4]}

Arts and literature

• Ray Bradbury, author^[5]
• Helen Gurley Brown, author, publisher, and businesswoman who founded Cosmopolitan magazine^[6]
• James Ellroy, writer^[7]
• Craig Ellwood (1922–1992), architect^[8]
• 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^[9]
• Irving Stone, writer

Film, television, and theatre

• Byron Allen, talk show host^[10]
• Carol Burnett, comedian
• Adam Carolla, comedian^[11]
• Richard Crenna (1926–2003), actor^[12]
• Leonardo DiCaprio, actor ^[13]
• Micky Dolenz, actor/musician/drummer of The Monkees^[14]
• Nanette Fabray, actor
• Mike Frankovich (1909–1992), film producer^[15]
• Joel Grey née Joel David Katz (1950), singer and actor^[16]
• Rita Hayworth née Margarita Carmen Cansino, actress^[17]
• Carole Lombard, actress^[18]
• Quinn Martin, producer^[19]
• Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), actor
• David Nelson, actor
• Ricky Nelson, actor
• Anthony Quinn (1915–2001), actor
• Robert Redford, actor
• Mort Sahl, humorist^[12]
• Tom Selleck, actor^[20]
• 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^[21]
• Harry R. Watson (1921–2001), actor, photo-journalist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Watson Family^{[22] [23]}
• Jack Webb (1920–1982), producer, director, actor^{[12] [24]}
• Robert Young, actor
• Regina King, actress, director, Academy Award winner

Music

• Steven Adler, musician, drummer (Guns N' Roses)^[25]
• Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive^[26]
• Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician, bassist, trumpet player (Red Hot Chili Peppers)^[26]
• Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), folk singer, activist^[27]
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), pianist, composer, and arranger^[28]
• Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller^[29]
• Phil Spector, record producer^[30]
• Mike Stoller, music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller^[29]
• Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, pianist and composer
• O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson, rapper, director, actor, producer, and founder of the Big Three Basketball league
• 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^[31]
• Ron Botchan, NFL official^[32]
• 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^[33]
• Don Drysdale,(1936-1993) National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher^[34]
• Jordan Farmar, NBA basketball player^[35]
• Jeff Fisher, former NFL player and head coach
• Gail Goodrich, basketball player in the NBA, attended UCLA^[36]
• Luis (Lou) Gomez, MLB player^[15]
• Mike Haynes, NFL Hall of Famer
• Robert Lyles, NFL player^[37]
• Gary Matthews, former Major League Baseball player^[38]
• Dick Moje, National Football League ^[39]
• Jim E. Mora, football coach
• Eddie Murray, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Bobby Riggs (1918–1995), tennis player
• Charles White, football player, Heisman Trophy winner^[40]
• Ozzie Smith, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Mal Whitfield, athlete^[41]

Medicine

• David Ho, AIDS researcher, physician and Time magazine's 1996 Man of the Year^[42]
• 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^[43]
• Warren Christopher, U.S. Secretary of State
• Jimmy Doolittle, aviation pioneer
• Daryl F. Gates, Los Angeles Police Chief, 1978 to 1992^[44]
• Carlos R. Moreno, California Supreme Court Justice (Cl. of 1966)^[45]
• Dorothy Wright Nelson, United States federal judge
• Harry Pregerson, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Manuel Lawrence Real, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom^[46]

Politics and Government

• Howard Berman, Former U.S. Representative^[47]
• Tom Bradley (1917–1998), Mayor of Los Angeles^[48]
• Ralph Bunche, educator, UN mediator on Palestine and Nobel Peace Prize Winner^[49]
• Vickie Castro, Activist and member of the LAUSD School Board^[50]
• James Charles Corman (1920–2000), Congressman^[51]
• Ron Downing, City Manager; UCLA and Harvard University
• Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
• Jane L. Harman, U.S. House of Representatives^[52]
• Augustus F. Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 21st and 29th district from 1963–1991; California assembly from 1935–1963^[53]
• Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player^[54]
• Glenard P. Lipscomb (1915–1970), Congressman^[15]
• Howard McKeon, U.S. House of Representatives from the 25th District (1993-2015)(^[55]
• Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77^[56]
• Edward R. Roybal, (1917-2005) member of the U.S. House of Representatives(1963-93)^[57]
• Vincent Thomas (1907–1980), California Assemblyman
• Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles^[58]

Miscellaneous

• Patrick Argüello (1943–1970), US-Nicaraguan national killed in the attempted hijack of an El Al flight, as carried out by the PFLP^[59]
• Al Michaels, Television sportscaster

