List of University of California, Davis alumni
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Academics
UC Davis academics
James F. Brooks, Ph.D. – historian
Greg Hess – economist, college administrator, and the president of Wabash College
Walter Harrison, Ph.D. – scholar of American Literature and Culture, and president of the University of Hartford
University presidents
- Carol Folt, the 11th chancellor, and the 29th chief executive, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[1]
- Richard Miller, founding president of Olin College[2]
- Éric Maurincomme, director of INSA Lyon
- F. Chris Garcia, former president of the University of New Mexico[3]
- Douglas Girod, current chancellor of the University of Kansas[4]
- Mondo Kagonyera, chancellor of Makerere University in Uganda
- Michael Kotlikoff PhD, provost and acting president of Cornell University[5]
- Dr. Indira Samarasekera, president of the University of Alberta[6]
- Michael R. Gottfredson, former president of the University of Oregon[7]
- Greg Hess, president of Wabash College[8]
- Walter Harrison, president of the University of Hartford[9]
Professors
- Anil Kashyap, professor of economics and finance at University of Chicago[10]
- Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School[11]
- Robert Boyd, professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University[12]
- Howard A. Stone, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University[13]
- M. Brent Donnellan, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University[14]
- Constance J. Chang-Hasnain, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley[15]
- Tani E. Barlow, professor of history at Rice University[16]
- Gregory Berns, the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine[17]
- Bonnie Bassler, professor of molecular biology, Princeton University, MacArthur Fellowship[18]
- Hugo J. Bellen, professor of molecular and human genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator[19]
- Daniel T. Blumstein, professor and chair for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA[20]
- James F. Brooks, professor of history at University of California, Santa Barbara[21]
- Janet Broughton, professor of philosophy and vice provost of UC Berkeley[22]
- Julia Chan (chemist), professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Harry C. Dorn, professor of chemistry at Virginia Tech
- Rao S. Govindaraju, professor of civil engineering at Purdue University
- Olivia Graeve, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at University of California, San Diego
- Lori Cox Han, professor of political science at Chapman University[23]
- Bonnie S. Dunbar, former professor in the department of molecular and cell biology at Baylor University[24]
- Philippe Desan, professor of French and history of culture at the University of Chicago[25]
- Mustafa Emirbayer, professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison[26]
- Max Essex, professor of health sciences at Harvard University[27]
- Lewis J. Feldman, professor of plant biology at UC Berkeley[28]
- Heinz Insu Fenkl, Professor of English, The State University of New York, New Paltz
- Cynthia Friend, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science at Harvard University
- Bruce Frohnen, professor of law at Ohio Northern University[29]
- Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English[30]
- James A. Herrick, Guy Vanderjagt Professor of Communication and former communication chair at Hope College[31]
- Godfrey Hewitt, professor and evolutionary geneticist at University of East Anglia
- Burton Hatlen, literary scholar and professor at University of Maine[32]
- Donna Hoffman, professor of marketing at George Washington University[33]
- Amishi Jha, professor of psychology at University of Miami[34]
- Jason P Jue, professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Robert Lieber, professor of the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University[35]
- Elizabeth G. Loboa, dean of engineering at the University of Missouri
- Theraphan Luangthongkum, linguistics professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Bruce A. Manning, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Francisco State University[36]
- Eric Mar, professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University[37]
- John Marini (PhD), professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno[38]
- Mark Matsumoto, dean of engineering at University of California, Merced
- Elvira de Mejia, professor of food sciences and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[39]
- Mohamed Omar, professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College
- H. Allen Orr, professor of biology at University of Rochester
- Hans Ostrom, professor of African American studies at University of Puget Sound[40]
- Gordon Rausser, Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
- Pearl T. Robinson, professor of political science at Tufts University[41]
- Peter Richerson, professor emeritus at UC Davis[42]
- Jean Beagle Ristaino, professor of plant pathology at North Carolina State University[43]
