# List of Loyola High School (Los Angeles) people

This is a list of notable alumni of Loyola High School in Los Angeles.

## Notable alumni and students
### Athletics

* Toby Bailey - former UCLA basketball player and 1995 NCAA champion, former NBA player
* Gordon Banks - former NFL and USFL wide receiver
* Anthony Barr - former UCLA All-American outside linebacker, drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, starting OLB in 2016 Pro Bowl
* Myles Bryant - defensive back for the New England Patriots, former All-Pac-12 football player at the University of Washington
* Chris Conte - safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, formerly at Cal and Chicago Bears
* Garrett Cooper - first baseman for the San Diego Padres
* Danny Farmer - former UCLA football player and university record holder for most yards receiving, former NFL player
* Stefan Flintoft - CFL punter
* Jeff Grau - former NFL tight end/long snapper for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.
* George Kunz - former All-Pro NFL offensive lineman, played for the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Colts. First team All-American at Notre Dame Fighting Irish football.
* Tim Layana - late Major League Baseball pitcher and World Series Champion (1990)
* Ryan Lefebvre - baseball announcer for the Kansas City Royals
* David Long - cornerback for the Las Vegas Raiders, formerly with the Los Angeles Rams, former All-Big Ten football player at the University of Michigan.
* Jim McAnany - right fielder for Chicago White Sox in 1959 World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
* Kevin Parada - professional baseball player in the New York Mets organization and first round pick in the MLB Draft
* George Paton - general manager of the Denver Broncos and former UCLA football player
* Al Pollard - All-American at Army and running back for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Coleman Shelton - offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, formerly Los Angeles Rams, former All-Pac-12 football player at the University of Washington
* Sinjin Smith - pioneer world pro volleyball champion
* Tom Satriano - former Major League Baseball player
* Fred Snodgrass - outfielder for the New York Giants and appeared in the 1912 World Series; later Mayor of Oxnard, California
* Hollis Thompson - former Georgetown basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard
* David Torrence - pro runner and American record holder in 1000 meter
* Matt Ware - former UCLA quarterback and safety with the Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals and Toronto Argonauts
* Thomas Weber - former Arizona State football player and 2007 Lou Groza Award winner as the NCAA's top placekicker
* Thomas Welsh - Charlotte Hornets player, former UCLA basketball player, McDonald's All-American

### Business and economics

* Thomas J. Barrack Jr. - CEO of Colony Capital
* James Barrett - founder of Chateau Montelena
* Jerry Grundhofer - former CEO and chairman of U.S. Bancorp
* John F. Grundhofer - retired chairman and CEO, U.S. Bancorp
* Enrique Hernandez Jr. - CEO of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and non-executive chairman of McDonald's
* William J. McMorrow - chairman and CEO, Kennedy Wilson
* Edward P. Roski - founder of Majestic Realty Co., billionaire, 163rd richest American (2008)
* Wilfred Von der Ahe - founder of Von's grocery stores

