Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889.

Notable alumni

 * Original members of the surf band The Chantays
 * Barry Asher, professional bowler
 * Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey Into Imagination.
 * Billy Bean, played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game.
 * Tony Bellamy Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love"
 * Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five
 * Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
 * John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD
 * Gerald P. Carr, astronaut
 * Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six time National League baseball home run champion in the 1910s
 * Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals
 * Clancy Edwards sprinter
 * Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train Dancer 1980-1993
 * James Kanno, first mayor of Fountain Valley, California
 * Diane Keaton, actress
 * Greg Louganis Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LGBT Activist, called "The greatest American diver in olympic history."
 * Patrick McMorris, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins
 * Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
 * Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC Lightweight contender
 * Donn Moomaw, football player, minister
 * Hal Pangle (1912–1968), NFL running back
 * Chuck Smith class of 1945 founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa
 * Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles
 * William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International)
 * Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist.