List of University of California, Berkeley alumni

This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Berkeley. Alumni who also served as faculty are listed in bold font, with degree and year.

Nobel laureates

Thomas Cech, Ph.D. 1975 - Nobel laureate (1989, Chemistry)
Steven Chu, Ph.D. 1976 - Nobel laureate (1997, Physics)
Robert Curl, Ph.D. 1957- Nobel laureate (1996, Chemistry)
Joseph Erlanger, B.S. 1895 - Nobel laureate (1944, Physiology or Medicine)
Andrew Fire, B.A. 1978 - Nobel laureate (2006, Physiology or Medicine)
William F. Giauque, B.S. 1920, Ph.D. 1922 - Nobel laureate (1949, Chemistry)
David Gross, Ph.D. 1966 - Nobel laureate (2004, Physics)
Alan Heeger, Ph.D. 1961 - Nobel laureate (2000, Chemistry)
Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D. 1961 - Nobel laureate (2002, Economics)
Lawrence Klein, B.A. 1942 - Nobel laureate (1980, Economics)
Willis Lamb, B.S. 1934, Ph.D. 1938 - Nobel laureate (1955, Physics)
Robert Laughlin, B.A. 1972 [1] - Nobel laureate (1998, Physics)
Yuan T. Lee, Ph.D. 1962 - Nobel laureate (1986, Chemistry), Professor of Chemistry, Principal Investigator, Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Willard Libby, B.S. 1931, Ph.D. 1933 - Professor of Chemistry, Nobel laureate (1960, Chemistry)
John C. Mather, Ph.D. 1974 - Nobel laureate (2006, Physics)
Mario Molina, Ph.D. 1972- Nobel laureate (1995, Chemistry)
Kary Mullis, Ph.D. 1973 - Nobel laureate (1993, Chemistry)
Douglass North, B.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1952- Nobel laureate (1993, Economics)
Thomas Schelling, B.A. 1944 - Nobel laureate (2005, Economics)
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D. 1937 - Nobel laureate (1951, Chemistry), University Professor of Chemistry, Associate Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Chancellor, Berkeley campus (1958-1961)
Hamilton Smith, B.A. 1952 - Nobel laureate (1978, Physiology or Medicine)
Otto Stern, L.L.D 1930 - Nobel laureate (1943, Nobel Prize in Physics)
Henry Taube, Ph.D. 1940 - Nobel laureate (1983, Chemistry )
Harold Urey, Ph.D. 1923 - Nobel laureate (1934, Chemistry)
Selman Waksman, Ph.D. 1918 - Nobel laureate (1952, Physiology or Medicine)

Turing Award laureates

The Turing Award is considered to be the "Nobel Prize" of computer science.

Leonard Adleman 1968, Ph.D. 1976, the "A" in the RSA encryption algorithm for computer security, co-recipient of the Turing Award in 2002.
Douglas C. Engelbart, B.Eng. 1952 [2], Ph.D. 1955 - Inventor of the computer mouse, recipient of the National Medal of Technology in 2000, pioneer in hypertext and networked computers, recipient of the 1997 Turing Award.
James Gray, B.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1969 - Recipient of the 2001 Turing Award
Butler Lampson, Ph.D. 1967 - computer scientist, founding member of Xerox PARC, major contributor to the development of the personal computer, and recipient of the 1992 Turing Award
Dana Scott, B.S. 1954 - computer scientist, recipient of the 1976 Turing Award, Associate Professor of Math
Ken Thompson, B.S. EE 1965, M.S. EE 1966 - Co-creator of the Unix operating system and co-recipient of the 1983 Turing Award
Niklaus Wirth, Ph.D. 1967 - computer scientist, creator of the Pascal programming language, recipient of the 1984 Turing Award

Academia

Chancellors and Presidents

Douglas J. Bennet, M.A. 1960 - President of Wesleyan University (1995-present); former CEO of National Public Radio (1983-1993)
Robert E. Connick, Ph.D. 1942 - Professor of Chemistry, Dean of the College of Chemistry, Vice-Chancellor, UC Berkeley
Dale R. Corson, Ph.D. 1938 - President of Cornell University (1969-1977)
Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., Ph.D. 1986 (joint degree with GTU-Berkeley) - President of Loyola University of Chicago (2001-present)
David P. Gardner, M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1966 - 15th President of the University of California
Clark Kerr, Ph.D. 1939 - Professor of Industrial Relations, Chancellor of UC Berkeley (1952-58), President of the University of California (1958-67)
Shirley A. R. Lewis, B.A. 1960 - first female President of Paine College
Emil M. Mrak, B.S. 1926, M.S, Ph.D 1936 - former Chancellor of the University of California, Davis
David W. Oxtoby, Ph.D. 1975 - President of Pomona College (2003-present)
Kenneth Pitzer, Ph.D. 1937 - Dean of the College of Chemistry (1951-60), Professor of Chemistry, President of Rice University (1961-1968) and Stanford University (1969-1971)
William C. Powers, Jr., B.A. 1967 - President of the University of Texas, Austin (2006-present)
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D. 1937 - Chancellor, Berkeley campus (1958-1961) (also listed in the section Nobel laureates)
Samuel H. Smith, B.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1965 [3] - Eighth President of Washington State University, former Chair of the executive committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Patricia Meyer Spacks, Ph.D. 1955 - President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001-present); Edgar F. Shannon Professor Emerita of English, University of Virginia
Robert Sproul, B.S. 1913 - President of the University of California, Berkeley (1930-1958)

