List of Los Angeles City College people

This page lists the members of Los Angeles City College, including students, alumni, faculty and academic affiliates associated.

Economics

 * Lawrence Klein, economist, Nobel Prize recipient in Economics (deceased)

Communications

 * Pete Arbogast, radio announcer
 * Murray Fromson, broadcast journalist
 * Paul Olden, radio announcer
 * Ted Sobel, sports journalist

Education

 * Maulana Karenga, professor of Black Studies, activist and founder of Kwanzaa
 * Margaret Martin, Harmony Project Founder and Recipient of President's Citizens Medal

Performance

 * Rene Michelle Aranda, actress
 * Bob Arbogast, radio broadcaster and voice actor
 * Alan Arkin, actor, Academy Award recipient
 * Billy Barty, actor and founder, Little People of America
 * Brenda Benet, actress
 * Barbara Billingsley, actor
 * Tommy Bond, actor
 * Sufe Bradshaw, actress
 * Albert Brooks, actor, comedian and director
 * Diana Canova, actor
 * Ralph Carter, actor
 * James Coburn, actor, Academy Award recipient
 * Angela Dorian, actress and model
 * Clint Eastwood, actor; producer, Academy Award recipient; director
 * Christine Elise, actress, author, writer, producer
 * Mike Evans, actor
 * Laurence Fishburne, actor
 * Al Freeman Jr., actor, Emmy
 * Morgan Freeman, actor, Academy Award recipient;
 * Don Grady, actor on TV's My Three Sons
 * Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, actor, Tony Award recipient
 * Deidre Hall, actor
 * Mark Hamill, actor
 * Earl Hammond, actor, voice actor
 * Linda Hart, actor
 * Alex Henteloff, actor
 * Allen Hoskins, actor
 * Jackie Joseph, actor
 * Aron Kader, comedian
 * Margaret Kerry, actor
 * Sally Kellerman, actor, Academy Award nominee
 * Wallace Langham, actor
 * Ruta Lee, actor
 * Elliott Lewis, actor, director and producer in old-time radio
 * Whitman Mayo, actor
 * Angela McEwan, actor
 * James Mitchell, actor and dancer
 * Dickie Moore, actor
 * Wayne Morris, actor, WWII ace
 * Shelley Morrison, actor
 * Stephen Nichols, actor
 * Jeanette Nolan, actor
 * Hugh O'Brian, actor, Golden Globe Award recipient
 * Rosie Perez, actor and choreographer
 * Donna Reed, actor, Academy Award recipient
 * Maggie Roswell, actor
 * Reiko Sato, dancer and actress
 * Wendy Schaal, actress
 * Alexis Smith, actor, Tony Award recipient
 * Mila del Sol, Philippine actress, entrepreneur, civic-leader, philanthropist
 * Louise Sorel, actor
 * Joseph Stern, actor
 * Roy Thinnes, actor
 * Irene Tsu, actress
 * Robert Vaughn, actor, Emmy Award recipient
 * David White, actor; played Larry Tate on the Bewitched TV series
 * Stuart Whitman, actor
 * Cindy Williams, actor and producer
 * Esther Williams, actor, Golden Globe Award recipient
 * Mykelti Williamson, actor
 * Paul Winfield, actor, Emmy Award recipient
 * Jo Anne Worley, actor
 * Tony Young, actor

Production

 * Ray Aghayan, costume designer, Emmy Award recipient
 * Rudy Behlmer, director and author
 * True Boardman, screenwriter and actor
 * Zev Buffman, Broadway producer
 * Charles Burnett, director and writer
 * Charles Campbell, sound engineer, Academy Award recipient
 * Tamra Davis, filmmaker
 * Robert Elswit, cinematographer, Academy Award recipient
 * F. Gary Gray, director and producer
 * Maggie Greenwald, director and writer
 * Ray Harryhausen, producer, director and special effects artist; special Academy Award recipient
 * Albert Hughes, director, producer, screenwriter
 * Bruce Kimmel, director, producer, writer, actor and composer
 * Mimi Leder, director, Emmy Award recipient
 * Michael Lembeck, director, Emmy Award recipient; actor
 * William McCloud, camera operator, Emmy Award recipient
 * John Milius, screenwriter, producer and director
 * Karen Moncrieff, director
 * Sharon Oreck, producer and author
 * Gene Roddenberry, producer and screenwriter
 * Robert J. Sexton, producer, director, writer, and former musician
 * Tarsem Singh, director
 * Kevin Tent, editor, Academy Award nominee
 * José Quintero, director

Art

 * Roberto Esteban Chavez artist, known for his personally symbolic portraits, public murals
 * Don Bachardy, artist
 * Billy Al Bengston, painter and sculptor
 * Melvin Edwards, sculptor
 * Cristian Gheorghiu, contemporary artist/painter
 * Gerhardt Knodel (born 1940), textile artist, educator
 * Doyle Lane, ceramist
 * John Lees, artist and painter
 * Kerry James Marshall, artist
 * Evangeline Montgomery, print-maker, metal smith and weaver
 * Ruth Orkin, photographer and filmmaker
 * Hisako Terasaki, artist and etcher
 * H.C. Westermann, printmaker and sculptor
 * Robert Williams, painter and cartoonist

