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.

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.