Deans, directors, department heads

Barry C. Barish, B.A. 1957, Ph.D. 1962 - Maxine and Ronald Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Caltech, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the AAAS, Director of the International Linear Collider, Director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Katharine T. Bartlett, J.D. 1975 - Dean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law (Dean, 2000-present)
Michael J. Cima, B.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1986 - Director of the MIT Ceramics Processing Research Laboratory and Sumitomo Electric Industries Chair Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert W. Dutton, B.S. 1966, M.S. 1967, and Ph.D 1970 - Director of Research in the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford University, Guggenheim Fellow (1988), winner of the 1987 IEEE J. J. Ebers Award, winner in 1996 of the Jack A. Morton Award, recipient in 2000 of the C & C Prize from the Foundation for Communication and Computer Promotion in Japan
Deborah Estrin, B.S. 1980 - Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, Director of the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS), Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the IEEE, and Fellow of the AAAS
Peter Fisher, B.S. 1983 - MIT Professor of Physics and Head of the Particle and Nuclear Experimental Physics Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ivan M. Havel, Ph.D. 1971 - Director of the Center for Theoretical Study, Prague, Czech Republic; younger sibling of former dissident and Czech President Václav Havel
John P. Longwell, B.S. 1940 - Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Director of its Center for Environmental Health Services, developed the well-stirred reactor, member of the National Academy of Engineering, President of The Combustion Institute [4] and recipient of its Sir Alfred C. Egerton Medal in 1974
Richard Luthy, B.S. 1967, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1976 - Chairman of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Abbas Milani, B.A. 1970 - Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
Un-Chul Paek, B.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1969 - Dean of the Faculty at the Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Kwangju, Korea, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Charles Shank, B.S. 1965, M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1969 - Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1990-2005)
Jane Shaw, Ph.D. 1994 - Dean of Divinity, New College, Oxford since 2001 and formerly Dean, Regent's Park College, Oxford
Bruce A. Wooley, B.S. 1966, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1970 - Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, Fellow of the IEEE and the President of the IEEE Solid State Circuits Society, IEEE Fortescue Fellow

Professors

Shadi Bartsch, M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1991 - Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of Classics and the History of Culture, The University of Chicago
Regina Bendix, B.A. 1982 - Professor of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, University of Gottingen (Germany)
Eran Ben-Joseph, B.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1995 - Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abraham Bers, B.S. 1953 - Professor of Electrical Engineering Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and principal investigator in its Research Laboratory of Electronics
Mario Biagioli, M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1989 - Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
William B. Bridges, B.S. 1956, M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1962 - Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Caltech
Stephen Bronner, Ph.D. 1975 - Political Theorist, Professor, Rutgers University
W. Craig Carter, B.S. 1983, M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1989 - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanley Cavell, B.A. 1947 - Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Harvard University
Sunney I. Chan, B.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1961 - George Grant Hoag Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, Caltech
Anantha Chandrakasan, B.S. 1989, M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1994 - Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professorship in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John H. Cochrane, Ph.D. 1986 - Myron S. Scholes Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Lizabeth Cohen, M.A. 1981, Ph.D. 1986 - Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
Randall Collins, Ph.D. 1969 - Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Dalton Conley, B.A. 1990 - Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, New York University
Ernest G. Cravalho, B.S. 1961, M.S. 1962, Ph.D. 1967 - MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Van Buren N. Hansford Faculty Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Dawson (Professor), B.A. 1982 - John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, The University of Chicago
Robert English, B.A. 1980 - Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California
Cynthia Enloe, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1967 - Research Professor of International Development and Women's Studies, Clark University
Arturo Escobar (anthropologist), Ph.D. 1987 - Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Amitai Etzioni, Ph.D. 1958 - University Professor, George Washington University
Paula Findlen, M.A. 1985, Ph.D. 1989 - Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History, Stanford University
Robert H. Frank, M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1972 - Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Cornell University; monthly contributor to the "Economic Scene" column of The New York Times
Susan Gal, M.A. 1973, Ph.D. 1976 - Mae & Sidney G. Metzl Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, The University of Chicago
Lynne Hanley, Ph.D. - literary critic
George M. Homsy, B.S. 1965 - Professor of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Alice Kaplan, B.A. 1975 - Professor of Romance Studies, History, and Literature, Duke University
Stephen Kotkin, M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1988 - Professor of Russian and Soviet History, Princeton University
Peter Marcuse, Ph.D. 1972 - Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University; son of Herbert Marcuse
Katherine S. Newman, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1979 - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Ronald Numbers, Ph.D. 1969 - Hilldale and William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, B.S. 1970, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1975 MSE - Professor of Metallurgy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Nell Irvin Painter, B.A. 1964 - Edwards Professor Emerita of American History, Princeton University
Charles B. Perrow, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1955, Ph.D. 1960 - Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale University
Noreen Reist, B.A. 1982 - Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Josiah Royce, B.A. 1875 - philosopher, professor at Harvard University
Thomas Sargent, B.A. 1964 - Berkley Professor of Economics and Business, New York University
William H. Sewell, Jr., M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1971 - Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor of History and Political Science, The University of Chicago
Deborah Tannen, M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1979 - Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University
Sidney Tarrow, Ph.D. 1965 - Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Sociology, Cornell University
Yi-Fu Tuan, Ph.D. 1957 - Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Amnon Yariv, B.S. 1954, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1958 - Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech

Arts and media

Architecture

Julia Morgan, B.S. 1894 - architect, designed the Hearst Castle for newspaper businessman William Randolph Hearst
Peter Walker, B.S. 1955 - landscape architect, commissions include the World Trade Center Memorial and the Sony Center in Berlin

