List of California Polytechnic State University alumni

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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Gary Bloom, CEO of VERITAS Software^{[citation needed]}
Kathleen Holmgren, Senior Vice President, Sun Microsystems Network Storage Solutions^[1]
David Karr, cofounder of Guayakí.^[1]
Farzad Nazem, Chief Technical Officer of Yahoo^{[citation needed]}
Linda Olds, cofounder of Jamba Juice^[1]
Peter Oppenheimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Computer^{[citation needed]}
Kevin Peters, cofounder of Jamba Juice^[1]
Alex Pryor, cofounder of Guayakí.^[1]
Monty Roberts, owner of Flag Is Up Farms Company^[1]
Al Smith, former owner of Orchard Supply Hardware.^[1]
William H. Swanson, Chairman and CEO of Raytheon^[1]
Joe Vergara, cofounder of Jamba Juice^[1]
Joe Wilson transformed Haloid Corp into Xerox.^[2]

Paul Bonderson, VP of Engineering and Co-founder of Brocade Communications Systems^{[citation needed]}
Robert L. Gibson, retired chief, NASA astronaut office; piloted five space shuttle missions, including the first docking with the Russian space station Mir^{[citation needed]}
Mark Lucovsky, software architect known for being a part of the team that designed and built the Windows NT operating system for Microsoft.^{[citation needed]}
Burt Rutan, designer of SpaceShipOne, which won the ten million dollar Ansari X Prize, and Voyager^[1]
Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow, US Marine aviator and two time NASA space shuttle pilot-astronaut^[1]

Kevin Correia, current pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.^{[citation needed]}
Mike Krukow, MLB baseball pitcher, radio and television announcer for the San Francisco Giants^[1]
John Orton, former Major League Baseball catcher^{[citation needed]}
Ozzie Smith, retired Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame inductee (2002)^[1]

Marijon Ancich, California high school football coach with the most wins in history^{[citation needed]}
Jordan Beck, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, taken in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft^{[citation needed]}
Chris Gocong, NFL defensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles, selected with the 71st overall pick in the 3rd round of the 2006 NFL Draft^{[citation needed]}
John Madden, sports broadcaster and former American football coach for the Oakland Raiders, who led his team to a win Super Bowl XI during the 1976-1977 season^[1]
Antonio Warren, Canadian Football League running back^{[citation needed]}

Ryan Fracchia, famed intramural athletics star who led more teams to school-wide championships than any student in school history. Currently a professional golfer on the California Players Tour.^{[citation needed]}
Chuck Liddell, professional mixed martial arts fighter. Current Light Heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship^{[citation needed]}
Loren Roberts - professional golfer on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour^[1]
Monty Roberts - internationally-renowned horse trainer and author of The Man Who Listens to Horses^[1]
Victor Plata - Triathlete. Collegiate National Champion, and 2004 Olympian.^[3]

Scott Peterson, convicted of killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson who was also an alumna.^{[citation needed]}
Kristin Smart, went missing while attending in 1996.^{[citation needed]}