List of University of California, Irvine people
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This page lists noted individuals associated with the University of California, Irvine.
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[edit] Alumni
The following are noted alumni and students of the University of California, Irvine. When the information is known and available, degree and year are listed in parenthesis.
[edit] Athletics
- Brady Anderson - MLB player
- Scott Brooks - member of the 1994 World Champion Houston Rockets, now with the Dallas Mavericks
- Bob Ernst (B.S. 1968) - Current men's coach at University of Washington rowing, former national rowing coach (gold medal 8 1984) and numerous national championships for the women's team at UW.
- Gary Figueroa (B.A. 1980) - Gold Medalist (water polo) in the 1984 Olympics
- Bruce Ibbetson (B.S. 1975 MBA 1982) - Silver Medalist stroke of the eight(Rowing) in the 1984 Olympics and 8 time National team
- Brad Lewis (B.A. 1976) - Gold Medalist (Rowing) in the 1984 Olympics Author of Assault on Casitas
- Doug Linton - former MLB pitcher
- Greg Louganis (B.A. 1983) - Four-time Olympic gold medalist
- Amber Neben - U.S. National Road Race Championship and 2005&2006 Tour de l'Aude winner
- Mike Powell - World Long jump record-holder
- Steve Scott (B.A. 1978) - Olympian, American record holder for the indoor mile (3:58.7) and world record holder for the most sub-four minute miles (136)
- Greg Springer (B.S. 1983) - Silver Medalist (Rowing) in the 1984 Olympics
[edit] Arts and Media
[edit] Film, Television, and Video
- Aras Baskauskas (B.A. 2002 MBA 2004) - winner on TV reality show Survivor
- Bob Gunton (B.A. 1968) - actor, Shawshank Redemption, Tony-award winner
- Jon Lovitz (B.A. 1979) - actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Joseph McGinty Nichol a.k.a. McG - Director (Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle), Co-Creator of The O.C.
- Jeff Meek - actor of several TV series, including Mortal Kombat: Conquest, Raven, and Breaking the Surface: the Greg Louganis Story
- Bob Porter (B.A. 1974) - Hollywood stuntman and actor, coxswain at UCI Crew
- Kaysar Ridha - contestant on Big Brother 6
- Aurora Snow - porn actress
- Phil Tippett - Filmmaker whose credits include Star Wars, RoboCop and Jurassic Park
- Thuy Trang - actress, Trini from Power Rangers
- Byron Velvick - star of The Bachelor, Season 6
- Aubrey O'Day - Making the Band 3 contestant
[edit] Literature
- Nevada Barr - author of Anna Pigeon Mysteries
- Aimee Bender (M.F.A.) - author of the The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
- David Benioff (M.F.A.) - author of The 25th Hour
- Michael Chabon (M.F.A.) - 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning author for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
- Brian Flemming - director and playwright
- Richard Ford (M.F.A. 1970) - Pulitzer Prize-winning author in Fiction for Independence Day
- Yusef Komunyakaa - (M.F.A. 1980) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet for "Neon Vernacular"
- T. Jefferson Parker (M.F.A. 1976) - fiction writer and author of Laguna Heat, Little Saigon, and Pacific Heat
- Alice Sebold (M.F.A. 1998) - bestselling novelist, author of The Lovely Bones
- Danzy Senna (M.F.A.) - writer
- Maria Helena Viramontes - chicana fiction writer
[edit] Music
[edit] Business
- Betsy McLaughlin - CEO of Hot Topic, Inc.
[edit] Military
- R Michael Beanan - (B.A. 1973 M.S 1982) community activist, cartoonist, decorated former Navy Seal subject in two different books about the Vietnam War, 'Seals' and 'Everything We Had'
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon
- Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon - magicians, "First Couple of Magic"
- Whitney Otto - author of How to Make an American Quilt and Now You See Her
- Michael Ramirez - 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Lisa Marie Scott - Playboy centerfold, February 1995
[edit] Politics and government
- Jeremy Harris - former mayor of Honolulu
- Van Tran (B.A. 1990) - California State Assemblyman, first Vietnamese-American state legislator in the United States
- Karl Warkomski - former mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
[edit] Technology
- Roy Fielding (Ph.D. 2000) - Internet pioneer, creator of HTTP 1.1, co-founder of Apache Foundation
- Bart Kosko (Ph.D. 1987) - intelligent systems expert
- Lawrence L. Larmore (Ph.D. 1986) - online algorithms researcher, faculty member at UC Riverside and UNLV
- Paul Mockapetris (Ph.D. 1982) - Internet pioneer, inventor of the Domain Name System
- Jim Whitehead, (Ph.D. 2000) - Originator of WebDAV
- Thomas Yuen (B.S. 1974) - co-founder of AST Research Incorporated
[edit] Faculty
Faculty who were also alumni are listed in bold font, with degree and year in parenthesis.