Books

Amir Aczel, B.A. 1975, M.S. 1976 - popular mathematical writer. No longer associate professor of mathematics at Bentley College
Susan Alcorn, B.A. 1974 - writer, author of We're in the Mountains Not over the Hill: Tales and Tips from Seasoned Women Backpackers (2003), Camino Chronicle: Walking to Santiago (2006).
Robert Baer (attended) - former CIA case officer, author of the memoir See No Evil (2003), which served as the basis of the movie Syriana (2005). George Clooney's Academy Award winning performance is loosely based on Baer
David Brock, B.A. 1985 - political author (The Real Anita Hill [1993], Blinded by the Right [2002], The Republican Noise Machine [2004])
Jeff Chang, B.A. 1989 - hip-hop journalist and political activist; author of Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (2005) (American Book Award)
James Chapman, B.A. 1978 - novelist
Beverly Cleary, B.A. 1938 - author of books for children and young adults
Sara Davidson, 1962 - author
Tiffanie DeBartolo, B.A. 1992 - author of God-Shaped Hole and How To Kill A Rock Star, and writer/director of Dream For An Insomniac
Philip K. Dick (attended) - science fiction author whose stories were made into the movies Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, Screamers and A Scanner Darkly
Joan Didion, B.A. 1956 - writer, author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968), The White Album (1979), and The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
Barbara Guest, B.A. 1943 - sole female member of the modernist New York School of poets; awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America (1999)
Christopher Kasparek, 1966 - author, translator
Maxine Hong Kingston, B.A. 1962 - author, Senior Lecturer, recipient of 1997 National Humanities Medal awarded by President of the United States Bill Clinton
Jack London (attended 1896-1897) - novelist
Greil Marcus, B.A. 1967, M.A. 1968 - cultural and music critic; author of Mystery Train (1975) and Lipstick Traces (1989)
Terry McMillan, B.A. 1986 - author (Waiting to Exhale [1992], How Stella Got Her Groove Back [1996])
Dhan Gopal Mukerji - first successful Indian man of letters in the United States of America
Frank Norris (attended 1890-1894) - American novelist; author of McTeague (1899), which became the basis for the classic 1924 silent film Greed
Mary Pipher, B.A. 1969 - author, expert on culture and mental health
Rebecca Solnit, M. Jour. 1984 - author, cultural historian, and activist; books include Wanderlust: A History of Walking (2000) and River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West (2003)
Irving Stone, B.A. 1923 - novelist (The Agony and the Ecstasy [1961])
Robert Penn Warren, M.A. 1927 - novelist, poet; author of All the King's Men (1946)
Mona Simpson, B.A. 1979 - novelist (Anywhere But Here), Guggenheim Fellow, professor at Bard College; biological sister of Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple Computer)
William T. Vollmann, (attended) - novelist

Music

Suzanne Ciani, M.A. 1970 - composer
Henry Cowell (attended 1914) - composer
Adam Duritz (attended) - lead singer of Counting Crows
Jewlia Eisenberg, B.A. 1998 - musician, cofounder of Charming Hostess
Davey Havok (attended) - lead singer of AFI
Jade Puget, B.A. 1996 - guitarist of AFI
Susanna Hoffs, B.A. 1980 - lead singer of The Bangles
Andrew Imbrie, M.A. 1947 - composer
Stephan Jenkins, B.A. 1987, lead singer and songwriter of the band Third Eye Blind
Jonathan Kramer, Ph.D. 1969 - composer
Belinda Reynolds, classical composer
Malvina Reynolds, Ph.D. 1938 (also B.A., M.A.) - folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist

Newspapers and magazines

Joan Acocella, B.A. 1966 - dance critic, The New Yorker
Scott Adams, M.B.A. 1986 - creator of Dilbert
John Battelle, B.A. 1987, M.Jour. 1992 - Co-founder of Wired magazine
Max Boot, B.A. 1992 - conservative columnist and author
Pauline Esther Friedman (attended) - a.k.a Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby")
Rube Goldberg, 1904 - cartoonist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1948
Marguerite Higgins, 1941 - journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1951, honored on a commemorative postal stamp issued by the United States Post Office
Pauline Kael, B.A. 1940 - film critic, The New Yorker
Jean LemMon - editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Wendy Lesser, M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1982 - cultural critic; Founding Editor of The Threepenny Review
Zuzana Licko, B.A. 1984 - co-founder of Emigre magazine and type foundry
Jan McGirk, B.A. 1972 - foreign correspondent and cyberpundit for British press
Tim McGirk, B.A. 1974 - investigative journalist for Time magazine, war correspondent and Al Qaeda expert
Stephan Pastis, B.A. 1989 - creator of Pearls Before Swine
Deborah Treisman, B.A. 1992 - fiction editor, The New Yorker
Rudy VanderLans, B.A. 1984 - co-founder of Emigre magazine and type foundry
Jann Wenner (attended) - Founder of Rolling Stone magazine
Ed Wong, M.Jour./M.A. 1998 - reporter, The New York Times

Non-fictional broadcasting

Robert Bazell, B.A. 1967 - NBC News' Chief Science and Health Correspondent
Peter Chernin, B.A. 1974 - President of News Corporation and CEO of the Fox Group
Liz Claman, B.A. 1985 - CNBC Morning Call co-anchor
Sumi Das, B.A. 1993 - CNN national correspondent based in Washington, D.C.
Brianna Marie Keilar, B.A. 1999 - Graduated with Honors in Mass Communication & Psychology, MTV and currently a CNN correspondent
Renée Montagne, B.A. 1973 - co-host of NPR's Morning Edition
Troy Roberts, B.A. 1984 - CBS News correspondent
Michael Savage, Ph.D. 1978 - conservative radio talk show host, Savage Nation
Lisa Stark, B.A. 1978 - ABC News correspondent
Michele Tafoya, B.A. 1988 - sports television reporter for ABC Sports and ESPN
Morgan Webb, B.A. 2000 - Co-host of X-Play on G4 (TV channel)

