John Wayne, a USC alumnus and American icon; he attended USC under his birth name, Marion Morrison. Neil Armstrong, a USC alumnus and the first man to set foot on the Moon. This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California. For an individual(s) who qualify for multiple categories, they have been placed under the section for which they are best known. [edit] Alumni and students [edit] Academia - Anna Jean Ayres (B.A. 1945, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1961) Occupational therapist and developmental psychologist known for her work in the area of sensory integration dysfunction
- A.V. Balakrishnan (M.A. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1954) Applied mathematician; professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles; initially earned a masters in cinema
- Leo Buscaglia (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1963) Educator, best-selling author
- George V. Chilingar (B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956) Distinguished petroleum geologist
- Fred Cohen (Ph.D. 1986) Computer scientist; inventor of computer virus defense techniques
- Andrew A. Frank (M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1968) Professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineeringat at UC Davis; the father of modern plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)
- Alice Gast (B.S. 1980) President of Lehigh University
- George Gerbner (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) Communication theorist; founder of cultivation theory
- Piara Singh Gill (B.S. 1935, M.S. 1936) Pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics
- Alfred Gottschalk (Ph.D. 1965), President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement.[1]
- Robert M. Gray (Ph.D. 1966) Information theorist; professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University
- Loren Grey (B.A. 1939, M.S. 1954, Ph.D. 1959) Author and educational psychologist
- Adam Herbert (B.A. 1966, M.P.A. 1968) President, Indiana University
- Philip G. Hoffman (M.A. 1942) Former President of the University of Houston, first Chancellor of the University of Houston System
- Howard P. House (M.D. 1935) Ear specialist and founder of the House Ear Institute
- Amando Kapauan (Ph.D. 1959) Chemist and researcher
- Jonathan Kellerman (Ph.D. 1974) Clinical psychologist and prolific writer
- Douglas Kmiec (J.D. 1976) Caruso Family Chair & Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University; Former Dean & St. Thomas More Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America; Former Director & Professor of Law, Center for Law & Government, The Law School, University of Notre Dame; also United States Ambassador to Malta; Former Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel
- Ellis O. Knox (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931) Educator, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast
- Bart Kosko (B.A. 1982) Hybrid intelligent system expert and science fiction writer
- Anthony Lazzaro (B.S. 1948) USC Senior Vice President
- Paul Locatelli (Ph.D. 1971) President and professor of accounting at Santa Clara University
- Catherine McBride-Chang (M.A. 1992, Ph.D. 1994) Developmental psychologist and early literacy researcher.
- John Mearsheimer (M.A. 1974) Political scientist; professor of political science at the University of Chicago
- Max More (Ph.D. 1995) Philosopher and futurist, founder of Extropy Institute
- James Porter Moreland (Ph.D. 1985) Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University
- William Moritz (Ph.D. 1968) Film historian
- Dennis J. Murray (M.P.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1977) President of Marist College
- Ian Roberts (Ph.D. 1985) Linguist; Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge
- Gordon H. Sato (B.S. 1951) Biochemists, former director of the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center; founder of the Manzanar Project
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) Discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure
- Shang-Hua Teng (M.S. 1988) Computer scientist; chairman of the Computer Science Department at the Viterbi School of Engineering
- Norman Topping (B.A. 1933, M.D. 1936) Former University President and NIH associate director; helped develop a typhus vaccine and the first effective treatment against Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Laura Skandera Trombley (Ph.D. 1989) President of Pitzer College
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, CDMA, co-founder of Qualcomm and benefactor of the Viterbi School of Engineering
[edit] Architecture [edit] Astronauts - Neil Armstrong (1960s, graduate work and 1970[2], M.S. Aerospace Engineering) USAF X-15 pilot; first man on the Moon
- Charles A. Bassett, II (1960s, graduate work)
- Karol J. Bobko (1970, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (1977, M.S. Systems Management) Space Shuttle commander; Administrator of NASA
- Gerald P. Carr (1954, B.S. Mechanical Engineering)
- Nancy J. Currie (1985, M.S. Systems Management)
- William H. Dana (1958, M.S. Aerospace Engineering)
- Brian Duffy (1981, M.S. Systems Management)
- Henry C. Gordon (1966, M.B.A.)