- Shawna Yang Ryan, professor at University of Hawaii, Manoa[44]
- William S. Penn, English professor at Michigan State University[45]
- Meredith Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell University[46]
- Julie K. Silver, professor at Harvard Medical School
- Justin E. H. Smith, professor at Paris Diderot University[47]
- Gary D. Solis, adjunct professor of law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center[48]
- Nancy Butler Songer, dean of the School of Education at Drexel University[49]
- Scott Talan, professor of communication at American University[50]
- Martin Tolich, professor of sociology at University of Otago[51]
- David Hurst Thomas, professor at Columbia University[52]
- Steven D. Tanksley, professor of plant breeding and biometry at Cornell University[53]
- Athula Wikramanayake, professor at the University of Miami[54]
- Kirsten Saxton, professor at Mills College[55]
Science
UC Davis Scientists
Stephen Robinson, B.S. 1978 – NASA astronaut
Tracy Caldwell Dyson, B.S. 1993 – chemist and NASA astronaut
Chris Crawford, B.S. 1972 – computer game designer and writer
Astronauts
- Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Stephen K. Robinson
Computer science
- Sam Lantinga, lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, creator of Simple DirectMedia Layer
- John Black, cryptologist who has been involved in the invention of several cryptographic algorithms including UMAC, PMAC, OCB, and CMAC
- Chris Crawford, game designer
- Rael Dornfest, former engineer at Twitter, founder and CEO of Values of N
- Timothy Jurka, developer of RTextTools and MaxEnt for the R statistical programming language
- Patrick J. Miller, known for building largest temporary supercomputer
- Eric Lengyel, computer game engine developer with expertise in 3D graphics, animation, physics, audio, and networking
- Carl Sassenrath, developer of REBOL language, CTO of REBOL
- Peter J. Salzman, hacker, former senior member of hacker group Legion of Doom
- Perry Gregg, computer scientist
- Deborah Frincke, head of research at the National Security Agency
Engineering
- David Abe, head of the Electromagnetics Technology Branch at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
- Chow Chung-kong, chemical engineer, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
- Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL lead engineer
- Erkin Sidick, NASA JPL engineer
- Sig Mejdal, sabermetrics analyst, former NASA engineer
- Bernard Soriano, aeronautical engineer, deputy director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles
- Kaveh Madani, Iranian civil and environmental engineer
- Nelson Pass, audio engineer
- David Phillips, civil engineer
- Jeffrey Steefel, video game producer
- Alvin S. White, test pilot, mechanical engineer
Economics
- Ahmad Faruqui, defense analyst and economist
- Mahmoud Solh, Lebanese agricultural economist and genetic scientist who is currently Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
- Masami Imai, Japanese economist
- Timothy Francis McCarthy, financial services chief executive
Biology
- Alice Alldredge, oceanographer, marine biologist
- Anurag Agrawal, ecologist, evolutionary biologist
- Jon Andrus, American physician, epidemiologist and immunization specialist, Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization
- Dean Burk, co-discoverer of biotin
- Gordon Conway, former president of the Royal Geographical Society
- Edward DeLong, marine microbiologist
- Renee Dufault, biologist
- Katherine Esau, German-American botanist who received the National Medal of Science for her work on plant anatomy
- Brian Fisher, field biologist who works on the systematics of arthropods
- Niklaus Grunwald, plant pathologist and professor
- Brian Hanley, microbiologist and biohacker
- Catherine T. Hunt, chemist
- Jae U. Jung, South Korean biologist
- Gurdev Khush, Indian agronomist and winner of the World Food Prize
- Lynn Kimsey, professor of Entomology
- Laurence Madin, marine biologist, executive vice president and director of research of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Bruce A. Manning, professor of biochemistry at San Francisco University
- David Mas Masumoto, author and organic farmer
- Frederick Murphy, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian epidemiologist
- Robert E. Page, Jr., honey bee geneticist
- Herman Phaff, yeast ecologist
- Eric W. Sanderson, landscape ecologist
- H. Michael Shepard, cancer biologist and discoverer of Herceptin
- Gary Strobel, microbiologist
- David Hurst Thomas, archaeologist and anthropologist
- Thomas W. Whitaker, 1927, botanist and horticulturist
Geosciences
Other
- Patricia S. Cowings, NASA psychologist, first African American woman trained to be an astronaut[56]
- Frederica Darema, Greek physicist who proposed the SPMD programming model
- Diane Fordney, sex therapist
- William Hirstein, philosopher primarily interested in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, cognitive science, and analytic philosophy
- Kay Mehren, veterinarian and zoologist, Veterinarian Emeritus at the Toronto Zoo.
- Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
- Jeff Werber, veterinarian
- Nadine Burke Harris, pediatrician, advisory council member for Clinton Foundation's "Too Small to Fail" campaign
Arts, entertainment, and literature
UC Davis Arts, Entertainment, and Literature Alumni
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Hasan Minhaj, B.A. – actor and comedian
Martin Yan, M.A. 1975 – chef and food writer
DJ Shadow, B.A. – record producer and DJ
Terisa Greenan – film producer, film director, actress
Christopher Markus, M.A. 1996 - Emmy winner, screenwriter on Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
Stephen McFeely, M.A. 1996 - Emmy winner, screenwriter on Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
Fine art
- Kathy Butterly, sculptor
- Shirley Burman, railroad photographer
- Charles Burns (cartoonist), cartoonist and illustrator
- Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
- Nancy Carman, ceramic artist
- Carter, artist
- Victor Cicansky, Canadian sculptor
- Vicky A Clark, curator
- Ed Darack, author, photographer
- Sarah DeRemer, artist
- Kurt Edward Fishback, photographer
- Camille Rose Garcia, lowbrow artist
- Carll Goodpasture, photographer
- Steve Lambert, artist
- Kenney Mencher, painter
- Nickolas Mohanna, artist and composer
- Bruce Nauman, artist
- Richard T. Notkin, ceramic artist
- Nancy Rubins, sculptor
- Ethan Russell, the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who
- Duane Slick, painter and professor[57]
- Elizabeth Stephens, artist, sculptor, film maker, photographer
- Vonn Cummings Sumner, painter
Music
- Yul Anderson, pianist, guitarist, singer
- Cam, country music artist known for the hit "Burning House"
- Luciano Chessa, Italian musicologist
- DJ Shadow (real name Joshua Davis), music producer, DJ, and songwriter
- Rita Hosking, award-winning songwriter, singer
- Ruby Ibarra, rapper
- Gift of Gab, rapper
- Tom Jans, singer/songwriter
- Steven Mackey, guitarist and composer
- Scott Miller, guitarist and singer/songwriter, founder of Game Theory and The Loud Family
- Mano Murthy, composer
- Lateef the Truthspeaker (real name Lateef Daumont), rapper
- Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura), rapper
- Dave Nachmanoff, award-winning American folk singer-songwriter
- Cadence Spalding, American educator, vocalist, instrumentalist and composer
- Donnette Thayer, musician
- Russ Tolman, guitarist for True West
- Lindsey Pavao, contestant on the second season of The Voice
- Paris, rapper
- Knapsack, indie rock band
- Sholi, indie rock band
- Kendra Smith, musician
- Steve Wynn, musician
- The Jealous Sound, indie rock band
- Joyo Velarde, hip hop and pop singer
Literature
- Wendy Barker, poet
- Howard Beck, sports journalist
- Clare Bell, British author in the United States best known for her Ratha series
- Kevin Clark, American poet and critic
- Kira Cochrane, feminist journalist and writer
- Costa Dillon, writer
- Heinz Insu Fenkl, novelist, editor, translator and folklorist
- Theodore Hamm, author
- Brian Halweil, sustainable food writer and researcher
- Deborah Harkness, The New York Times best-selling author
- Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
- Karen Joy Fowler, science fiction author
- Lauren Kate, novelist
- Matthew Kennedy, writer and film historian
- Gus Lee, author
- Regina Lynn, sex columnist
- Marilyn Nelson, American poet, translator and children's book author
- John D. Nesbitt, western writer and literature and language professor
- Hans Ostrom, poet, novelist, and scholar, author of The Coast Starlight
- Louis Owens, novelist and scholar
- Chris Ransick, writer of literary fiction and poetry
- Grant Rosenberg, screenwriter/producer
- Maris Soule, American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, mysteries, and short stories
- Shawna Yang Ryan, novelist, author of Water Ghosts (2009) and Green Island (2016)
- Max Schott, author of short stories
- April Halprin Wayland, author, poet, and teacher