Film and television

Kathy Baker, B.A. 1977 - three-time Emmy Award winning actress (Picket Fences [TV series, 1992-1996)]; The Right Stuff [1983], Edward Scissorhands [1990], The Cider House Rules [1999], Cold Mountain [2003])
Bill Bixby (attended) - director, actor (The Incredible Hulk)
Golden Brooks, B.A. 1994 - film and television actress; currently appears on UPN sitcom, Girlfriends; studied literature and sociology with an emphasis on media representation of minorities at UC Berkeley
John Cheng, 1996 - producer, Code Name: The Cleaner http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462229/
John Cho, B.A. 1996 - actor (American Pie [1999], Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle [2004])
Jeff Cohen, B.S. 1996 - former actor (Chunk in The Goonies); currently entertainment lawyer
Roxann Dawson, B.A. 1980 - actress, director, author, playwright
Ralph Edwards, B.A. 1935 - national television star
Jon Else, B.A. 1968 - nominated twice for the Academy Award, 1999 winner of the Sundance Film Festival Filmmaker's Trophy, MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow, cinematographer on the Academy Award winning Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, Prix Italia winner (The Day After Trinity), professor of journalism at UC Berkeley
Carl Franklin, B.A. 1971 - film director (One False Move [1992], Devil in a Blue Dress [1995], High Crimes [2002], Out of Time [2003])
Peter Gethers (attended 1970-1972) - screenwriter and author of bestselling Norton the cat trilogy
Amos Gitai, Ph.D. (Architecture) 1986 - Israeli film director (Field Diary [1982], Eden [2001], Free Zone [2005])
Karen Grassle, B.A. 1965 - actress, best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls (the mother) on the Little House on the Prairie television series
William Hung (attended) - rejected singer from American Idol, acted in film My Crazy Mother (2004), cameo on Arrested Development
Oren Jacob, B.S. 1992, M.S. 1995 - Pixar Animation Studios technical director
Stacy Keach, B.A. 1963 - actor
Adam Lamberg (Class of 2006) - actor (Lizzie McGuire Movie)
Sanaa Lathan, B.A. 1992 - actress (Blade [1998], Something New [2006]; Tony Award nomination [2004], Raisin in the Sun)
Quentin Lee, B.A. 1992 - Asian-American film director (Shopping for Fangs [1997], Drift [2001], Ethan Mao [2004])
Joshua Marston, B.A. 1990 - film director (Maria Full of Grace [2004])
Quinn Martin, B.A. 1949 - television producer (The Fugitive, Streets of San Francisco)
Jerry Mathers, B.A. 1974 - actor (Leave it to Beaver)
Errol Morris (attended philosophy graduate program) - documentary film director (The Thin Blue Line [1988], Fog of War [2003])
Freida Lee Mock, B.A. 19?? - documentary filmmaker, winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1995 (for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision)
Gregory Peck, B.A. 1939 - actor, won the Academy Award for portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), nominated for the Oscar four other times; served as president of the Screen Actors Guild
Walter Plunkett, B.A. 1923 - Academy Award winning costume designer
James Schamus, B.A. 1982, M.A. 1987, Ph.D. 2003 - screenwriter and movie producer known for his frequent collaborations with Ang Lee on movies (Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain), professor at Columbia University
George Takei, 1959 (attended, later transferred to UCLA) - actor (Star Trek)
Cassandra Webb. B.A. 2006 (attended 1980-1983}} - actress (('Starship)) (1985), ((Sons and Daughters)) Australian television series.

Business

Tom Anderson, B.A. 1998 - creator and founding member of MySpace (sold to News Corporation for $580 million)
Bengt Baron, B.S. 1985, M.B.A. 1988 - CEO of V&S Group (Stockholm, Sweden); former CEO of Absolut Vodka; 1980 Summer Olympics Gold Medalist in 100m Men's Backstroke
Stephen D. Bechtel, 1954 (honorary) - Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Nicholas Benjamin, 2005 - Co-founder of TDink Magazine
Joan Blades, B.A. 1977 - Co-founder of After Dark "flying-toaster" screensaver company Berkeley Systems, co-founder of MoveOn.org
Stewart Blusson, Ph.D. 1964 - multimillionaire diamond magnate (Ekati Diamond Mine) and philanthropist
Richard C. Blum, B.S., M.B.A. 1959 - investment banker (Blum Capital Partners), founder of the American Himalayan Foundation, Regent of the University of California
Weili Dai, B.A. Computer Science 1984 - Co-founder of broadband firm Marvell Technology Group, a billion dollar company in the NASDAQ 100
Barbara J. Desoer - Global Technology, Service and Fulfillment Executive at Bank of America Corporation
Patricia Dunn, B.A. 1975 - Chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard
Charles H. Ferguson, B.A. 1978 - Co-founder and CEO of Vermeer Technologies Incorporated (original creator of Microsoft FrontPage, sold to Microsoft for $133 million)
Donald Fisher, B.S. 1951 - Founder and Chair, The Gap
Jean Paul Getty (transferred to the University of Oxford)
Walter A. Haas, B.S. 1910 - Co-founder of Levi Strauss & Co.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (attended) - newspaper publisher
Paul E. Jacobs, B.S. 1984, M.S. 1986, Ph.D 1989 - CEO of Qualcomm
Edgar F. Kaiser, 1930 - Founder of Kaiser Permanente
Pradman Kaul, B.S. 1968, M.S. 1968 - Chairman and CEO of Hughes Network Systems, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Michael C. Kavanaugh, B.S. 1961, M.S. 1974 - Vice-President of the environmental engineering firm of Malcolm Pirnie, member of the National Academy of Engineering
John W. Kercheval,III, BS 1987, MBA 1993- Prominent Financier and Professor
David C. Lee, B.A. 2002 - Founder of TDink Magazine
Howard Lincoln, B.A. 1962, J.D. 1965 - former Chairman of Nintendo of America, Chairman and CEO of the Seattle Mariners
Daniel S. Loeb, hedge fund manager
Hong Llang Lu, B.S. 1978 - Founder and CEO of billion-dollar Fortune 1000 company UTStarcom (named by the World Economic Forum to its Technology Pioneers list)
Bob Lutz, B.S. 1961, M.B.A. 1962 - GM Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America, former Vice Chairman for Chrysler
Brian Maxwell, B.A. 1975 - Founder of PowerBar
Teresa Meng, M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1988 - Founder of Atheros Communications
Michael Milken, B.S. 1968 - Financier, Drexel Burnham Lambert, philanthropist
Michael Olson, B.A. 1991, M.A. 1992 - CEO of Sleepycat Software (acquired in 2006 by Oracle Corporation), one of the original authors of BerkeleyDB
Paul Otellini, M.B.A. 1974 - CEO of Intel (2005-present)
Denny Parker, B.S. 1965, M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1970 - Senior Vice-President, Brown and Caldwell; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Robert S. Pepper, B.S. 1957, M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1961 - Founder and CEO of Level One Semiconductor, sold to Intel for $2.2 billion
Ryan Petersen - Co-founder, Faculty Imports
John Riccitiello, B.S. 1981 - managing director and co-founder of Elevation Partners; former president and chief operating officer (October 1997 to April 2004) of Electronic Arts (grew the company from $673 million to $3 billion, increased profits over 900%); former President and Chief Executive Officer, Bakery Division, at Sara Lee; former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wilson Sporting Goods
Arun Sarin, M.S. 1978, M.B.A. 1978 - CEO of London-based Vodafone (2003-present)
John Schaeffer, 1971 - Founder of ecologically-friendly Real Goods solar energy store and the Solar Living Center
John Scharffenberger, 1973 - namesake and co-founder of chocolate company "Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker" (acquired by the Hershey's)
Jim Simons, Ph.D. 1972 - mathematician, philanthropist, founder of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies
Masayoshi Son, B.A. 1980 - Founder and CEO of Softbank Capital
Paul Stephens, B.S. 1967, M.B.A. 1969 - Investment banker, co-founder of Robertson Stephens & Company
George Strompolos - Co-founder, Faculty Imports
Sehat Sutardja, M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1988 EECS - Co-founder of broadband firm Marvell Technology Group, a billion dollar company in the NASDAQ 100
Pantas Sutardja, B.S. 1983, M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1988 EECS - Co-founder of Marvell Technology Group
Theodore Van Zelst, B.S. 1944 - Co-founder of Soiltest (testing company for soil, rock, concrete, and asphalt), recipient of the 1988 ASCE's "Chicago Engineer of the Year" award, developed the swing-wing design that allows supersonic aircraft to exceed the sound barrier, developed the first mobile baggage inspection unit, and developed lunar construction and soil testing for humankind's first steps on the moon.
Cher Wang - Chair of VIA Technologies
Ralph Warner (Law, ca. 1966) - pioneer in the legal self-help book industry, founder of Nolo Press
Dean Witter, 1909 - Co-founder and Partner, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Politics and government