Dance

 * Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
 * Janet Collins, ballerina

Design

 * Lester Oliver Bankhead, architect
 * Frank Gehry, architect, Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient
 * Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer

Music

 * Roy Ayers, jazz musician
 * Chet Baker, trumpeter and vocalist
 * Robert Bradley, blues musician
 * Pamela Courson, singer
 * Herb Geller, jazz musician
 * M.C. Hammer, aka Stanley K. Burrell, R&B musician
 * Eric Dolphy, jazz musician
 * Jean Fenn, opera singer
 * Bob Florence, composer, band leader and educator
 * Don Friedman, jazz pianist
 * Jerry Goldsmith, composer, Academy Award recipient
 * DJ Irene, aka Irene M. Gutiérrez, electronic music DJ
 * Earl Kim, composer
 * Leon Kirchner, composer
 * Florence LaRue, lead singer of The 5th Dimension
 * Howard Leese, rock musician and producer
 * Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, songwriters and Hall of Fame producers, Grammy recipients
 * David Liebe Hart, outsider musician, street performer, artist, actor, puppeteer
 * George London, opera singer and administrator
 * Lebo M, composer
 * Les McCann, jazz pianist and singer
 * Charles Mingus, jazz musician
 * Arthur Nakane, one-man band act
 * Lennie Niehaus, composer
 * Marni Nixon, vocalist
 * Odetta, folk singer
 * Dianne Reeves, jazz singer, Grammy recipient
 * Howard Rumsey, jazz musician
 * Robin Russell, drummer
 * Jack Sheldon, jazz musician
 * Leonard Slatkin, conductor, National Medal of Arts recipient
 * Ed Thigpen, jazz drummer
 * Russ Titelman, music producer, Grammy recipient; songwriter
 * John Williams, composer, Academy Award recipient
 * La Monte Young, composer
 * Michele Zukovsky, principal and solo clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
 * Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, Fuji singer

Writing

 * Byron Barton, author and illustrator
 * Kurt Boone, author and poet
 * Charles Bukowski, poet and author
 * Ed Bullins, playwright, Obie Award recipient
 * Leonard Buschel, writer, founder of film festival and addiction and recovery organization
 * Carlos Castaneda, author
 * Charles Eastman, playwright and screenwriter
 * Charles Gordone, playwright, Pulitzer Prize recipient; actor, Obie Award recipient; director
 * Jim Harmon, author and producer
 * Michael S. Harper, poet, former Poet Laureate of Rhode Island
 * Bryan Malessa, author
 * Terry McMillan, author
 * David Meltzer, poet, musician and educator
 * Alejandro Murguía, poet, current Poet Laureate of San Francisco
 * Pat Parker, poet and activist
 * Judith Reisman, conservative writer
 * Carolyn See, author and educator
 * Justin Tanner, playwright
 * Quincy Troupe, poet; former Poet Laureate of California

Law

 * John Branca, music attorney, Co-Executor of the Michael Jackson Estate
 * Albert L. Gordon, lawyer and gay rights advocate

Military

 * Susan Ahn Cuddy, U.S. Navy, First Asian-American Female Navy Officer, First Female gunnery officer, WWII
 * Herbert R. Temple Jr. (Ret.), Chief of the National Guard Bureau

Elected officials

 * Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council member
 * Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Council member
 * Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles City Council member (former)
 * Bernard C. Parks, Los Angeles City Council member and former Chief of Police
 * Arthur K. Snyder, Los Angeles City Council member, lawyer
 * Diane Watson, Member of Congress

Judiciary

 * Lourdes Baird, U. S. District Court (Ret.)
 * Vaino Spencer, Los Angeles County Superior Court, co-founded the Black Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges, deceased

Religion

 * Robert Sirico, Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Acton Institute

Science

 * Rosella Kanarik, American mathematics professor
 * Robert B. Leighton, Astrophysicist, Rumsford Prize and James Craig Watson Medal Recipient
 * Seymour Liebergot, former NASA Flight Controller during the Apollo program
 * Lawrence H. Johnston, physicist

Baseball

 * Emmett Ashford, baseball umpire
 * Dennis Gilbert, LACC Hall of Fame baseball inductee, sports agent and entrepreneur

Basketball

 * Larry Friend, professional basketball player

Football

 * Kermit Alexander, professional football player
 * Homer Butler, professional football player
 * Don Bishop, professional football player
 * Ron Botchan, football coach
 * Milt Davis, professional football player
 * Mike Douglass, former NFL player
 * Vince Evans, professional football player
 * Reggie Haynes, professional football player
 * Woodley Lewis, professional football player
 * Rod Martin, former All-Pro player Oakland Raiders
 * Jaelan Phillips, professional football player
 * Harry Thompson, football player

Track

 * Jeff Williams, sprinter

Wrestling

 * José "Pepper" Gomez, professional wrestler and bodybuilder