- Anthony Swofford, author
- James Van Pelt, science fiction author
- Emily Wallis Hughes, poet and editor
- Mark Wisniewski, Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author
Film and television
- Craig Baldwin, experimental filmmaker
- Jan Gan Boyd, actress
- Michele Boyd, actress
- Debbie Lee Carrington, actress
- Justin Chu Cary, actor
- Porter Duong, actress
- Sonya Eddy, actress
- Carol Flint, TV producer, ER
- Larry Ferguson, screenwriter
- Michael Gaston, actor
- Terisa Greenan, film producer, director, and actress
- Natasha Halevi, actress
- Fereshta Kazemi, Afghan-American film actress
- Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress
- Guji Lorenzana, actor
- Kristie Macosko Krieger, film producer
- Christopher Markus, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter known for Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
- Kelly Masterson, screenwriter
- Stephen McFeely, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter known for Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor
- Matthew Moy, actor
- Sue Murphy, stand-up comedian
- Conan Nolan, political reporter
- Grant Rosenberg, television writer and producer
- Tareq Salahi, winery owner at television personality
- Kate Tsui, actress and singer
- Sal Viscuso, actor
- John Vickery, stage and film actor known for his work in Babylon 5 and Star Trek
- Bergen Williams, actress
- Eric Womack, American actor and producer
- Pamela Wu, reporter
- Martin Yan, chef host of television show Yan Can Cook
Comedy
- Hasan Minhaj, comedian[58]
- Tim Lee, comedian
- Bruce Baum, comedian
Other
- Meghan Kalkstein, broadcast journalist
- Jenny Cho, broadcaster
- Tiffany Lam, beauty queen, Miss Hong Kong 2002
- Henry Wofford, SportsNet Central anchor/reporter for Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco
- Mike Pondsmith, game designer
- Jenn Im, fashion and beauty vlogger
Athletics
UC Davis Athletics Alumni
Daniel Descalso, B.A. – professional baseball infielder
Chris Petersen, B.A., M.A. – coach
Colton Schmidt – American football punter
Urijah Faber, B.A. – mixed martial artist
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Ty Kelly – professional baseball utility player
Olympians
- Alphonse Burnand, gold medalist in sailing
- Peter Snell, three time gold medalist in running
- Cathy Carr, gold medalist swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Emily Azevedo, bobsledder in 2010 Winter Olympics
- Linda Somers, marathon runner in 1996 Olympics
- Brita Sigourney, freestyle skier in 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics
- Scott Weltz, swimmer at 2012 Summer Olympics
- Kim Conley, long distance runner in 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
- Colby Slater, two time gold medalist in rugby
- Carrie Johnson, sprint canoer at 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics
- Terry Kubicka, figure skater, 1976 US National Champion, competitor at 1976 Winter Olympics, first and only skater to perform legal backflip
- Cyndy Poor, runner at 1976 Summer Olympics
- Seth Weil, rower at 2016 Summer Olympics
Baseball
- Joe Biagini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
- Steve Brown, MLB pitcher
- Daniel Descalso, infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks[59]
- Eddie Gamboa, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
- Marco Grifantini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
- Ty Kelly, American-Israeli utility player for the New York Mets[60]
- Matt Vaughn, head coach for the UC Davis Aggies baseball team
- Rich Waltz, TV announcer, Miami Marlins, MLB Network, & CBS Sports
Basketball
- Corey Hawkins, professional basketball player for Antwerp Giants of the Basketball League Belgium
- Mark Payne, professional basketball player who plays for Champagne Châlons-Reims of the LNB Pro A
- Jason Rabedeaux, college basketball coach who served as the head coach of the UTEP Miners from 1999 to 2002.