See also: Boalt Hall

Heads of state

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, B.A. 1950 - President of Pakistan (1971-1973), Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973-1977)
Sun Ke, B.A. 1916 - Premier of the Republic of China, President of National Chiao Tung University, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Soochow University
Francisco I. Madero (attended 1892-1893) - President of Mexico (1911-1913)
Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, B.A. 1999 - heir to the throne of Norway
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1966 - President of Costa Rica (1998-2002)
Andreas G. Papandreou (Professor of Economics) - President of Greece

Governors

James H. Budd, 1873 - Governor of California
Edmund G. Jerry Brown Jr., B.A. 1961 - Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland, California
John Morton Eshleman, B.A. 1903, M.A. 1905 - Lieutenant Governor of California (1915-1916)
Walter A. Gordon, B.A. 1918, J.D. 1922 - Governor of the Virgin Islands, judge, member of National Football Foundation Hall of Fame
Jennifer Granholm, B.A. 1984 - Governor of Michigan (2003-present), first female to hold this position in the state of Michigan
James Soong, M.A. 1967 - Governor of Taiwan Province
Marcelo Trivelli, M.B.A. 1980 - Governor (Intendente) of Santiago, Chile
Earl Warren, B.A. 1912, J.D. 1914 - Attorney General of California, 1939-1943; Governor of California, 1943-1953; 14th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1953-1969
Pete Wilson, J.D. 1962 - U.S. Senator, Governor of California

Executive council members

The following served as cabinet-level officials.

Andrej Bajuk, M.S. 1972 - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia, Prime Minister of Slovenia (May-November 2000)
W. Michael Blumenthal, B.S. 1951 - United States Secretary of the Treasury (1977-1979)
Michael Boskin, B.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1971 - Chair, Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, professor at Stanford University
Mostafa Chamran, Ph. D. 1963 - former Iranian Minister of Defense
Judith Heumann, M.P.H. 1975 - pioneer for disability rights and former Assistant United States Secretary of Education
Franklin Lane, 1887 - United States Secretary of the Interior
Robert McNamara, B.A. 1937 - President of World Bank (1968-1981), United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968), Chair of Ford Motor Company
Norman Mineta, B.S. 1953 - Congressman, United States Secretary of Transportation (2001-present), United States Secretary of Commerce (2000-2001)
Rodrigo Rato, M.B.A. 1974 - Spain's former Minister of Economy, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) (2004-present)
Dean Rusk (studied law, Class of 1940) - United States Secretary of State (1961-1969)
Ann Veneman, M.P.P. 1971 - United States Secretary of Agriculture (2001-2005)

Judges

See also: Boalt Hall

Lance Ito, J.D. 1975 - judge, presided over O.J. Simpson trial
Roger J. Traynor, B.A. 1923, Ph. D. 1926, J.D. 1927 - Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (1964-1970)
Earl Warren, B.A. 1912, J.D. 1914 - 14th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1953-1969) (also listed in Governors section and Attorneys section)

Legislators

Dick Ackerman, B.A. 1964 - California State Senate Republican Leader
Susan Davis, B.A. 1965 - Congresswoman (D-CA) (2001-present)
Ron Dellums, M.S.W. 1962 - Congressman
William F. Knowland, B.A. 1929 - U.S. Senator
Mohammad Javad Larijani, Ph.D. - former Member of Parliament, Iran
Barbara Lee, M.S.W. 1975 - Congresswoman (D-Oakland) (1998-present)
Doris Matsui, B.A. 1966 - Congresswoman (D-California) replacing her decreased husband, Robert Matsui
Robert Matsui, B.A. 1963 - Congressman
Cynthia McKinney, Ph.D. candidate - Congresswoman (D-Georgia)
Dan K. Morhaim, A.B. 1970 - Maryland Legislator.
Ira Ruskin, B.A. 1968 - Democratic California State Assemblyman (21 Assembly District) (2004-present)
Linda Sanchez, B.A. 1991 - Congresswoman (2002-present)
Dalip Singh Saund, M.A. 1922, Ph.D. 1924 - first Indian American Congressman (D-California) (1957-1963), mathematician
Todd Spitzer, M.P.P. 1989 - California State Assemblyman