Notable faculty

• Salvador B. Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist^[60]
• Jaime Escalante, (1930-2010) educator^[61]
• Jim Tunney, principal and NFL official^[62]
• Fay Allen, first African-American woman to be elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District board.^[63]

See also

• List of people from Los Angeles

Notes and References

1. Book: Hafner. Katie. Lyon. Matthew. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet. 1996. 0684812010. Steve Crocker and Vint Cerf had been best friends since attending Van Nuys High School in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley.... While Cerf and Crocker were academic stars, Postel, who was twenty-five, had had a more checkered academic career. He had grown up in nearby Glendale and Sherman Oaks, and he too had attended Van Nuys High School, where his grades were mediocre..
2. Woo, Elaine (October 27, 2011). "John McCarthy dies at 84; the father of artificial intelligence". Los Angeles Times
3. Bicentennial Pageant-Los Angeles City Schools program, LAUSD, May 29, 1976, LA Memorial Coliseum, page 11, Fifty Distinguished Alumni
4. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1951/seaborg-bio.html Glenn T. Seaborg – Biographical
5. Web site: Bradbury Library at Los Angeles High . School Library . March 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110222192640/http://lashs.org/Library/index.htm . February 22, 2011 .
6. Book: Scanlon . Jennifer . Nancy . Toff . Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown . 2009 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-534205-5 . 14 .
7. News: Mother's Murder Unsolved, Too. Los Angeles Times . David . Haldane . October 4, 1987 . May 2, 2010 .
8. Jackson, Neil (2002). California Modern, the Architecture of Craig Ellwood. Princeton Architectural Press.
9. "Jack Smith" obituary. Los Angeles Times. January 10, 1996
10. News: Class Clowns. Los Angeles Times . Duane . Noriyuki . November 9, 1995 . May 2, 2010 .
11. http://www.adamcarolla.com/joel-mchale/ Adam Carolla podcast, November 13, 2011
12. Ramos, Lydia. "Melting Pot of Belmont High Brims With Hopes and Plans Series: OUR SCHOOLS: A Closeup View; One of an occasional series." Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1991. Nuestro Tiempo, Metro Desk. p. 4. – via ProQuest.
13. http://www.people.com/people/leonardo_dicaprio/ "Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs – Leonardo DiCaprio"
14. http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/articles/article1.html "Never Enough..." The Official Micky Dolenz Website
15. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/3263.shtml "The Baseball Cube Belmont alumni"
16. Book: Katz , Mickey . November 5, 2011 . Papa, play for me . 105 . Mickey Katz . . 0-8195-6433-8 . 1977 . . .
17. Web site: Education for Rita Hayworth . TCMdb . . October 1, 2013 .
18. Web site: Carole Lombard Bio . Carole Lombard .org . January 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120180520/http://carolelombard.org/carole-lombard-information/carole-lombard-bio . November 20, 2010 . mdy-all .
19. News: Quinn Martin Is Dead at 65; Produced Popular TV Series . The New York Times . Wolfgang . Saxon . September 7, 1987 . May 2, 2010.
20. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0007/21/lkl.00.html "CNN Transcript – Larry King Live: Tom Selleck Discusses 'Running Mates'
21. Andres, Holly J. "Famed news photographer Delmar Watson dies" . Daily News. October 28, 2008.
22. Pool, Bob. "Star Shines Brightly for Hollywood's First Family; Movies: The Watson clan of former child actors finally receives recognition for its pioneering contribution to films". The Los Angeles Times, April 23, 1999. Metro Part B Metro Desk Page 1 – via ProQuest.
23. Campanile 1938, Belmont High School, 1938
24. Daniel Moyer and Eugene Alvarez (2001). Just the Facts, Ma'am; The Authorized Biography of Jack Webb, Creator of Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency. Seven Locks Press.
25. Web site: Fairfax High School Notable Alumni . Fairfaxclassof61.com . January 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100308112034/http://www.fairfaxclassof61.com/notable_alumni/ . March 8, 2010 .
26. News: City of West Hollywood to Honor Award-Winning Fairfax High School Marching Band and . https://archive.today/20130201102103/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS10922+11-Dec-2007+BW20071211 . dead . February 1, 2013 . Reuters . December 11, 2007. January 24, 2011.
27. News: Lewis. Randy. Odetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history, civil rights. November 12, 2013. Los Angeles Times. December 3, 2008. Boehm, Mike. We lived within walking distance of Marshall High School," Odetta told The Times some years ago, "but they didn't let colored people go there, so we had to get on the bus and go to Belmont High School..