- Josh Ritchart, basketball player for Malbas of the Basketligan
- Dedrique Taylor, college basketball head coach for Cal State Fullerton
- Joshua Fox, player for Hawke's Bay Hawks
Football
- Nick Aliotti, defensive coordinator for University of Oregon
- Mike Bellotti, former head football coach for the University of Oregon
- Rolf Benirschke, placekicker for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL
- Bob Biggs, former head coach for UC Davis
- Chris Carter, former wide receiver for Seattle Seahawks
- Jonathan Compas, former NFL offensive lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Kevin Daft, offensive coordinator for UC Davis
- Bo Eason, safety for the Houston Oilers of the NFL
- Daniel Fells, tight end for the Denver Broncos
- Bakari Grant, wide receiver for Calgary Stampeders
- Mark Grieb, quarterback for the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League
- Daryl Gross, Athletic Director, Syracuse University
- Nathaniel Hackett, offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills[61]
- Paul Hackett, former head coach for University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California
- Dan Hawkins, former head coach for the University of Colorado and Boise State
- Khari Jones, Arena Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback and sports reporter
- Bryan Lee-Lauduski, former quarterback for Iowa Barnstormers
- Brad Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL
- Cory Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL
- Chris Mandeville, defensive back
- Rich Martini, former wide receiver for Oakland Raiders
- Casey Merrill, NFL defensive end
- Mike Moroski, NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers
- Ken O'Brien, 11-year quarterback for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles, first round selection in 1983 NFL Draft
- J. T. O'Sullivan, former quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals
- Chris Petersen, former head coach for the University of Washington and Boise State
- Frank Scalercio, former head coach for Sonoma State Cossacks
- Colton Schmidt, punter for the Buffalo Bills
- Kermit Schmidt, NFL running back
- Elliot Vallejo, former player for Oakland Raiders
- Demario Warren, head coach for Southern Utah Thunderbirds
- Mike Wise, NFL defensive end
Golf
- Matt Marshall, professional golfer from Carlton, Oregon.[62]
- Brad Bell, professional golfer from Sacramento, California.
- Scott Gordon, professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.[63]
- Demi Runas, professional golfer
Soccer
- Quincy Amarikwa, MLS player for the Montreal Impact
- Nicolas Platter, goalkeeper for Carolina RailHawks
- Ahmad Hatifi, current international soccer player for Afghanistan and a professional with Mumbai F.C. in India's I-League
- Jacob Barron, midfielder for Orange County Blues FC
- Jerome Watson, American former U.S. soccer forward
- Matthew Sheldon, player for Tulsa Roughnecks F.C.
- Dirk Denkers, retired American soccer player who spent one season in both the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
- Elliott Hord, soccer player who currently plays for Sacramento Republic in the United Soccer League
- Ramon Martin Del Campo, player for Ottawa Fury
- Matt Wiesenfarth, player for Sacramento Republic
Wrestling
- Urijah Faber, wrestler; retired professional mixed martial artist, formerly WEC featherweight Champion and UFC Bantamweight Contender[64]
- John Hennigan, professional wrestler known for his time in WWE as Johnny Nitro and John Morrison
- Tim Lajcik, mixed martial artist, stuntman, and actor
Other
- Alycia Moulton, tennis player
- Dave Scott, 6-time champion at Ironman World Championship
- Shiva Vashishat, cricket player
Business
UC Davis Business Alumni
John Watson, B.A. 1978 – CEO of Chevron
Robert B. Tucker, B.A. 1976 – author, consultant, and professional speaker
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- Allison Arieff, Senior Content Lead at IDEO, co-founder and former editor of Dwell magazine
- Refaat El-Sayed, billionaire
- Riley P. Bechtel, billionaire, CEO of Bechtel
- Alfred Chuang, co-founder and CEO of BEA Systems
- Lauren Elliott, internet entrepreneur, video game designer, co-designer of Carmen Sandiego game series
- Sean Ellis, founder of Qualaroo, coined growth hacking
- Ron Erickson, co-founder of Microrim, GlobalVision, Inc., and Egghead Software
- Robert "Bob" Foster, past president of Southern California Edison; former Mayor of Long Beach, California
- Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., CEO and Chairman of Allegiant Air
- Adriana Gascoigne, CEO of Girls in Tech
- Kimberly Guilfoyle, Court TV and FOX News Channel anchor; ABC, CNN, and FOX News legal analyst/commentator
- Daniel Ha, co-founder and CEO of Disqus
- Oran B. Hesterman, president and chief executive officer of Fair Food Network
- Jeffrey Katz, CEO, NexTag; ex-CEO, Leapfrog; ex-CEO and founder, Orbitz
- Peter Lavelle, American journalist, host of CrossTalk on the English-language TV channel of RT