Directors

Horace Albright, B.A. 1912 - conservationist, helped establish the National Park Service (with Stephen Mather, Class of 1887), second director of the National Park Service, awarded the Medal of Freedom
Harvey Oren Banks, Ph.D. 1964 - State Engineer of California (1955), first Director of the California Department of Water Resources (1956-1961)
Nicolle Devenish, B.A. 1994 - White House Communications Director (2004-Present)
Newton Drury, B.A. 1912 - conservationist, fourth Director of the National Park Service
Julie Gerberding, M.P.H. 1990 - Director of the Centers for Disease Control (2002-present)
Stephen Mather, 1887 - conservationist, Founding Director of the National Park Service
John McCone, B.S. 1922 - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1961-1965)

Mayors

Jerry Brown, B.A. 1961 - Mayor of Oakland (listed under Governors section)
Soon Cho, Ph.D. 1967 - Mayor of Seoul, South Korea, former Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
Shirley Dean, B.A. 1956 - Mayor of Berkeley, California (1994-2002)
Lionel Wilson, B.A. 1938 - first African American Mayor of Oakland

Diplomats

John Kenneth Galbraith, M.A. 1932, Ph.D. 1934 - Harvard Professor Emeritus of Economics; Ambassador to India
March Fong Eu, B.S. 1943 - former California Secretary of State, former US Ambassador to Micronesia, mother of Matt Fong, another noted Chinese-American politician
Philip Habib, Ph.D. 1952 - U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
Sadako Ogata, Ph.D. 1963 - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1991-2001)
James D. Zellerbach, 1913 - United States Ambassador to Italy

Attorneys

See also: Boalt Hall

Zoe Baird, B.A. 1974, J.D. 1977 - attorney, President of Markle Foundation; nominated by President Clinton for United States Attorney General post
Melvin Belli, J.D. 1929 - attorney
Bill Lockyer, B.A. 1965 - California Attorney General (1999-present)
Edwin Meese III, J.D. 1958 - United States Attorney General (1985-1988)
Theodore Olson, J.D. 1965 - United States Solicitor General (2001-2004)
Larry Sonsini, B.A. 1963, J.D. 1966 - Chair of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Silicon Valley law firm)
Michael Tigar, B.A. 1962, J.D. 1966 - prominent litigator whose clients have included the Chicago Seven and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols; Research Professor of Law at Washington College of Law, American University
Earl Warren, B.A. 1912, J.D. 1914 - Attorney General of California, 1939-1943; 1943-1953 (also listed under Governors section and Justices section)

Activists

Richard Aoki, B.A. 1968, M.S.W. 1970 - co-founder Black Panther Party
Joan Blades, B.A. 1977 - political activist, co-founder of MoveOn.org (also listed in Science and technology section)
Betty Friedan (attended psychology graduate program) - feminist activist, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963)
Claire Greensfelder, B.A. 1974 - feminist activist for Code Pink, international conservationist
David Horowitz, M.A. 1961 - conservative political activist and commentator, founder of the right-wing Center for the Study of Popular Culture
James Robertson, 1923 - National Chair of the Spartacist League
R.J. Rushdoony, B.A. 1938, M.A. 1940 - prominent author of the Christian Right

Other

Rachelle Chong, B.A. 1981 - former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and current Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission
Tony Daysog, B.A. 1989, M.C.P. 1998 - Alameda City Councilmember (1996-2006) and Alameda Vice Mayor (1998-2000 and 2002-2004)
Jimmy Doolittle, 1922 - aviator, United States Army Lt. General
Maria Echaveste, J.D. 1980 - White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1998-2001)
Ida Louise Jackson, B.A. 1922, M.A. 1923 - education and public-health pioneer
Ellis O. Knox, B.A., 1922 - Civil Rights and Education Activist, First African American PhD (USC) on West Coast, former Chairman of NAACP Education Division
Jayaprakash Narayan (attended M.A. program) - Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician
Richard Neustadt, B.A. 1939 - political historian and advisor to several U.S. Presidents
Oliver Prince Smith, 1916 - Major General, United States Marine Corps
Kevin Starr, M.L.S. 1974 - California State Librarian Emeritus
Frederick C. Weyand, 1939 - Chief of Staff of the Army from 1974 to 1976

Science and technology

Astronauts

Leroy Chiao, B.S. 1983 - first Chinese-American astronaut
Tamara E. Jernigan, M.S. 1985 - astronaut
Don L. Lind, Ph.D. 1964 - astronaut
Brian T. O'Leary, Ph.D. 1967- astronaut
Margaret Rhea Seddon, B.A. 1970 - astronaut
James van Hoften, B.S. 1966 - astronaut
Rex Walheim, B.S. 1984 - astronaut
Mary Weber, Ph.D. 1988 - astronaut

