List of University of California, Santa Barbara alumni

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This article lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Nobel laureates[]

UCSB Award winners
Carol Greider, B.A. 1983 – 2009 Nobel Prize winner
Michael Douglas, B.A. 1968 – two-time Academy Award winner
Main article: List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Carol W. Greider, B.A. 1983 – molecular biologist/geneticist and distinguished professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz; 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

MacArthur Fellows[]

The MacArthur Fellows Program is also known as the "MacArthur Fellowship" or "Genius Grant."

  • Amir Abo-Shaeer, B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998, M.Ed. 2001 – high school physics teacher and mechanical engineer; 2010 MacArthur Fellowship
  • Angela Belcher, B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1997 – materials scientist and W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT; 2004 MacArthur Fellowship
  • Robin Fleming, B.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1984 – medieval historian and Department of History professor at Boston College; 2013 MacArthur Fellowship
  • Edith Widder, M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1982 – oceanographer and marine biologist; 2006 MacArthur Fellowship

Pulitzer Prize[]

  • Bob Sipchen, B.A. 1976 – two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Communications Director of the Sierra Club

Academy Awards[]

Emmy Awards[]

  • Dante Di Loreto, B.A. – two-time Emmy Award winner; producer for Glee and American Horror Story
  • Jason Ross, 1993 – seven-time Emmy Award winner; television writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and previously The Daily Show

Academics[]

UCSB Academics
Reza Aslan, Ph.D 2009 – Iranian-American author, commentator and religious scholar
  • R.J.Q. Adams, Ph.D. 1972 –American historian and Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M University
  • Reza Aslan, Ph.D. 2009 – Iranian-American author, commentator and religious scholar; professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside
  • Denis Dutton, B.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1975 – professor, philosopher, and founder of Arts & Letters Daily
  • Carol Folt, B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978 – Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • James Kilgore, 1969 - Former Symbionese Liberation Army and professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Jakob Lothe, M.A. 1976 – literary scholar and professor at the University of Oslo
  • Heather McKillop, Ph.D. 1987 – Mayanist archaeologist and professor at Louisiana State University
  • John D. Petersen, Ph.D. 1975 – former President of the University of Tennessee system
  • Saba Soomekh, Ph.D. 2008 – religious author and visiting faculty at various universities
  • Ronald Vale, B.A. 1980 - Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus, member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Tim Vivian, Ph.D. 1985 – scholar of Early Christianity and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield
  • Jon Whitmore, Ph.D. 1974 – current CEO of ACT, Inc., former President of San Jose State University and Texas Tech University
  • Jay Alan Yim, B.A. 1980 – composer and associate professor at Northwestern University

Arts, entertainment, and literature[]