- Jerry M. Linenger (1988, M.S. Systems Management)
- James A. Lovell (1961, Aviation Safety School)
- Carlos I. Noriega (1981, B.S. Computer Science)
- Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (1984, M.S. Systems Management)
- Walter M. Schirra (1969, Honorary Doctorate in Science)
- Pierre J. Thuot (1985, M.S. Systems Management)
[edit] Athletics [edit] Basketball [edit] Baseball The University of Southern California has had a number of notable American football players. The following list includes all former USC football players that have articles on Wikipedia. Please note: Some former players may be listed elsewhere due to other achievements (i.e. John Wayne and Ward Bond, became better known as actors; Quincy Woods became better known as an Olympian, etc.) [edit] Olympians - Edgar Ablowich - Olympic champion, track & field
- Rink Babka - Olympic silver medalist, discus throw; former world record holder
- Arthur Barnard - Olympic bronze medalist, track & field
- Lee Barnes - Olympic champion, track & field
- Lindsay Benko - Olympic champion, swimming
- Robert Bennett - Olympic Bronze medalist, swimming
- Kim Black - Olympic champion, swimming
- Charles Borah - Olympic champion, track & field
- Joe Bottom - Olympic silver medalist, swimming; International Hall of Famer
- Clifford Bourland - Olympic champion, 4 x 400 metres relay
- Emil Breitkreutz - USC's first Olympian (1904): bronze medalist, track & field
- Brad Bridgewater - Olympic champion, swimming
- Arto Bryggare - Olympic bronze medalist, track & field
- Tonie Campbell - Olympic Bronze Medalist, track & field
- Patty Cardenas - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Edward Carfagno (M.Arch. 1933) - Olympic Fencer; winner of three Academy Awards
- Ken Carpenter - Olympic champion, discus throw
- Chris Cavanaugh - Olympic champion, swimming
- Rex Cawley - Olympic champion, track & field
- Peter Clentzos (B.A. 1932, M.Ed. 1947) - Olympic pole vaulter
- Roy Cochran - Olympic champion, track & field
- Richard Connor - Olympic bronze medalist, diving
- Lillian Copeland (B.A. 1928, J.D. 1932) - Olympic champion, discus throw; first Trojan woman to compete in the Olympics
- Robin Corsiglia - Olympic bronze medalist, swimming
- James Corson - Olympic bronze medalist, discus
- Buster Crabbe (B.A. 1931) - Olympic champion, swimming; actor
- Kami Craig - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- William Craig - Olympic champion, swimming
- Mark Crear - Olympic silver medalist, swimming
- Tasha Danvers - Olympic bronze medalist, track & field
- Jack Davis - Olympic silver medalist, track & field
- Nicole Davis - Olympic silver medalist, volleyball
- Foy Draper - Olympic champion, track & field
- Charles Dumas (B.A. 1961) - Olympic champion, high jump
- Dusty Dvorak - Olympic champion, volleyball
- Torri Edwards - Two-time Olympian, track & field
- Janet Evans (B.A. 1994) - Olympic champion, swimming, inducted to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004.
- Thomas Fahrner - Olympic silver medalist, swimming
- Allyson Felix - Olympic champion, track & field
- Conn Findlay - Three-time Olympic medalist in rowing and sailing
- Jeffrey Float - Olympic champion, swimming
- Gabe Gardner - Olympic champion, volleyball
- Brittany Hayes - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Bud Houser - Olympic champion, track & field
- Sim Iness - Olympic champion, track & field
- Larsen Jensen - Olympic bronze medalist, swimming
- Payton Jordan - Captain of 1939 NCAA track and field championship team, member of 1939 Rose Bowl team, 1968 US Olympic track team head coach
| - Klete Keller - Olympic champion, swimming
- Frederick Kelly - Olympic champion, 110 metre hurdles
- Balazs Kiss - Olympic champion, Hammer Throw
- Lenny Krayzelburg (B.S.B.A. 1998) - Olympic champion, swimming
- J. W. Krumpholz - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Michael Larrabee - Olympic champion, track & field
- Sammy Lee (M.D. 1947) - Diver, first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States, inducted to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1990
- Dallas Long - Olympic champion, track & field
- Helene Mayer (Certificate in social work, 1933) – Olympic champion, fencing
- Duncan McNaughton (B.A. 1933, Ph.D. 1950) - Olympic champion, high jump
- Earle Meadows - Olympic champion, track & field
- Cliff Meidl - Two-time Olympian, flat water sprint kayak; chosen as U.S. flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies in Sydney 2000