Computer scientists and engineers

See also: Turing Award laureates

Allan Alcorn, 1971 - Atari employee #3, electronics designer behind Atari's seminal PONG video arcarde unit, and erstwhile boss of Steve Jobs at Atari
Richard Bolt B.A. 1933, M.A. 1937, Ph.D. 1939 - Professor at MIT and Internet pioneer and businessman, founder of the groundbreaking computer company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN)
Gary Chevsky - Co-founder of Ask.com, where he served as the chief software architect of its natural language processing search engine
George Crow, B.S. EE 1966 - one of the original computer hardware designers of the Apple Macintosh
Kevin Donelly, B.S. EECS 1985 - Vice-President of Engineering at Rambus
Lee Felsenstein, B.S. EECS 1972 - pioneer in the personal computer industry, founder of Community Memory, designer of the Osborne 1 computer, and influential leading mediator of the Homebrew Computer Club, from which would emerge 23 companies, including Apple Computer
Charles Giancarlo, M.S. EECS 1980 - Chief Development Officer of Cisco Systems [5]
Steve Gibson (attended) [6] - Founder of Gibson Research Corporation and co-host of Security Now!
Andrew Grove, Ph.D. 1963 - 4th employee of Intel, and eventually its President, CEO, and Chairman, and TIME magazine's Man of the Year in 1997
Eugene Jarvis, B.S. EECS 1976 - creator of the classic Defender video arcade game
Lynne Greer Jolitz, B.A. 1989 - co-author, with husband William Jolitz, of 386BSD, which is the ancestor of FreeBSD, which in turn is an ancestor of Apple's Darwin operating system
William Jolitz, B.A. 1997 - co-author, with wife Lynne Greer Jolitz, of 386BSD
Bill Joy, M.S. 1982 - Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Özalp Babaoğlu, Ph.D. 1981 - principal designer of BSD Unix - currently Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bologna, Italy
E. Floyd Kvamme, B.S. EECS 1959 - Venture capitalist Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers [7]
Barbara Liskov, B.A. 1961 - first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science (in 1968 at Stanford), creator of CLU, professor at MIT
Peter Merholz, B.A. 1993 - coined the term "blog"
Jay Miner, 1959 - inventor of the Amiga personal computer
Gordon E. Moore, B.S. 1950 - Co-founder of Intel and the originator of Moore's Law
Eric E. Schmidt, M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1982 - CEO of Google (2001-present)
Charles Simonyi, B.S. 1972 - computer scientist. At Xerox PARC, he created the first WYSIWYG word processor, Bravo, then joined Microsoft to spread the WYSIWYG and computer mouse gospel. Originally from Hungary, he is the "Hungarian" in Hungarian notation, which he created
Lucy Suchman, B.A. 1972, M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1984 - Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University (UK); former research anthropologist at Xerox PARC and pioneer of human-computer interaction studies; author of Plans and Situated Actions (1987); awarded 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science
Andrew Tanenbaum, Ph.D. 1971 - computer scientist and creator of Minix, the precursor to Linux
Steve Wozniak, Class of 1976, graduated B.S. 1986 - Co-founder of Apple Computer, member of the National Academy of Engineering
William Yeager, B.A. 1964 - author of the first multiple-protocol router software, which comprised the core of the first Cisco Systems IOS

Mathematicians and physicists

See also: Nobel laureates

John Bahcall, 1956 - physicist, co-winner of the Fermi award in 2003
John W. Cahn, Ph.D. 1953 - materials scientist, winner of the United States National Medal of Science in 1998
George Dantzig, Ph.D. 1946 - Father of linear programming, created the simplex algorithm
Andreas Floer, mathematician, inventor of Floer homology
Albert Ghiorso, B.S. EE 1937 - co-discoverer of twelve chemical elements such as Americium, Berkelium, and Californium
Michio Kaku, Ph.D. 1972 - theoretical physicist, co-creator of string field theory
Arthur Scott King, Ph.D. 1903 - first ever Ph.D. in physics from this university
Saul Perlmutter, Ph.D. 1986 - co-discoverer of Dark Energy as head of the Supernova Cosmology Project
William Thurston, Ph.D. 1972 - mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal in 1982
Shing-Tung Yau, Ph.D. 1971 - mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal in 1983, winner of the United States National Medal of Science in 1997
Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. 1940 - physicist

Other

Michael J. Carey, B.S. 1983 - technical director at BEA Systems, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Glen Edwards, B.S. 1941 - U.S. Air Force test pilot
Henry Eyring, Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry (Princeton University), dean of the University of Utah graduate school and recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Science in 1966. Also famous for the Eyring equation
Maurice K. Goddard - former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a driving force in the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years in office.
T. Y. Lin, M.S. 1933 - Professor of Civil Engineering, bridgebuilder, pioneering researcher and practitioner of prestressed concrete, designed Moscone Center, recipient of the National Medal of Science
David N. Kennedy, B.S. 1959, M.S. 1962 - director of the California Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, California, elected member of the National Academy of Engineering
Jane McGonigal, M.A., 2003, Ph.D. 2006 in performance studies - noted game designer and games researcher. Named one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35 by MIT's Technology Review in 2006
Tiffany Shlain, B.A. 1992 - founder of Webby Awards, filmmaker
Gardner F. Williams, B.A. 1865, M.A. 1869 (first Master's degree conferred by 'College of California' aka UC/Berkeley) - 1st general manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines. Noted mining engineer who authored "The Diamond Mines of South Africa; some account of their rise and development"; (NY, Macmillan, 1902;1903;1905). The Royal Academy of Science in Sweden awarded him its silver medal in 1905, and the University of California an honorary doctorate of laws in 1910. (b.1842–d.1922)

Athletics

Baseball

Geoff Blum - professional baseball player with the San Diego Padres
Conor Jackson - professional baseball player with the Arizona Diamondbacks
Jackie Jensen - professional baseball player
Jeff Kent - professional baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Xavier Nady - baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)
Tyler Walker - professional baseball player for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Basketball

Shareef Abdur-Rahim - National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the Sacramento Kings
Kevin Johnson, BA Political Science 1987 - professional NBA basketball player
Jason Kidd (attended) - professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets
Lamond Murray - NBA forward currently playing for the New Jersey Nets
Leon Powe - Drafted in 2006 by Denver Nuggets and then traded to Boston Celtics
Jamal Sampson - professional basketball player currently playing for Denver Nuggets

Football

J.J. Arrington - National Football League (NFL) running back with the Arizona Cardinals
Nnamdi Asomugha - NFL defensive back for the Oakland Raiders
Steve Bartkowski - NFL QB #1 overall NFL draft pick of 1975, NFL Rookie of the Year, 2-time Pro Bowler
David Binn - 1995 National Football League longsnapper with the San Diego Chargers
Kyle Boller - quarterback for Baltimore Ravens (NFL)
Doug Brien - 1994 National Football League kicker
Andre Carter - defensive end for the Washington Redskins.
Herman Edwards - current head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs
Scott Fujita, B.A. 2001, M.A. 2002 - linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
Tarik Glenn, B.A. 1999 - offensive tackle for Indianapolis Colts
Tony Gonzalez - National Football League Tight End with the Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Kapp, 1960 [8] - professional football player
Ryan Longwell - National Football League kicker with the Minnesota Vikings
Aaron Merz, B.A. 2005 - National Football League guard for the Buffalo Bills
Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie - National Football League - Running back for the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers.
Ryan O'Callaghan - National Football League guard with the New England Patriots
Deltha O'Neal - National Football League cornerback with the Cincinnati Bengals
Jeremy Newberry - center for the San Francisco 49ers.
Hardy Nickerson,B.A. 1989 - All-Pro NFL linebacker
Marvin Philip - National Football League lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy Riegels - Member of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, famed for 1929 Rose Bowl where he was dubbed "Wrong Way"
Aaron Rodgers - quarterback of the Green Bay Packers
Andrew L. Smith - Head Coach of the powerhouse Cal football teams of the 1920s.
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke, former NFL wide receiver

