List of University of Southern California people
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This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California.
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[edit] Alumni and students
[edit] Academia
- Leo Buscaglia (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1963) Educator, best-selling author
- George V. Chilingar (B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956) World-renowned mining engineer
- Fred Cohen (Ph.D. 1986) Computer scientist; inventor of computer virus defense techniques
- George Gerbner (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) Communication theorist; founder of cultivation theory
- Loren Grey (B.A. 1939, M.S. 1954, Ph.D. 1959) Author and educational psychologist
- Adam Herbert (B.A. 1966, M.P.A. 1968) President, Indiana University
- Howard P. House (M.D. 1935) Ear specialist and founder of the House Ear Institute
- Jonathan Kellerman (Ph.D. 1974) Clinical psychologist and prolific writer
- Ellis O. Knox (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931) Educator, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast
- Bart Kosko (B.A. 1982) Intelligent systems expert and science fiction writer
- Vijay Kumar (Ph.D. 1983) Pioneer of quaternary error-correction codes
- John M. Lilley (Ph.D. 1971) President of Baylor University.
- John Mearsheimer (M.A. 1974) Political scientist, well known neorealist
- Max More (Ph.D. 1995) Philosopher and futurist, founder of Extropy Institute
- Dennis J. Murray (M.P.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1977) President of Marist College
- Surya Prakash (Ph.D. 1978) Superacid specialist and co-inventor of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC)
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) Discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure
- Norman Topping (B.A. 1933, M.D. 1936) Former University President and NIH associate director; helped develop a typhus vaccine and the first effective treatment against Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, CDMA, co-founder of Qualcomm and benefactor of the Viterbi School of Engineering
[edit] Architecture
- Gregory Ain (attended the School of Architecture from 1927–28) FAIA
- William Blurock (B.Arch. 1947) FAIA; award-winning Orange County architect
- Frank Gehry (B.Arch. 1954, Honorary Doctorate 2000) FAIA; Pritzker Prize winner
- Jon Jerde (B.Arch. 1964) FAIA
- Pierre Koenig (B.Arch. 1952) FAIA
- Albert C. Martin (B.Arch. 1936) FAIA
- Thom Mayne (B.Arch. 1968) FAIA, Principal of Morphosis, and Pritzker Prize laureate
- Raphael Soriano (B.Arch. 1934) FAIA
- Paul Revere Williams (B.S. 1919) First African American member of the American Institute of Architects
[edit] Art
- Nikos Diaman (B.A. 1958) Artist
- D.J. Hall (B.F.A. 1973) Painter
- Paul McCarthy (M.F.A. 1973) Artist
- Delmer J. Yoakum - Artist
[edit] Astronauts
- Neil Armstrong (1970, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, 2005 Honorary Doctorate in Science) First man on the Moon
- Charles A. Bassett, II (1960s, graduate work)
- Karol J. Bobko (1970, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (1977, M.S. Systems Management)
- Gerald P. Carr (1954, B.S. Mechanical Engineering)
- Nancy J. Currie (1985, M.S. Systems Management)
- William H. Dana (1958, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Brian Duffy (1981, M.S. Systems Management)
- Henry C. Gordon (1966, M.B.A.)