28. http://www.bell.k12.ca.us/decades/unitela/1900/30s/1930/stankenton/skenton.html "Stanley Kenton, 1930 BHS Graduate"
29. News: 'Hound Dog' lyricist Leiber dies at 78. Barker. Andrew. August 22, 2011. Variety. August 23, 2011.
30. Web site: Mikulan . Steven . First Phil Spector Wife Vanishes . Blogs.laweekly.com . July 20, 2009 . January 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924085852/http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/first-phil-spector-wife-vanish/ . September 24, 2009 . mdy-all .
31. http://www.socalhoops.com/prep01/1101/gilbert1120.htm "SoCalHoops – Grant HS Retires Jersey Of Alum Gilbert Arenas"
32. https://web.archive.org/web/20020612070306/http://nflhs.com/tipsdrills/officiating/officiating_07182000_db.asp "Ron Botchan: 'I'm Just Coachable'"
33. News: Oscar De La Hoya set to fight Steve Forbes, battle for hometown crowd – New York Daily News. https://archive.today/20120715235943/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-05-02/sports/17898405_1_mexican-americans-boxing-fans-american-dream. dead. July 15, 2012. May 2, 2008. Daily News. May 23, 2011.
34. Web site: Don Drysdale Stats. Baseball Almanac. December 3, 2012.
35. http://india.nydailynews.com/topic/6b98a5e7249cb12fe445806bf6344bac/jordan-farmar "Jordan Farmar"
36. http://www.nba.com/history/players/goodrich_bio.html "Gail Goodrich bio"
37. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYLESROB01 "Robert Lyles"
38. Web site: Broadcasters. https://web.archive.org/web/20070416194056/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=phi. dead. April 16, 2007. phillies.com. June 19, 2010.
39. Web site: Dick Moje . database Football.com . November 26, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530121017/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOJEDIC01 . May 30, 2012 .
40. News: USC Running Back Charles White. https://archive.today/20121202234719/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1011218/index.htm. dead. December 2, 2012. L. Jon Wertheim. Sports Illustrated . June 19, 2010. November 3, 1997 . CNN.
41. http://www.whitfieldfoundation.org/about/index2.html "'Marvelous' Mal Whitfield Biography"
42. https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19961230,00.html Time Magazine Cover: Dr. David Ho, Man of the Year - Dec. 30, 1996
43. http://www.lasdhq.org/aboutlasd/execs_old.html "LASD Executive Photos & Bios"
44. News: Elaine. Woo. Eric Malnic . Daryl F. Gates dies at 83; innovative but controversial chief of the LAPD. April 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20130407180130/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-daryl-gates17-2010apr17,0,829169,full.story . dead . April 7, 2013 . Los Angeles Times .
45. Web site: California Courts: Courts: Supreme Court: Justices: Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno. December 13, 2008. Judicial Council of California.
46. News: Technically, Samueli Is Leaving Mark Backing Arts . Los Angeles Times . Ann . Conway . April 13, 1999 . May 2, 2010.
47. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000410 "BERMAN, Howard Lawrence"
48. Jean Merl and Bill Boyarsky (September 30, 1998). "Mayor Who Reshaped L.A. Dies". Los Angeles Times.
49. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1950/bunche-bio.html "Ralph Bunche"
50. Web site: Reflecting on Ironies of an Activist's Life . George . Ramos. 1996-04-17 . Los Angeles Times.
51. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000780 "CORMAN, James Charles, (1920–2000)"
52. http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/H/HARMAN,-Jane-L--(H000213)/ "Jane L. Harman"
53. http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=30 "Black Americans in Congress"
54. News: Jack Kemp, an original pillar in Republican 'big tent,' dies at 73 . Los Angeles Times . Jon . Thurber . Ari B. . Bloomekatz . May 3, 2009 . May 2, 2010.
55. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000508 "Jane L. Harman"
56. http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/07/517883.pdf "Louis R. Nowell bio"
57. Web site: Edward R. Roybal. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. November 28, 2012.
58. Web site: Spotlight on a longtime Villaraigosa supporter. Robin Abcarian. July 2, 2005. November 12, 2012. Los Angeles Times.
59. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hijacked/sfeature/sf_american_02.html "American Experience: Hijacked"
60. Woo, Elaine (April 15, 2013). "Sal Castro dies at 79; L.A. teacher played role in 1968 protests", Los Angeles Times
61. News: Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver' . March 31, 2010 . Elaine . Woo . . June 2, 2010.
62. http://jimtunney.com/about-jim-tunney/ "About Jim Tunney"
63. Web site: An earlier pioneer on the L.A. school board. LA Times Blogs - Readers' Representative Journal. 16 January 2018. 7 April 2010.