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.
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
- Don Sainte-Johnn (Wilber Johnson)
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
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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
- Charles D. Brooks, III, actor, director and playwright
- Diana Canova, actor
- Ralph Carter, actor
- Dean Chekvala, actor
- James Coburn, actor, Academy Award ® recipient
- Angela Dorian, actress and model
- Clint Eastwood, actor; producer, Academy Award ® recipient; director
- 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[1]
- 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
- Celia Kaye, actress
- Margaret Kerry, actor
- Sally Kellerman, actor, Academy Award® nominee
- Shin Koyamada, actor, martial artist
- Wallace Langham, actor
- Ruta Lee, actor
- Elliott Lewis, actor, director and producer in old-time radio[2]
- 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
- Edward Padilla, actor
- Rosie Perez, actor and choreographer
- Donna Reed, actor, Academy Award ® recipient
- Maggie Roswell, actor
- 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[3]
- 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
- Dan Bootzin, film editor, Emmy ® Award recipient
- Lee Broda, producer
- Zev Buffman, Broadway producer
- Charles Burnett, director and writer
- Charles Campbell, sound engineer, Academy Award ® recipient
- Tamra Davis, filmmaker
- Victor DuBois, editor, Emmy ® Award nominee
- Ron Ellis, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
- Robert Elswit, cinematographer, Academy Award ® recipient
- F. Gary Gray, director and producer
- Maggie Greenwald, director and writer
- Nick Grippo, caterer and author
- 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
- Tarsem Singh, director
- Gary Stockdale, composer for television shows
- Kevin Tent, editor, Academy Award ® nominee
- José Quintero, director
Fine Arts
Art
- Don Bachardy, artist
- Billy Al Bengston, painter and sculptor
- Dianne Dillon, illustrator
- Melvin Edwards, sculptor
- Cristian Gheorghiu, contemporary artist/painter[4]
- Doyle Lane, ceramist
- Jason Laure, photographer and author
- John Lees, artist and painter
- Daniel Marlos, LACC Visual & Media Arts Vice Chair
- Kerry James Marshall, artist
- Evangeline Montgomery, print-maker, metal smith and weaver
- Ruth Orkin, photographer and filmmaker
- John Riddle, commercial artist, sculptor and painter
- Hisako Terasaki, artist and etcher
- H.C. Westermann, printmaker and sculptor
- Robert Williams, painter and cartoonist
Dance
- Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
- Maria Bermudez, Flamenco dancer
- Janet Collins, ballerina
Design
- Frank Gehry, architect, Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient
- Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer
Music
- David Alpert, musician
- Roy Ayers, jazz musician
- Chet Baker, trumpeter and vocalist
- Robert Bradley, blues musician
- Pamela Courson, singer, Jim Morrison's girlfriend
- Herb Geller, jazz musician
- M.C. Hammer, aka Stanley K. Burrell, R&B musician
- Jose “Pepe” Carlos, accordionist and requinto, Grammy ® recipient
- 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
- Marisol Hernandez, singer, Grammy ® recipient
- 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
- Lennie Niehaus, composer
- Marnie 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
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
- Alvaro Cardona-Hine, poet, composer and author
- Joanne de Longchamps, poet and artist
- 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
- Diane Redfield Massie, author and illustrator
- 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
Public Service
Armed Forces
- Susan Ahn Cuddy, U.S. Navy, First Asian-American Female Navy Officer, First Female gunnery officer, WWII
- Joseph A. Czyzyk, U.S. Navy Veteran and Aviation Executive
- Eugene L. Hudson, (Ret.), U. S. Air Force
- Herbert R. Temple, Jr. (Ret.), Chief of the National Guard Bureau
Elected officials
- Jo Anne Darcy, Santa Clarita Mayor and City Council member (deceased)
- Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council member
- Howard Caldwell, City manager of Compton, CA, retired
- 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 Gillespie Baird, U. S. District Court (Ret.)
- Leo Holt, Cook County (IL) Circuit Court (Ret.)
- Vaino Spencer, Los Angeles County Superior Court, co-founded the Black Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges, deceased
Nonprofit
- Ruben Hernandez, founder, Unification of Disabled Latin Americans
Religion
- Sheik Qazi Asad, LAPD chaplain
- Robert Sirico, Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Acton Institute
Science
- 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
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
- 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
- Raymond May, professional football player
- Harry Thompson, football player
Track
- Jeff Williams, sprinter
Wrestling
- José "Pepper" Gomez, professional wrestler and bodybuilder
References
- Kaufman, Dave (1968). TV 69: Who's Who, What's What in the New TV Season (mass market paperback). New York: Signet. p. 130.
- DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 165.
- "Actress Irene Tsu, an LACC Alum, Talks to LACC Cinema Students About her Film Career", Los Angeles City College News, December 1, 2006
- Gheorghiu, Cristian (July 5, 2012). "KCET interview". www.kcet.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
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