- Jerry M. Linenger (1988, M.S. Systems Management)
- James A. Lovell (1961, Aviation Safety School)
- Carlos I. Noriega (1981, B.S. Computer Science)
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (1984, M.S. Systems Management)
- Walter M. Schirra (1969, Honorary Doctorate in Science)
- Pierre J. Thuot (1985, M.S. Systems Managemen)
[edit] Athletics
- Jack Del Rio - Current Head Coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, former Pro Football linebacker
- Marcus Allen - Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Famer running back
- John Allred - NFL tight end
- Red Badgro - Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Johnny Baker - USC All-American (kicked the field goal to clinch the first USC victory over Notre Dame at South Bend)
- Terry Baker (J.D. 1968) Heisman Trophy winner, played quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams and the Edmonton Eskimos
- Dan Ingle - NFL quarterback
- Bret Barberie - former Major League Baseball infielder
- Jim Barr (B.S.B.A. 1970) Former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Aaron Boone - Professional baseball player 1997-present
- Bret Boone - Professional baseball player 1992-2005
- Reggie Bush - 2005 Heisman Trophy Winner and NFL running back New Orleans Saints
- Edward Carfagno (M.Arch. 1933) Olympic Fencer; winner of three Academy Awards
- Matt Cassel - NFL quarterback
- Chris Claiborne - Butkus-Award-Winning linebacker and NFL linebacker
- Peter Clentzos (B.A. 1932, M.Ed. 1947) Olympic pole vaulter
- Keary Colbert - NFL wide receiver
- Curtis Conway - NFL wide receiver
- Cynthia Cooper - Professional basketball player
- Greg Charlton Four-time world record holder, swimming
- Buster Crabbe (B.A. 1931) Olympic champion, swimming, and actor
- Rod Dedeaux (B.S.B.A. 1935) Legendary USC Trojans baseball coach and a member of the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
- Charles Dumas (B.A. 1961) Olympic champion, high jump
- Morgan Ensberg - Professional baseball player, 2000-present, 2005 all-star
- Janet Evans (B.A. 1994) Swimmer, inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2004.
- Justin Fargas - NFL running back
- Mike Garrett (B.A. 1967) Heisman Trophy winner and NFL running back, current USC Athletic Director
- Frank Gifford - Pro Football Hall of Famer and TV analyst
- Pat Haden (B.A. 1975) All-American QB, Rhodes Scholar, NFL Pro-Bowler, TV analyst
- Brian Henninger - Pro golfer
- Geoff Jenkins - Professional baseball player 1998-present
- Keyshawn Johnson - NFL wide receiver
- Randy Johnson - Professional baseball player, the "Big Unit" 1988-present
- Rob Johnson - NFL quarterback
- Jacque Jones - professional baseball player 1999-present
- Payton Jordan - captain of 1939 NCAA track and field championship team, member of 1939 Rose Bowl team, 1968 US Olympic track team head coach
- Kareem Kelly - NFL wide receiver
- Steve Kemp - Professional baseball player 1977-1988
- Dave Kingman - professional baseball player 1971-1986
- Balazs Kiss - 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medalist in Hammer Throw
- Lenny Krayzelburg (B.S.B.A. 1998) Olympic champion, swimming
- Rene Lachemann - Former MLB Manager
- Jason Lane - professional baseball player 2002-present
- Sammy Lee (M.D. 1947) Diver, inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1990
- Matt Leinart (B.A. 2005) Heisman Trophy winner, NFL Quarterback - Arizona Cardinals
- Lisa Leslie (B.A. 1997) Professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks
- Ronnie Lott (B.A. 1981) Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Fred Lynn - Professional baseball player 1974-1990
- Rod Martin - Former NFL linebacker
- Fred Matua - NFL offensive lineman
- Helene Mayer – Olympic Fencer
- Mark McGwire - Professional baseball player 1986-2001
- Cheryl Miller (B.A. 1986) Basketball Hall of Fame, former USC women's coach
- Ron Mix - Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Zeke Moreno - NFL linebacker
- Lisa Moretti (B.A. 1984) Professional female wrestler, worked for the World Wrestling Entertainment under the stage name Ivory.