### Arts & entertainment

* Andy Ackerman - multiple Emmy-winning director of Cheers, Seinfeld, WKRP in Cincinnati, Wings, The New Adventures of Old Christine
* Aron - singer and member of the boy band NU'EST
* Bob Beemer - multiple Academy Award-winning sound mixer
* Brendan O'Brien - actor and voice actor, voice of Crash Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series from 1996 to 2004.
* Roddy Bottum - founder member of, and keyboardist in, alternative rock bands Faith No More and Imperial Teen
* James Brown - painter known for rough semi-figurative paintings
* Clifton Collins Jr. - award-winning actor Traffic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
* John Debney - Emmy-winning music composer for Disney and The Passion of the Christ
* Bill Gould - founder member of, and bassist in, alternative rock band Faith No More; music producer, sound engineer and record label proprietor
* Chet Hanks - actor and musician; son of actor, Tom Hanks
* Chris Hardwick - CEO of Nerdist Industries, comedian, actor, television host of @midnight with Chris Hardwick
* Michael Keenan - actor (Picket Fences), stage director, and professor of acting at the University of Southern California
* Stuart McClave - director and writer known for On The Line: The Richard Williams Story
* Dan McCleary - artist; founder of Art Division, a nonprofit offering arts training, academic and career support to young adults in the MacArthur Park community in Los Angeles
* Dennis McNeil - singer
* Peter Miles - actor
* Patrick Muldoon - actor in film Starship Troopers and television show Days of Our Lives
* Paul Nassif - plastic surgeon, star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Botched, and Botched by Nature
* Daniel Olivas - award-winning author and attorney
* Tony Plana - actor in films and on television show Ugly Betty
* William Schallert - veteran character actor in many films and television shows including Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Waltons, Hawaii Five-O, Quincy, M.E., The Partridge Family and Bonanza
* Jeff von der Schmidt - Grammy Award-winning conductor, founding artistic director of Southwest Chamber Music and the LA International New Music Festival
* Michael Wayne - film producer, son of Hollywood legend and founder of the John Wayne Cancer Institute
* Patrick Wayne - veteran motion picture and television actor began career in Rio Grande with his father John Wayne

### Government, activism and politics

* Gene Baur - Farm Sanctuary President and co-founder
* Eugene Biscailuz - former Los Angeles County Sheriff and organizer of the California Highway Patrol
* John M. Costello - member of US Congress and Democratic Party candidate for US President
* Isidore Dockweiler - served on the US Board of Indian Commissioners and Los Angeles City Library Commission; nominated John Costello as US presidential candidate
* John Dockweiler - former Los Angeles District Attorney
* Bob Dornan - "B-1 Bob"; vocal US congressman from the South Bay for many years
* Mike Gatto - California State Assemblyman
* Mike Levin - Congressman from California's 49th congressional district
* Nick Pacheco - Councilmember, City of Los Angeles (1999-2003); ASUC Executive Vice-president, UC Berkeley (1984-1985); Co-founder, CAL Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education (CalSERVE), UC Berkeley (1984)
* Steve Pavlina - personal development blogger, motivational speaker, author
* Gerardo Sandoval - former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and current judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court
* Alexander-Martin Sardina - German former member of parliament, attended the LHS in 1990 as an exchange student
* Bob Shrum - Senior Advisor to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign
* Anthony A. Williams - Mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999–2007

### Journalism and media

* Stan Chambers - longtime reporter with KTLA 5, Los Angeles
* Josh Elliot - television journalist
* George Herriman - pioneering cartoonist and creator of the "Krazy Kat" strip for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner
* Ryan Jacobs - Deputy Editor of Pacific Standard magazine; writer for magazines including The Atlantic and Mother Jones; author of The Truffle Underground
* Geoff Miller - founder of Los Angeles Magazine
* Daniel Olivas - award-winning author, book critic, and attorney
* Lawrence Ross, Jr. - Los Angeles Times best selling author, college lecturer
* S. S. Van Dine - born Willard Huntington Wright; pioneer Los Angeles "noir" detective writer
* Charles Glass - author and former ABC News Chief Mideast Correspondent

### Law

* Paul Boland - associate justice of the California Court of Appeal
* William Byrne - judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, presided over the trial of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg
* Thomas Girardi - lawyer in the Erin Brockovich case; wife Erika Jayne appears on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
* Michael Tynan - judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court

### Educators and religious

* Gordon Bennett - former Principal and President of Loyola High School and former Catholic bishop in Baltimore and Jamaica
* Greg Boyle - founder of Homeboy Industries
* Robert J. Henle - President of Georgetown University
* Joseph Sarsfield Glass C.M. - 10th President of St. Vincent's College
* George H. Minamiki, S.J. - theologian and educator at the University of Notre Dame
* Mark R. Nemec (1987) - 9th President of Fairfield University
* Stephen Privett - President - Verbum Dei High School, Los Angeles, CA
* Thomas J. Reese - writer, editor and commentator on church affairs; President Obama appointed him to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
* Jonathan Veitch - 15th President of Occidental College