UCSB Arts, Entertainment, and Literature Alumni
Benjamin Bratt, B.F.A. 1986 – actor
Josh Elliott, B.A. 1993 – television host
Jack Johnson, B.A. 1997 – musician
Harvey Levin, B.A. 1972 – founder of TMZ
  • Steve Aoki, B.A. 2000 – electro house musician, record producer, and founder of Dim Mak Records
  • Gregg Araki, B.A. 1982 – film director, producer, and screenwriter; winner of a Cannes Film Festival award
  • Tobin Armbrust, B.A. – film producer, president of Worldwide Productions and Acquisitions for Exclusive Media
  • Brandon Baker – actor, Johnny Tsunami
  • Jack Bannon - actor, Art Donovan on Lou Grant.
  • Roko Belic, attended – film director and producer; winner of Sundance Film Festival award
  • Lo Bosworth, attended – reality television participant on Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and The Hills
  • Benjamin Bratt, B.F.A. 1986 – actor, Law & Order, Private Practice, Miss Congeniality
  • Lisa Bruce, B.A. 1983 – film producer, The Theory of Everything
  • Yau-Man Chan, M.S. 1977 – reality television participant on Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Micronesia
  • Kayte Christensen, B.A. 2002 – sports commentator and WNBA player
  • Claudia Cowan, attended – television journalist for Fox News Channel
  • Steve Czaban, B.S. 1990 – sports radio talk show host on Yahoo! Sports Radio and ESPN 980
  • Beth Rudin DeWoody, B.A. – arts patron, collector, curator, philanthropist
  • Mark di Suvero, attended – sculptor and National Medal of Arts recipient
  • Crystal Egger, B.A. 2000 – meteorologist for NBC4 Los Angeles and The Weather Channel
  • Josh Elliott, B.A. 1993 – television journalist, NBC Sports, Today, Good Morning America
  • Macduff Everton, B.A. 1981, M.F.A. 1984 – photographer and author
  • Harris Faulkner, B.A. – newscaster and television host for Fox News Channel
  • Scott Frank, B.A. 1982 – screenwriter, Minority Report, Marley & Me, The Wolverine
  • Morgan J. Freeman, B.A. 1992 – producer and director, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and Teen Mom
  • Tom Fruin, B.A. 1996 – sculptor
  • Marc Germain, B.A. 1989 – radio talk show host known as Mr. KFI or Mr. KABC
  • Dana E. Glauberman, 1990 – film editor, Juno, Up in the Air, and No Strings Attached
  • Toni Graphia, B.A. – television producer and writer
  • Mary Heebner, B.A. 1973, M.F.A. 1977 – painter and artist
  • Paige Hemmis, B.A. 1994 – television host, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  • Don Hertzfeldt, B.A. 1998 – animator and producer, Rejected and Billy's Balloon
  • Iration, attended or were attending USCB when founding band in 2004; multiple albums have topped Billboard Reggae charts
  • Wayne Isham, attended – award-winning music video director, Enter Sandman, Livin' on a Prayer, Bye Bye Bye
  • Jack Johnson, B.A. 1997 – four-time platinum singer-songwriter and musician, In Between Dreams and On and On
  • Moshe Kasher, B.A. – standup comedian and actor
  • Kazu Kibuishi, B.A. 2000 – graphic novelist, Flight and Copper
  • Aja Naomi King, B.A. 2007 – actress, How to Get Away with Murder
  • Ken Korach, B.A. 1975 – sports radio play-by-play announcer, Oakland Athletics
  • Robby Krieger, attended – guitarist and songwriter, original member of The Doors
  • John La Puma, B.A. 1978 – physician, chef, and New York Times bestselling author
  • Jenna Lee, B.A. 2002 – newscaster and television host of Happening Now on Fox News Channel
  • Christine Lehner, B.A. 1973 – author
  • Harvey Levin, B.A. 1972 – founder and managing editor of TMZ
  • Audra Lowe, B.A. 1993 – television host of The Broadway Channel and formerly The Better Show
  • Enrique Martinez Celaya, M.F.A. 1994 – artist
  • Lon McEachern, B.A. 1980 – television broadcaster, ESPN's World Series of Poker
  • Mary Miss, B.A. 1966 – environmental artist
  • Chanel Miller, B.A. 2014 – literature
  • Jeff Nathanson, attended – screenwriter, for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Catch Me If You Can
  • Nekrogoblikon – metal band formed as live act by UCSB students in 2006
  • Benito Pastoriza Iyodo, M.A. 1981 - author
  • Cathy Podewell – actress, portrayed Cally Harper Ewing on Dallas
  • Rebelution – reggae rock band formed in Isla Vista composed of four UCSB graduates
  • Jim Rome, B.A. 1987 – sports talk show host, The Jim Rome Show and Jim Rome Is Burning
  • Barbara Rush, 1948 – Golden Globe-winning actress, Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Hombre, Peyton Place
  • Andrew Schulz, B.A. 1995 – comedian, podcaster, television host (Schulz Saves America, The Brilliant Idiots, Guy Code)
  • Richard Serra, B.A. 1961 – minimalist sculptor
  • Brad Silberling, B.A. 1984 – film producer and director, Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • L. J. Smith, B.A. 1987 – New York Times bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle series
  • Mark Andrew Smith, B.A. 2002 – comic book writer and graphic novelist
  • Bahar Soomekh, B.A. 1997 – actress, Saw III
  • Andrew Spence, M.F.A. 1971 – painter
  • Andrea Sperling, B.A. 1990 – film producer
  • Charissa Thompson, B.A. 2004 – television host, Fox Sports Live and Extra
  • Fred Toye, B.A. – television director
  • Katy Tur, B.A. 2005 – television journalist, NBC News
  • Leah Turner, attended – country music singer
  • Patrick Vlaskovits, B.A., M.A. – New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur
  • Dasha Zhukova, B.A. 2004 – model and domestic partner[1] to Roman Abramovich

Astronauts[]

Athletics[]

Jason Lezak

Business leaders and entrepreneurs[]