- Chad Morton - NFL running back, kick and punt return specialist
- Johnnie Morton - NFL wide receiver
- Anthony Munoz (B.S.B.A. 1976) Pro Football Hall of Famer
- John Naber (B.A. 1977) Olympic champion, swimming. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
- Parry O'Brien - Track & Field. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
- Charlie Paddock (B.A. 1922) Olympic champion, track & field
- Carson Palmer (B.A. 2003) Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback
- Mel Patton (B.A. 1949) Olympic champion, track & field
- Rodney Peete - NFL quarterback and television personality
- Troy Polamalu - All-American and Pro Bowl NFL strong safety of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XL Champion
- Raythel "Ray" Polk - Former NFL Linebacker Los Angeles Rams
- Pat Powers - All-American and NCAA Men's Volleyball Champion; Olympic Gold Medalist; AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
- Mark Prior (B.S.B.A. 2004) Professional baseball pitcher 2002-present
- Janice Romary – Olympic Foilist, Fencing (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968)
- Murray Rose (B.A. 1962) Olympic champion, swimming
- Carlos Rivera - U.S. Nationals Qualifier, swimming
- Sean Salisbury - NFL quarterback, ESPN football analyst
- Kaitlin Sandeno (B.A. 2006) Olympic champion, swimming
- Brian Scalabrine - NBA Forward
- Bob Seagren (B.A. 1968) Olympic champion, pole vaulter
- Junior Seau - Pro Bowl NFL linebacker
- Tom Seaver (B.A. 1975) Professional baseball Hall of Fame pitcher 1967-1986
- Bill Sharman - Basketball Hall of Famer
- O.J. Simpson - Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Fame running back and actor; murder suspect, acquitted
- Antuan Simmons - NFL defensive back
- R. Jay Soward - NFL wide receiver and former first-round draft pick
- Roy Smalley - Professional baseball player 1975-1987
- Craig Stadler - Pro golfer
- Lynn Swann (B.A. 1974) Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver and TV analyst
- Lofa Tatupu - Pro Bowl NFL linebacker
- Bradley Thompson - World Record Holder 400 Individual Medley, USC Record Holder Most Exhibition Swims
- Steve Timmons - Olympic champion, volleyball
- Quincy Watts - Olympic champion, track & field
- Paul Westphal - Professional basketball player, current Head Coach of Pepperdine Basketball
- Charles White - Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football player
- LenDale White - Current American Football running back for the Tennessee Titans
- Mike Williams - NFL wide receiver and first round draft pick
- Tex Winter (B.A. 1947) Basketball coach (inventor of the Triangle offense)
- Willie Wood - Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Frank Wykoff (B.A. 1932, M.A. 1936) Track & Field. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
- Ron Yary - Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman
- Louis Zamperini - Olympic Champion
- Barry Zito - Professional baseball pitcher 2000-present
- Bibiana Candelas - Volleyball player
[edit] Business
- Dan Bane (B.S. 1969) - Chairman and CEO of Trader Joe's
- Thomas Barrack Jr. (B.A. 1969) - CEO of Colony Capital - "World's Best Real Estate Investor" (Fortune)
- Marc Benioff (B.S.B.A. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
- David Bohnett (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
- Stephen Bridge (M.S.) - CEO of Frontier Technology Inc.
- Jerry Buss (Ph.D. 1957) - Owner of Los Angeles Lakers
- Simon Cao (M.S.E.E. 1987, Ph.D. 1990) - Co-founder of Avanex
- Henry Caruso (B.S.B.A.) - Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
- Rick Caruso (B.S.) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, "Developer of the Year" (LA Business Journal), Projects Include "The Grove"
- Alan Casden (B.S. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of Casden Properties
- Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. 1979) - President and CEO of Korean Airlines
- Scott Cook (B.A. 1974) - Co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc.
- Kenneth C. Dahlberg (M.S.E.E. 1969) - President and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation
- Feng Deng (M.S.C.E. 1993) - Co-founder of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004)
- Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. 1997) - Co-founder of MySpace and current CEO
- James P. Docherty (B.A. 1980) - Former President of Hachette Filipacchi New Media and Founder of Great Atlantic Trophy Company
- Vic Edelbrock, Jr. (B.S. 1958) - President and CEO of Edelbrock Automotive
- Daniel Epstein (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of ConAm Management Corporation
- Larry Flax (J.D. 1971) - Co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
- Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) - President of J.D. Power and Associates
- Stanley Gold (J.D. 1967) - President & CEO of Shamrock Holdings
- Thomas Hicks (M.B.A 1970) - Partner at "Legendary Buyout Firm" (BWeek) Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst. Part-owner of Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers.
- Ming Hsieh (B.S.E.E. 1983, M.S.E.E. 1984) - President and Founder of Cogent Systems
- Shelly Hwang - Founder of Pinkberry Yogurt Chain.
- Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S.B.A. 1957) - Founder of Public Storage
- Ray R. Irani (Ph.D. 1957) - CEO of Occidental Petroleum
- James Jannard - Founder of Oakley Sunglasses
- Bruce Karatz (J.D. 1970) - Charmain and CEO of KB Home
- Brian Kennedy - President of Regency Outdoor Advertising. Major USC Football donor (e.g. Brian Kennedy Field).
- Ken Klein (B.S.B.M., B.S.E.E. 1982) - Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River
- Terrence Lanni (B.S., M.B.A. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage
- Jack Lindquist (B.A. 1950) - Former president of Disneyland
- General William Lyon - Chairman and CEO of William Lyon Homes
- Michelle Manning - President of Production Paramount Pictures
- Mike Markkula (B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E.) - Co-founder and former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc.
- Frank McCourt Jr - Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers
- Bob McKnight (B.S.B.A. 1976) - Founder and Chairman/CEO of Quiksilver
- Brian Mulligan - Former chairman of Fox Television
- Igor Olenicoff - CEO of Olen Properties
- Paul Orfalea - Founder of Kinko's
- Andrall Pearson - Founder of Yum! Brands, Inc.
- Felipe Prestamo - Vice President of Goldman Sachs
- Sol Price - Founder of Price Club (now Costco)
- Charles Prince - Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
- Linda Johnson Rice - President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
- D. Kenneth Richardson - President Emeritus, Hughes Electronics
- Jim Rogers - Chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Communications
- Edward P. Roski - Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
- Frank Rothman - Former chairman and CEO of MGM studios and nationally known trial attorney
- Steve Saleen - CEO and Founder of Saleen Performance, Inc.
- Robert Selleck - Real Estate Developer and President of Selleck Properties
- Jeff Smulyan (B.S. 1969, J.D. 1972) - Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) - Co-Founder of Qualcomm
- Mark Stevens (B.S.E.E. 1981, B.A.ECON 1981, M.S.CENG 1984) - Partner at Sequoia Capital
- Craig Winn - Founder of the Dynasty and Value America companies. Author of the books Prophet of Doom and Tea With Terrorists
- Walter Zifkin - CEO of William Morris Agency
- Richard Ziman (B.S. 1964, J.D. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty
[edit] Film & Television
- Forrest Whitaker - Actor
- Morris Ankrum - Actor
- Hugh Beaumont - Actor, television director, and Methodist minister
- Henry Bumstead - Art director and production designer
- Jennifer Bunney - Supporting cast member on MTV's reality show "The Hills"
- LeVar Burton - Actor
- Sophia Bush - Actress
Andrés Cantor - Sportscaster
- Stacy Carroll - Actress
- Sandro Corsaro - Animator and Author
- John Carpenter - Film director
- Dean Devlin - Screenwriter and producer
- James J. Docherty - Screenwriter
- Zac Efron - Actor ** Attending as of Fall 2007
- Hunter Ellis - TV personality and host, B.A. Political Science
- Rick Famuyiwa - Director
- Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian
- Joe Francis - Adult film producer
- Joe Flynn (US actor) - Comedic actor
- David Gallagher - Actor
- Topher Grace - Actor
- Brian Grazer - Film and television producer
- Nicholas "Nick" William Gross - Supporting cast member on MTV's reality show Laguna Beach
- Conrad Hall - Cinematographer
- Ron Howard - Film director and former child actor
- George Huang - Film-maker
- Grant Imahara - TV personality
- James Ivory - Film director
- Howard G. Kazanjian - Film producer
- Irvin Kershner - Film director
- Ben Kurland - Actor, producer
- Gary Kurtz - Film producer
- Swoosie Kurtz - Actress
- Michael Landon - Actor
- John Longenecker - Film director, cinematographer
- George Lucas - Film director and producer
- Kerry McCluggage - Film and TV executive and producer
- Michael McDonald - Actor and comedian
- John Milius - Film director and screenwriter
- Herman Miller (writer) - Writer and Producer
- Miles Millar - Screenwriter and producer
- Walter Murch - Film editor
- Sam Peckinpah - Film director
- Will Ferrell - Actor
- America Ferrera - Actress
- Vaneza Leza Pitynski - Actress
- Whitney Port - Cast member on MTV's reality show "The Hills"
- Spencer Pratt - Supporting cast member on MTV's reality show "The Hills"
- Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
- Jay Roach - Film director and producer
- Josh Schwartz - Producer and creator of The O.C.
