# List of Los Angeles Unified School District people

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

## Notable alumni
### Academia, science and technology

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

### Arts and literature

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

### Film, television, and theatre

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

### Music

* Steven Adler, musician, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
* Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
* Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician, bassist, trumpet player (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), folk singer, activist
* Stan Kenton (1911–1979), pianist, composer, and arranger
* Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
* Phil Spector, record producer
* Mike Stoller, music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
* Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, pianist and composer
* 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
* Ron Botchan, NFL official
* Anthony Davis, USC star running back and later pro football player in the NFL and Canadian Football leagues
* Oscar De La Hoya, former world champion and gold medal-winning boxer and founder of Golden Boy Promotions
* Don Drysdale,(1936-1993) National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
* Jordan Farmar, NBA basketball player
* Jeff Fisher, former NFL player and head coach
* Gail Goodrich, basketball player in the NBA, attended UCLA
* Luis (Lou) Gomez, MLB player
* Mike Haynes, NFL Hall of Famer
* Robert Lyles, NFL player
* Gary Matthews, former Major League Baseball player
* Dick Moje, National Football League
* Jim E. Mora, football coach
* Eddie Murray, Baseball Hall of Famer
* Bobby Riggs (1918–1995), tennis player
* Charles White, football player, Heisman Trophy winner
* Ozzie Smith, Baseball Hall of Famer
* Mal Whitfield, athlete

### Medicine

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

### Business and law

* Lee Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, 1998–2014
* Warren Christopher, U.S. Secretary of State
* Jimmy Doolittle, aviation pioneer
* Daryl F. Gates, Los Angeles Police Chief, 1978 to 1992
* Carlos R. Moreno, California Supreme Court Justice (Cl. of 1966)
* 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

### Politics and Government

* Howard Berman, Former U.S. Representative
* Tom Bradley (1917–1998), Mayor of Los Angeles
* Ralph Bunche, educator, UN mediator on Palestine and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
* Vickie Castro, Activist and member of the LAUSD School Board
* James Charles Corman (1920–2000), Congressman
* 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
* Augustus F. Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives from California's 21st and 29th district from 1963–1991; California assembly from 1935–1963
* Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
* Glenard P. Lipscomb (1915–1970), Congressman
* Howard McKeon, U.S. House of Representatives from the 25th District (1993-2015)(
* Louis R. Nowell (1915–2000), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–77
* Edward R. Roybal, (1917-2005) member of the U.S. House of Representatives(1963-93)
* Vincent Thomas (1907–1980), California Assemblyman
* Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles

### Miscellaneous

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

## Notable faculty

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