- Francis Lee, CEO, Synaptics
- Jason Lucash, inventor and founder of Origaudio, Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009, winner on ABC's show Shark Tank, and Entrepreneur's "Entrepreneur of the Year" for 2012
- Jani Macari Pallis, CEO of Cislunar Aerodynamics, professor at University of Bridgeport
- Ken Mercurio, author and former nutrition labeling director at Nestle USA
- David Phillips, "The Pudding Guy"
- Mark Publicover, CEO and founder of JumpSport, inventor of the first affordable trampoline safety net enclosure
- Keith Robinson, co-owner of the Hawaiian island of Niihau
- Zohra Sarwari, Muslim author, business coach, entrepreneur, and international speaker
- Stratton Sclavos, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
- Tanya Seaman, founder of PhillyCarShare
- Krishna Subramanian, entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of BlueLithium
- Jeffrey Tarrant, founder of Candescent Films
- Thomas J. Tierney, chairman of eBay
- Robert B. Tucker, president and founder of The Innovation Resource Consulting Group
- John Watson, CEO of Chevron
- William L. Ballhaus, CEO of Blackboard, Inc.
- Payam Zamani, founder and chairman of One Planet Ops Inc.
- Diane Bryant, COO of Google Cloud.
Government
UC Davis Government Alumni
Anna Escobedo Cabral, B.A. 1987 – Treasurer of the United States
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, B.A. 1980, J.D. 1984 – Chief Justice of California
Miranda Du, B.A. 1991 – United States District Judge
Ann Veneman, B.A. – former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
Kuan Chung-ming, M.A. 1984 – minister of the National Development Council (Taiwan)
Howard B. Bromberg, B.S. – retired United States Army Lieutenant General
Foreign officials
- Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
- Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy
- Kuan Chung-ming, former minister of the Taiwanese National Development Council, current chair of the Department of Finance of the National Taiwan University
- Rosanna Wong, former convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Scottish nobleman
- Roberto Sebastian, former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Philippines)
- Mary Ikoku, Nigerian Special Adviser to the Federal Ministry of Information and Communications
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian senator, daughter of former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo
- Kamal Stino, Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
- Isabel García Tejerina, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Spain).
Federal government
- Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States
- Janice Eberly, former chief economist of the United States Department of the Treasury
- Michael Faulkender, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
- Ann Veneman, former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2001–2005, later executive director of UNICEF
- David J. Kappos, former Director of the Patent and Trademark Office
- Lynn Okagaki, Commissioner of Education Research in the Institute of Education Sciences
- Paul M. Igasaki, Chair and Chief Judge of the Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor
- Steven J. Law, United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Jane A. Restani, Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
- Richard Rominger, United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Sue Ellen Wooldridge, former United States Assistant Attorney General
- Julie MacDonald, Former deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the United States Department of the Interior
Ambassadors
- Scot Marciel, United States Ambassador to Myanmar
- Leslie A. Bassett, United States Ambassador to Paraguay
- Anthony Godfrey, United States Ambassador to Serbia
- Sheila Gwaltney, United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
- Erin Elizabeth McKee, United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Jackie Speier, Congresswoman
- Cal Dooley, United States Congressman, also president and CEO of National Food Processors Association
- Dave Loebsack, Congressman, Iowa, 2nd District
- George Miller, United States Congressman, California, 7th District
- Jimmy Panetta, assistant district attorney in Monterey County, California[65]
- Kim Schrier, Congresswoman, Washington, 8th District
State government
- Harold J. Powers, 36th Lieutenant Governor of California
- Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California
- Arthur Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party
- Luis Alejo, California State Assemblymember, 28th District and former Mayor of Watsonville, California
- Anthony Cannella, California State Senator, District 12 and fmr. Mayor of Ceres, California
- Charles Calderon, politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature
- Rebecca Cohn, California State Assembly member for the 24th District