- Christina Schuller - Cast member on MTV's reality show "Laguna Beach"
- Bryan Singer - Film director
- John Singleton - Film director
- Stephen Sommers - Film director
- Robert Stack - Actor
- Tim Story - Film director
- Eric Stoltz - Actor
- Colin Stutz - Contestant on MTV's reality show "I'm From Rolling Stone"
- Marlo Thomas - Actress
- Ron Underwood - Film director
- Robert Vaughn - Actor
- Jack Warner - Founder of Warner Brothers Studios
- John Wayne - Actor
- Rumer Glenn Willis - Actor, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis (dropped out as of Spring 2007)
- David L. Wolper - Film and television producer
- Lee Thompson Young - Actor
- Robert Zemeckis - Film director
[edit] Music
- Herb Alpert - Musician, co-founder of A&M Records
- Christophe Beck - Film score composer
- Marco Beltrami - Film score composer
- Harold Budd - Ambient/avant-garde composer
- Harry Wayne Casey - Founder of KC and the Sunshine Band
- Jerry Goldsmith - Film score composer
- Lionel Hampton - Jazz musician
- Dexter Holland - Singer and guitarist for The Offspring
- Marilyn Horne - Opera singer
- James Horner - Film score composer
- James Newton Howard, Film score composer
- Morten Lauridsen - Composer
- Robert Marsteller - US symphonic trombonist
- Bear McCreary - Film score composer
- Mark McGrath - Musician, the lead singer of Sugar Ray
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr., keyboardist for Jellyfish, Beck and Moog Cookbook
- John Ottman - Film score composer
- Christopher Parkening - Classical guitarist, best known for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Basil Poledouris, Film score composer
- Brian Ralston - Film score composer
- Salli Terri - Singer and songwriter
- Michael Tilson Thomas (B.M. 1967, M.M. 1976) Conductor and music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- Andrew York (M.M. 1986) classical guitarist-composer
- Marvin Young (more popularly known as Young MC) - Rapper, producer and writer
- Robin Troup - Singer and "My Grammy Moment 2007" Winner
[edit] Performing Arts
- John Beradino - Baseball player and actor (General Hospital)
- Richard Biggs - Actor
- Harry Blackstone Jr. - Actor and magician
- Mechad Brooks - Actor
- Julie Chen - Host of the CBS television show Big Brother and anchorwoman on the CBS television show The Early Show
- Nadine Connor - Opera star
- Samantha Cowles-Eagan - Actress
- Anthony Edwards - Film and television actor
- Dorothy Fay - Actress
- Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian
- America Ferrera - Actress
- David Gallagher - Actor
- Kevin Hagen - Actor
- James Hong - Actor
- David Jaffe - Award-winning video game designer.
- Cliff Johnson - Author of award-winning computer puzzle games
- James Lesure - Actor
- Lisa Ling - Former co-host of The View
- Orris J. Long - Actor, producer and idea person
- Michael Mcdonald - Actor and Comedian
- Whitney Middleton - Choreographer ("100% Pure Love")
- Senta Moses - Actress
- Timothy Olyphant - Actor, currently plays Seth Bullock on HBO's Deadwood
- Petros Papadakis - former USC running back, sportscaster on Fox TV and KMPC
- Fess Parker - Screen and television actor
- Kelly Preston - Actress
- Ke Huy Quan - Actor and stuntman
- John Ritter - Actor
- Tom Selleck - Actor
- Ally Sheedy - Actress
- Cybill Shepherd - Actress
- Lee Thompson Young - Actor
[edit] Politics and Government
- Mary Bono - member of the United States House of Representatives
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (J.D. 1956) Los Angeles County supervisor, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- John Campbell (M.S.B.T. 1977) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Joseph Cerrell - Former political consultant for President John F. Kennedy
- Warren Christopher (B.A. 1945) Former United States Secretary of State
- Chris Cox (B.A. 1973) Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jack Dyer Crouch, II (B.A. 1980, M.A. 1981, Ph.D. 1987) Current Deputy National Security Advisor, former U.S. Ambassador to Romania
- James Dobson (Ph.D. 1967) Conservative evangelical leader
- David Eagleson - Former California Supreme Court Justice
- Cynthia McKinney (B.A. 1978) Politician and member of US congress.
- Ira Eaker - Former general of the United States Army Air Forces
- Michael Fabricant (Ph.D. 1978) British politician and Member of Parliament
- John Ferraro - Former Los Angeles city council president
- Robert Finch - Attorney, former Lieutenant Governor of California, former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Jim Gibbons - Governor of Nevada and former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Fred Hall - former Governor of Kansas
- Dean Heller (B.S. 1985) - member of the United States House of Representatives
- Paul Robert Ignatius - former Secretary of the Navy
- Edwin L. Jefferson - California's first African American appellate justice
- Young-Hoon Kang - Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Joyce L. Kennard (J.D. 1974) First female Asian-American to serve as an associate justice on the California Supreme Court
- Jay Kim - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Herbert G. Klein - Former White House Communications Director
- Thomas H. Kuchel - Former United States Senator
- Glenard P. Lipscomb - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Ralph Metcalfe - Former member of the United States House of Representatives, Olympic champion, track & field
- Takeo Miki - Former Prime Minister of Japan
- Juanita Millender-McDonald - Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Geoffrey Miller - United States Army Major General
- Edward J. Perkins (M.P.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1976) Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, South Africa and the United Nations
- Richard Perle (B.A. 1964) Former assistant United States Secretary of Defense
- Ira Reiner - Attorney, former Los Angeles District Attorney
- Dana Rohrabacher - Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf (M.S.M.E. 1964) United States Army Four Star General
- Donald Segretti - Political operative for Richard Nixon
- Abe Shinzo - Prime Minister of Japan
- Hilda Solis (M.A. 1981) Member of the United States House of Representatives
- Robert A. Underwood - Former delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives
- Jesse M. Unruh - Former California State Treasurer, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Karl Warkomski - Former Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
- Ron Ziegler - Former White House Press Secretary
[edit] Print and Broadcast Media
- Rob Asghar - Columnist
- Tammy Bruce - author and political commentator
- Art Buchwald - Author and columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Stan Chambers - Reporter
- N. A. Diaman (B.A. 1958) - Novelist
- Raj Kamal Jha - author
- Pablo Kleinman - New media pioneer, entrepreneur, political columnist
- Arash Markazi - journalist, writer for Sports Illustrated
- Joan Lowery Nixon - Journalist and author
- Michael Ritter - Publisher and Founder of Saturday Night Magazine
- Joe Sheehan - Sportswriter and Co-Founder of Baseball Prospectus
- Sharon Stello - Reporter Davis Enterprise
- Irving Stone - Writer, known for biographical novels of famous historical personalities
- Kathleen Sullivan - Broadcast journalist
[edit] Other
- Ethel Percy Andrus (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1930) Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Daniel Brandt - Left-wing activist and founder of Google Watch
- Charles Elachi (M.B.A. 1978) Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Sattareh Farman Farmaian (B.A. 1946, M.A 1948) Social reformer, established The Tehran School for Social Work and the concept of family planning in Iran
- Michael Griffin (M.S.E.E. 1979) NASA Administrator
- Tom Morey (B.A. 1957) Creator of the Boogie Board
- Patricia Nixon (B.A. 1937) Former First Lady
- Reza Pahlavi (B.A. 1985) former Crown Prince of Iran, the older son of late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Eugene Sekiguchi (M.S.E.E. 1967, D.D.S. 1974) First minority member to serve as president of the American Dental Association (ADA)
- Joseph Wapner (B.A. 1941, J.D. 1948) Judge of The People's Court, former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
[edit] Notable faculty members
- Leonard M. Adleman - Co-Inventor of RSA, Turing Award laureate
- William French Anderson - Genetics professor, dubbed "father of gene therapy"