- Oussama Mellouli - Olympic champion, swimming
- Inger Miller - Olympic champion, track & field
- John Naber (B.A. 1977) - Olympic champion, swimming, inducted to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984
- Parry O'Brien - Olympic champion, shot put, inducted to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984
- Anne Ottenbrite - Olympic champion, swimming
- Charlie Paddock (B.A. 1922) - Olympic champion, track & field
- Mel Patton (B.A. 1949) - Olympic champion, track & field
- Pat Powers - All-American and NCAA Men's Volleyball Champion; Olympic Gold Medalist; AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
- Don Quarrie - Olympic champion, track & field
- Alma Richards - Olympic champion, track & field
- Amy Rodriguez - Olympic champion, soccer
- Janice Romary – Olympic Foilist, fencing (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968)
- Murray Rose (B.A. 1962) - Olympic champion, swimming
- Zachary Rutman (B.A. 2006) - Olympic champion, Curling
- Félix Sánchez - Olympic champion, track & field
- Kaitlin Sandeno (B.A. 2005) - Olympic champion, swimming
- Bob Seagren (B.A. 1968) - Olympic champion, pole vaulter
- Rebecca Soni - Olympic champion, swimming, World-record holder in 200m Breaststroke
- Earl Thomson - Olympic champion, track & field
- Wilbur Thompson - Olympic champion, track & field
- Steve Timmons - Olympic champion, volleyball
- Moriah van Norman - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Erik Vendt - Olympic champion, swimming
- Mark Warkentin - Olympic swimmer, four-time All-American
- Quincy Watts - Olympic champion, track & field
- Lauren Wenger - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Angela Williams - Olympian, track & field
- Jesse Williams - Olympian, track & field
- Randy Williams - Olympic champion, track & field
- Frank Wykoff (B.A. 1932, M.A. 1936) - Olympic champion, track & field, inducted to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984
- Louis Zamperini (B.S. 1940) - Olympic Champion
| [edit] Tennis [edit] Business - Dan Bane (B.S. 1969) - Chairman and CEO of Trader Joe's
- Tom Barrack (B.A. 1969) - CEO of Colony Capital
- Marc Benioff (B.S.B.A. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
- Douglas G. Bergeron (M.S. 1987) - CEO of VeriFone
- David Bohnett (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
- Jerry Buss (Ph.D. 1957) - Owner of Los Angeles Lakers
- Henry Caruso (B.S.B.A.) - Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
- Rick Caruso (B.S.) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated
- Alan Casden (B.S. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of Casden Properties
- Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. 1979) - President and CEO of Korean Airlines
- Richard W. "Dick" Cook (B.A. 1972) - Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios
- Scott Cook (B.A. 1974) - Co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc.
- Kenneth C. Dahlberg (M.S.E.E. 1969) - President and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation
- Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. 1997) - Co-founder of MySpace and current CEO
- Vic Edelbrock, Jr. (B.S.B.A. 1959) - President and CEO of Edelbrock Automotive
- Daniel Epstein (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of ConAm Management Corporation
- Larry Flax (J.D. 1971) - Co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
- Carlo Gancia (M.A. in Economics) - Co-owner of the Forti Formula One team
- Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) - President of J. D. Power and Associates
- Stanley Gold (J.D. 1967) - President & CEO of Shamrock Holdings
- Jerry Heller (B.S.B.A. 1963) - Co-founder and CEO of Ruthless Records
- Thomas Hicks (M.B.A 1970) - Partner at Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Part-owner of Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers
- Barron Hilton (1946) - Co-chairman of the Hilton Hotels chain, and the original owner of the San Diego Chargers.
- Ming Hsieh (B.S.E.E. 1983, M.S.E.E. 1984) - President and Founder of Cogent Systems
- Hyekyung "Shelly" Hwang (M.B.A.) - Founder of Pinkberry
- Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S.B.A. 1957) - Founder of Public Storage
- Ray R. Irani (Ph.D. 1957) - CEO of Occidental Petroleum
- James Jannard - Founder of Oakley Sunglasses
- Suzanne Nora Johnson (B.S. 1979) - Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs.