Olympics

For a full list, see http://calbears.collegesports.com/trads/cal-olympians.html

Matt Biondi, B.A. 1988 - three-time Olympian, winner of 8 gold medals
Hubert A. Caldwell, 1929 - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
Peter Cipollone, B.A. 1994 - Coxswain for the gold medal winning rowing team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
Natalie Coughlin, B.A. 2005 - Olympic swimmer, winner of two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three-time NCAA Swimmer of the Year
Joy Fawcett, B.A. 1992 - member of the gold winning United States women's soccer team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Michele Granger, B.A. 1993 - softball pitcher and Olympic gold medalist
Mark Henderson (swimmer), 1991 - swimmer, gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics where he broke the world record in the 400 meter medley swimming relay
Mary T. Meagher, B.A. 1987 - Olympic swimmer, winner of three gold medals; CNNSI.com's 100 Greatest Women Athletes (ranked 17th)
Jonny Moseley (currently enrolled) - Gold Medalist in 1998 Winter Olympics
Conie Carpenter Phinney, B.A. 1981 - cycling gold medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
Alvin F. Rylander, 1928 - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
Staciana Stitts, 2003 - Olympic swimmer, gold medalist in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
Helen Wills, B.A. 1925 - all time great tennis player; singles winner of eight Wimbledon titles, seven U.S. Open Championships, four French Opens, and two Olympic gold medals

Other

Bill Lester, B.S. 1984 - NASCAR driver, became the sixth African-American to start a NEXTEL Cup race
Leigh Steinberg, B.A. 1970, J.D. 1973 - innovative sports agent, whose life story was re-enacted in the film, "Jerry Maguire". Former UC student body president who wrangled with Ronald Reagan over the People's Park imbroglio.

Miscellaneous

Mayme Agnew Clayton, B.A. - librarian
Pema Chodron, B.A. - spiritual teacher and author, interpreter of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. Formerly known as Deirdre Blomfield-Brown
Timothy Leary, Ph.D. 1950 - psychologist and counterculture figure
Ed Roberts, B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966, C.Phil. 1969 - Founder of the Independent Living Movement
Alice Waters, B.A. 1967 - celebrity chef, founder of Chez Panisse, originator of the California cuisine style of gourmet cooking

Fictional

Dr. Beth Garner, played by Jeanne Tripplehorn received her Ph.D. (and/or B.A.?) in Psychology at Berkeley and started her killing spree there in the film Basic Instinct. Catherine Tramell, played by Sharon Stone, also received her B.A. in Psychology at Berkeley.
In the film Mona Lisa Smile, Julia Roberts' character is an idealistic Berkeley graduate.
Sandy Cohen from The O.C. graduated from Boalt School of Law at Berkeley. His wife, Kirsten Cohen has an Art History degree from Berkeley as well.
Dr. Christina Yang, played by Sandra Oh, on ABC's Grey's Anatomy got her Ph.D. from Berkeley.
In the comic strip Doonesbury Joanie Caucus was accepted to and graduated from the Boalt School of Law in the 1970's.
Press Secretary and later Presidential Chief of Staff C.J. Cregg, played by Allison Janney on the long-running The West Wing, got her master's degree from Berkeley. She mentions this several times to get out of duties she finds demeaning.
Berkeley is the setting for the film Boys and Girls starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Claire Forlani, who both play Berkeley students.
Catch Me If You Can told the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who faked getting his law degree from Berkeley to impress his fiance's father and to get a job as a lawyer. The character was played by Leonardo Di Caprio.
The Hulk, directed by Ang Lee, largely took place at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and private research facilities nearby. Both Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly played researchers.
Jack Bauer, the lead character played by Kiefer Sutherland in the hit drama 24, got his Masters of Science in "Criminology and Law" at Berkeley (no such degree is offered)[9]
In the hit film Field of Dreams, the lead character Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) is a Berkeley alum.
Rei Shimura, the protagonist in Sujata Massey's mystery novels, earned her master's degree in Japanese art history from Berkeley.
In the film Gotcha! (1985), Jonathan (played by Anthony Edwards) falls for Sasha (played by Linda Fiorentino), a beautiful and mysterious Berkeley graduate student in film.
Winona Ryder plays Finn Dodd, a Berkeley graduate student, in the 1995 film How to Make an American Quilt.
In The Wedding Planner (2001), Matthew McConaughey's character and Bridgette Wilson's character were claimed to have met as students at UC Berkeley.
In USA Network's TV series Monk, the title character, Adrian Monk, played by Tony Shalhoub graduated from Berkeley (mentioned in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Other Detective," Season 4 & "Mr. Monk And the Class Reunion," Season 5).
In the television show Third Rock From the Sun, Dick Solomon's (John Lithgow) love interest, Dr. Mary Albright (Jane Curtin), received her bachelor's degree from Berkeley.
In the film Die Hard (1988), Joseph Yashinobo Takagi (James Shigeta), President of Nakatomi Trading, is said to be a scholarship student at the University of California, graduating in 1955.
In the film Legally Blonde (2001), Harvard law student Enid Wexler earned a Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in women's studies, "emphasis in combat."
Sydney Bristow, the character played by Jennifer Garner in the ABC television series Alias (TV series), graduated from UC Berkeley.
In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sara Sidle received her Masters degree from UC Berkeley.