- Tim Asch - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- Lois W. Banner - Former president of the American Studies Association, author
- Richard Bellman - inventor of dynamic programming
- Warren Bennis - University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration; named the "dean of leadership gurus" by Forbes magazine
- Shelley Berman - Comedian/actor/author - Teaches Writing Humor, Literary and Dramatic
- Terence Blanchard - Jazz trumpeter
- Barry Boehm - Software engineering economics expert, inventor of COCOMO
- T.C. Boyle - Novelist
- Pete Carroll - Football coach
- Drew Casper - Film Historian
- Manuel Castells - Sociologist, played a key role in the development of a Marxist urban sociology
- John Choma - Renowned analog and mixed signal circuit designer
- Antonio Damasio - Physician and neurologist
- Paul Debevec - Renowned graphics researcher
- Rod Dedeaux - Baseball coach
- Richard Dekmejian - World-renowned expert on international relations
- Mar Elepano - Artist, animator, filmmaker
- Robert English - Assistant Professor of International Relations
- Susan Estrich - Author, law professor, former campaign manager, Michael Dukakis for President
- Caleb E. Finch - World-renowned Alzheimer's disease researcher
- Scott Fisher - Pioneering virtual reality researcher
- Eric Fossum - Inventor of CMOS image sensor
- Barry Glassner - Renowned sociologist, made an appearance in Bowling for Columbine
- David Griffith - Film director, contributed Mise en scène and various film editing techniques to film grammar
- Solomon W. Golomb - Mathematician, invented the Golomb coding and Golomb ruler
- Jane Goodall - Distinguished adjunct professor of anthropology
- Midori Goto - Violinist and the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Music
- Judith Halberstam - Gender Theorist
- Jascha Heifetz - Violinist, one of the most famous of the 20th century
- Tomlinson Holman - Inventor of Lucasfilm's THX sound system
- John Hospers - Philosopher, first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party
- Mark Humayun - Ophthalmologist, invented the Bionic Eye
- Mizuko Ito - noted cybercultural theorist
- A. Quincy Jones - Residential architect and influential figure in modern urban planning concepts, USC Dean of Architecture.
- Mark Kac - Eminent mathematician, pioneered the modern development of probability
- Bart Kosko – Professor of electrical engineering, fuzzy logic authority
- Timur Kuran -- economist, specializing in the study of Islamic finance and its consequences
- Jerome Lawrence - Playwright
- Richard Leahy - Renowned medical-imaging engineer, chief creator of BrainStorm
- Jerry Lewis - Renowned comedian
- Robert C. Lipsett - Violin Pedagogue
- Raymond Loewy - Noted industrial designer
- Leonard Maltin - Famous film critic
- Barbara Myerhoff - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- Richard Neutra - Modernist architect
- George Olah - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Ishu Patel - Noted artist, director, animator, photographer
- William Pereira - Influential architect and urban planner
- Gregor Piatigorsky - Cellist
- Jon Postel - Internet pioneer, former director of Information Sciences Institute's Computer Networks Division
- Steven B. Sample - Professor of electrical engineering and leadership, noted author, USC president
- Arnold Schoenberg - Composer
- Irving S. Reed - Inventor of Reed-Solomon codes
- B.Clifford Neuman - Inventor of Kerberos
- Everett Rogers - Professor of communications
- Robert Scheer - Noted journalist and social, political activist
- Dan Schnur - political communication instructor, former Communications Director, John McCain for President
- Craig Stanford - Professor of biological anthropology
- Gay Talese - One of the founders of New Journalism
- Shirley Thomas (USC professor) - Professor of technical writing
- Michael S. Waterman - Founding editor of Journal of Computational Biology
- Paul Wehrle - Physician who helped in the development of methods for the prevention and treatment of polio and smallpox
- Darryl F. Zanuck - One of the major figures in the Hollywood studio system
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- Marion McKinley Bovard (1847–1891) – involved with the founding of the university and president 1880–1891