  • Robert D. Arnott, B.S. 1977 – investor and writer, founder and CEO of Research Affiliates, LLC
  • Josh Berman, B.A. 1991 – entrepreneur; co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Myspace.com
  • Grady Booch, M.S. 1979 – software engineer; co-creator of the Unified Modeling Language; Fellow of ACM, IBM, and IEEE
  • Tom Bruggere, B.A. 1968 – entrepreneur and founder of Mentor Graphics, former Chairman of the Board of Stamps.com
  • Anders Dahlvig, M.A. 1982 – former CEO and President of IKEA
  • Robert Duggan – CEO of Pharmacyclics Inc.
  • Logan Green, B.A. 2006 – co-founder and CEO of Lyft and Zimride
  • Jeffrey O. Henley, B.A. 1966 – current vice-chairman and former chairman of Oracle Corporation
  • Blair Hull, B.A. 1965 – businessman, investor, and founder of Ketchum Trading, former founder of Hull Trading Company
  • Ryan Kavanaugh, attended – billionaire film producer and financier, founder and CEO of Relativity Media
  • Karl F. Lopker, B.S. 1973 – current CEO of QAD Inc, co-founder of Deckers Outdoor Corporation
  • Pamela Lopker, B.A. 1977 – founder and President of QAD Inc
  • Richard Nanula, B.A. 1982 – former CFO of The Walt Disney Company and Amgen, former Chairman of Colony Capital and Miramax
  • Priya Narasimhan, M.S. 1995, Ph.D. 1999 – founder and CEO of YinzCam, electrical & computer engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Marc Nathanson, M.A. 1969 – entrepreneur and philanthropist, former founder and CEO of Falcon Cable TV
  • Doug Otto, B.A. 1973 – co-founder of Deckers Outdoor Corporation
  • Yngve Slyngstad, M.A. – CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management
  • Peter Sperling, B.A. – educator and businessman, Chairman of Apollo Group
  • Nick Swinmurn, B.A. 1995 – founder and former CEO of Zappos
  • Chade-Meng Tan, M.S. 2000 – software engineer, New York Times bestselling author, and employee number 107 for Google
  • Kazuhiro Tsuga, M.S. 1986 – current President of Panasonic
  • Brett White, B.A. 1984 – current Chairman & Chief Executive Office of Cushman & Wakefield and former CEO of CBRE Group
  • Dave Asprey, B.S. - Founder of Bulletproof 360

Government, law, and public policy[]

  • Kwadwo Afari-Gyan – Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana
  • John Avalos – San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 11
  • Paul Bardacke – former Attorney General of New Mexico
  • Sam Blakeslee (Ph.D) – California State Senator and former California State Assembly Republican Leader
  • Barbara Bodine – U.S. ambassador to Yemen during the USS Cole bombing
  • Barry Brucker – American businessman and politician who served twice as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
  • Joan Buchanan – Democratic Party public official and member of the California State Assembly
  • Lois Capps – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Salud Carbajal – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Tony Cardenas – member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Norris Cochran – acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Delaine Eastin – State Superintendents of Public Instruction in California
  • Valerie Baker Fairbank – Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Raymond C. Fisher – Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Jean Fuller- Republican member of the California Senate
  • Ruth Ann Gaines – Democratic Party member of the Iowa House of Representatives
  • Marc Grossman – U.S. ambassador to Turkey; later, United States Undersecretary for Political Affairs
  • Roger Hedgecock – Mayor of San Diego (1983–85), talk radio show host
  • Jared Huffman – Democratic member of the House of Representatives
  • Ken Khachigian – former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon and chief speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan; senior advisor to presidential campaigns of Bob Dole (1996), John McCain (2000), Fred Thompson (2008)
  • Betty K. Koed (Ph.D) – current Historian of the United States Senate
  • Robert J. Lagomarsino – former Republican congressman from California
  • Edward L. Masry – attorney in the Erin Brockovich case
  • Dionicio Morales – Latino civil rights leader and founder of the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
  • Richard Munson – businessman, author, and activist in the field of clean energy and industrial energy efficiency
  • Mariana Pfaelzer – United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Richard W. Pollack – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
  • Milan St. Protić – diplomat from Serbia, Yugoslav Ambassador to United States and Serbian Ambassador to Switzerland
  • Austin Quinn-Davidson – mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
  • Nick L. Salazar – Democratic member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
  • Robin Sax – legal analyst and commentator
  • Paul Seaton – Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives
  • Roslyn O. Silver – Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
  • Matthew Steen – co-founder of Weather Underground
  • Dave Uejio – Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
  • Knut Vollebaek – Norwegian diplomat and Ambassador to the US
  • Das Williams – member of the California State Assembly
  • Joseph C. Wilson – U.S. Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe; Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient; husband of Valerie Plame Wilson, classified CIA operative whose identity was leaked to the press in 2003
  • Brian Maienschein - Democratic member of the California State Assembly

Science[]

  • Robert Ballard – oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic
  • Alexei Filippenko, B.A. 1979 – astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Benjamin Halpern, Ph.D. 2003 – marine biologist, ecologist, and 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences winner
  • John R. Kirtley, B.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1976 – physicist and professor at Stanford University
  • Alison Murray – biochemist and Antarctic researcher
  • Richard Nelson – cultural anthropologist
  • Christine Siddoway – geologist, Antarctic researcher
  • Deborah Steinberg – biological oceanographer, Antarctic researcher

Other notable alumni[]

David Woodard
  • Tracie D. Hall – Executive director of the American Library Association
  • Kenneth Karmiole – bookseller and philanthropist
  • Jeff Madsen – four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, and the ESPN/CardPlayer Magazine 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year
  • Robert Mardian – one of the Watergate Seven
  • Kathleen Soliah – member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • Todd Witteles – World Series of Poker bracelet winner, and CardPlayer Magazine's 2005 World Series of Poker Player of the Year
  • David Woodard - writer and conductor

References[]

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  2. ^ "Chris Cope UFC Bio". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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