- Satya N. Atluri – engineer, Henry Samueli "von Karman" Endowed Chair in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Center for Aerospace Research and Education
- Francisco J. Ayala – 2001 National Medal Of Science, Founding Director of the Bren Fellows Program, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and of Philosophy.
- Alan Barbour – infectious disease expert, Director of Pacific-Southwest Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
- Gregory Benford – science fiction author of Galactic Center Saga and physicist
- Susan Bryant; regeneration and stem cells Dean of Biological Sciences
- Thomas J. Carew – neuroscientist, Department Chair and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
- Wilson Ho – physicist, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and of Chemistry
- Michael T. Clegg – plant evolutionist, Professor of Biological Sciences
- Paolo Casali – immunologist, Professor of Medicine and Molecular biology and Biochemistry
- Leo Chavez – anthropologist and author
- Ralph J. Cicerone – Former chancellor, current National Academy of Sciences president
- Jacques Derrida (1986 - 2004 [his death]) – philosopher
- Paul Dourish – Professor of Informatics
- David Eppstein – Professor of Computer Science
- Walter M. Fitch – Professor of Molecular Evolution
- David Gardiner; Regeneration and stem cells; Research Biologist
- Louis A. Gottschalk – acclaimed neuroscientist, Professor Emeritus
- Sheldon Greenfield – Professor of Medicine
- Dan Hirschberg – Professor of Computer Science
- Hamid Jafarkhani – Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Ramesh Jain – Bren Professor of Computer Science
- Wen-Hwa Lee – Professor of Biological Chemistry
- Elizabeth Loftus – psychologist, Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Ecology
- R. Duncan Luce – cognitive psychologist, 2003 National Medal of Science, Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science
- James McGaugh – Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, former Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- Donald McKayle – Choreographer
- Penelope Maddy – Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, famous for her work in philosophy of mathematics
- Duane Metzger – A founder of the modern science of ethnography
- J. Hillis Miller – Literary Critic
- Bonnie Nardi – Professor of Informatics
- Curt Pringle – mayor of Anaheim, former speaker of the California State Assembly
- Frederick Reines – (faculty 1966-1998, deceased) Nobel laureate, Physics 1995
- Irwin Rose – Nobel laureate (Chemistry 2004)
- F. Sherwood Rowland – Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1995), Research Professor in Chemistry and Earth System Science
- Donald G. Saari – Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics
- Barry Siegel – Pulitzer Prize winner
- Brian Skyrms – philosophy of science expert, Distinguished Professor of social science
- George Sperling – cognitive psychologist, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science
- Eric Stanbridge – expert in the molecular genetics of cancer, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics
- Rein Taagepera (until 1991) – Estonian politician and political scientist
- Ngugi wa Thiongo – author of (A Grain of Wheat), Distinguished Professor in the School of Humanities and director of the International Center for Writing and Translation
- Edward O. Thorp – author (Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One), professor of mathematics
- Douglas C. Wallace – Professor of Biological Chemistry and Ecology and Evolutionary biology
- Frederic Yui-Ming Wan – Professor of mathematics and mechanics, UC Irvine Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
- Martin Wattenberg – political scientist
- Douglas R. White – Social anthropologist and network sociologist, U.S. Distinguished Scientist Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Chair, Social Dynamics and Complexity (IMBS research group), founder Human Sciences and Complexity UC Videoconference series; External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute; author of (Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems)
- Geoffrey Wolff – co-director of nationally acclaimed creative writing program
[edit] Other notable affiliates
- Tom Jennings – creator of FidoNet
