This page lists the members of Los Angeles City College, including students, alumni, faculty and academic affiliates associated.
Alumni
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
Entertainment
Performance Rodolfo Acosta, actor Carol Adams, actress and dancer Michael Ansara, actor 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 Grand L. Bush, actor 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 Award recipient Morgan Freeman, actor, Academy Award recipient Don Grady, actor on My Three Sons television series 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 Sally Kellerman, actor, Academy Award nominee Margaret Kerry, actor Wallace Langham, actor Ruta Lee, actor Elliott Lewis, actor, director and producer in old-time radioDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 165. 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 actressClaesson, Samuel. "The Story of Reiko Sato", Classic Images (July 2024) 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"Actress Irene Tsu, an LACC Alum, Talks to LACC Cinema Students About her Film Career" , Los Angeles City College News, December 1, 2006 Robert Vaughn, actor, Emmy Award recipient David White, actor; played Larry Tate on the Bewitched television series Stuart Whitman, actor Cindy Williams, actor and producer Ed Williams, actor 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 José Quintero, director Gene Roddenberry, producer and screenwriter Robert J. Sexton, producer, director, writer, and former musician Tarsem Singh, director Kevin Tent, editor, Academy Award nominee
Fine arts
Art Don Bachardy, artist Billy Al Bengston, painter and sculptor Roberto Esteban Chavez, artist, known for his personally symbolic portraits, public murals 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 Eric Dolphy, jazz musician Jean Fenn, opera singer Bob Florence, composer, band leader and educator Don Friedman, jazz pianist Herb Geller, jazz musician Jerry Goldsmith, composer, Academy Award recipient M.C. Hammer, aka Stanley K. Burrell, R&B musician 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 Award 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 Award 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 Award recipient; songwriter John Williams, composer, Academy Award recipient La Monte Young, composer Michele Zukovsky, principal and solo clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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 Gerald Silver, author, educator, and community activist 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
Public service
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 Lawrence H. Johnston, physicist Rosella Kanarik, mathematics professor Robert B. Leighton, astrophysicist, Rumsford Prize and James Craig Watson Medal recipient Seymour Liebergot, former NASA Flight Controller during the Apollo program
Sports
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 Don Bishop, professional football player Ron Botchan, football coach Homer Butler, professional football player 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
Miscellaneous Richard Butler, white supremacist Mary Yasuko Fujishima, businessperson
See also
List of people from Los Angeles
References