- Jill Derby, elected Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education
- Delaine Eastin, 25th State Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
- Robert Fong, former member of the Sacramento City Council
- Dario Frommer, California Assemblyman, 43rd District, Los Angeles
- Jeff Gorell, California State Assemblymember, 37th District
- David C. Long, member of the Indiana State Senate representing the 16th district
- Michael Machado, California State Assemblymember
- Kerry Mazzoni, California Secretary of Education
- Tony Miller, former California Secretary of State
- Mike Machado, California State Senator
- Ron Raikes, state senator from Lincoln, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature
- Kevin Shelley, former California Secretary of State
- Cameron Smyth, California Assemblyman, 38th District
- Charles Starr, member of Oregon House of Representatives
- Ellen Corbett, California State Senator
- Terry Morrow, former member of Minnesota House of Representatives
- Jani Iwamoto, member of the Utah Senate
- Phil Wyman, California Assembymember
Mayors
- Ruthlane Uy Asmundson, former mayor of Davis, first female Filipino mayor
- Jason Baker, mayor of Campbell, California
- Bob Black, former mayor of Davis
- Heather Fargo, former mayor of Sacramento, California
- Robert "Bob" Foster, mayor of Long Beach, California
- Elihu Harris, mayor of Oakland, California
- Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento, California
- London Breed, mayor of San Francisco, California
Judges
- Tony Agbayani, Judge of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, California
- Miranda Du, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
- Paul W. Grimm, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- Kristina Pickering, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
- Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California
- Delbert Gee, Judge of the Superior Court of California in Alameda County
- Craig F. Stowers, Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
- Paula A. Nakayama, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
- Jon Sands, Chief Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona
- Steve White, Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court
Military
- Howard B. Bromberg, lieutenant general, United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff
- Hassan Akbar, U.S. Army sergeant, convicted for murders of fellow soldiers
- John M. Wood, Major General in the United States Air Force. He is the current commander of the Third Air Force
Other
- Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, former San Jose Vice Mayor/City Councilmember
- John Quoc Duong, Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)
- Joseph Gutheinz, retired NASA employee who investigated stolen and missing moon rocks
- Eric Mar, former San Francisco District 1 Supervisor and President, San Francisco Board of Education, currently professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University
- Katy Tang, San Francisco District 4 Supervisor
- Mindell Penn, Richmond, California city councilwoman and PG&E executive
- Jim Rogers, city councilmember for Richmond, California
- Angela E. Oh, attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean American community
- Monika Kalra Varma, Director of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
- Hoang Tu Duy, Vietnamese-born American democracy activist
Winemaking
- Amy Aiken
- Alberto Antonini, senior winemaker for the wineries of the Antinori and the Frescobaldi
- Kristen Barnhisel, winemaker[66]
- Heidi Barrett, California winemaker and consultant
- Daniel Baron
- Cathy Corison, winemaker
- Sarah Gott, winemaker
- Kathryn Kennedy
- Mia Klein, winemaker
- David Lake, Washington wine pioneer and Master of Wine
- Jeff Mangahas, winemaker
- Aaron Pott, Napa Valley consultant winemaker
- Carol Shelton, winemaker
- Kay Simon, class of 1976, Washington winemaker
Miscellaneous
- Dennis Banks, Native American leader
- John Lawrence Goheen, missionary and educator
- Peter A. Griffin, blackjack expert, one of the original seven members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame
- Maria Kang, fitness advocate and founder of the No Excuse Mom movement
- Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders
- Luis Scott-Vargas, "Magic: The Gathering" player
- John Dragon Young, Hong Kong scholar of Chinese history
- Jan Hamrin, founded the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions
- Randy Lew, professional poker player
- Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
- Paul Holes, former cold-case investigator for the Contra Costa County District Attorney. Known for his contributions to solving the Golden State Killer case using advanced methods of identifying the killer with DNA and genealogy technology.
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External links
- Famous UC Davis Alumni on the Davis Wiki
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