- Bruce Karatz (J.D. 1970) - Chairman and CEO of KB Home
- Brian Kennedy [disambiguation needed] - President of Regency Outdoor Advertising
- Ken Klein (B.S.B.M., B.S.E.E. 1982) - Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River
- Richard Knerr (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O; the creators of the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Superball
- Terrence Lanni (B.S. 1965) - Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage
- Alan Levine (B.S. 1968, J.D. 1971) - Former President and COO of Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Jack Lindquist (B.A. 1950) - Former president of Disneyland
- Bryan Lourd (B.A. 1982) - Co-Chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
- Mike Markkula (B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E.) - Former CEO and angel investor of Apple Computer, Inc.
- Preston Martin (B.S. 1947, M.B.A. 1948) - Founder of the PMI Mortgage Insurance Company; former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- Frank McCourt Jr - Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers
- Steve McIntosh (B.S. 1984) - Founder and president of Now & Zen, Inc.; an influential writer in the field of integral philosophy
- Bob McKnight (B.S.B.A. 1976) - Founder and Chairman and CEO of Quiksilver
- Arthur Melin (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O
- Brian Mulligan - Former chairman of Fox Television
- Paul Orfalea - Founder of Kinko's
- Andrall E. Pearson (B.S. 1944) - Former president of PepsiCo, founding chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc.
- Sol Price (J.D. 1957) - Founder of Price Club (now Costco)
- Charles Prince (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1975, J.D. 1975) - Former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
- James Quine (B.S. 1983) - President and CEO of Gecko Group Publishing
- Linda Johnson Rice (B.A. 1980) - President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
- D. Kenneth Richardson - President Emeritus, Hughes Electronics
- Jim Rogers (L.L.M. 1963) - Chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Communications
- Edward P. Roski (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
- Frank Rothman (J.D. 1951) - Former chairman and CEO of MGM studios
- Steve Saleen - CEO and Founder of Saleen Performance, Inc.
- Jeff Smulyan (B.S. 1969, J.D. 1972) - Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications
- Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) - Co-Founder of Qualcomm
- Mark Stevens (B.S.E.E. 1981, B.A.ECON 1981, M.S.CENG 1984) - Partner at Sequoia Capital
- Ronald Tutor (B.S.B.A. 1963) - President/CEO of Tutor-Saliba Corp.
- William Wang (B.S. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Vizio.
- Rick Wetzel - Co-Founder and President of Wetzel's Pretzels
- Craig Winn (B.S. 1977) - Founder of Value America and author of Prophet of Doom and Tea With Terrorists
- Walter Zifkin (J.D. 1961) - CEO of William Morris Agency
- Richard Ziman (B.S. 1964, J.D. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty
[edit] Film and television - For people primarily known as actors and actresses, see Performing Arts, below.
See also: USC Thornton School of Music - Ambrose Akinmusire (M.M. 2007) - Jazz trumpeter
- Herb Alpert (B.M. 1954) - Musician, co-founder of A&M Records
- Christophe Beck (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 1993) - Film score composer
- Marco Beltrami (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 1993) - Film score composer
- Aloe Blacc, soul singer, musician
- Harold Budd (B.M. 1966) - Ambient/avant-garde composer
- Alan Chang (B.M. 2002) - Musician, composer, musical director for Michael Bublé
- Nicolas Chumachenco - Musician, violinist
- John Dearman (B.M. 1981, M.M. 1983) - Classical guitarist
- Nmon Ford - Grammy Award winning singer
- Kina Grannis - Musician
- Macy Gray (1990, screenwriting) - singer, songwriter
- Jerry Goldsmith - Film score composer
- Lionel Hampton - Jazz musician
- Dexter Holland - Singer and guitarist for The Offspring
- Marilyn Horne (B.M. 1953) - Opera singer
- James Horner (B.M. 1974) - Film score composer
- William Kanengiser (B.M. 1981, M.M. 1983) - Classical guitarist
- James Newton Howard, Film score composer
- Morten Lauridsen (B.M. 1966, M.A. 1968, D.M.A. 1974) - Composer
- Robert Marsteller - US symphonic trombonist
- Bear McCreary - Film score composer
- Mark McGrath - Singer, Frontman of Sugar Ray, host of Extra
- Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., keyboardist for Jellyfish, Beck and The Moog Cookbook
- David Newman (M.M. 1982) - Film composer
- Kelley O'Connor (B.M. 2002) - Opera singer
- Martin O'Donnell - Composer best known for video game work
- John Ottman (B.A. 1988) - Film score composer
- Christopher Parkening (B.M. 1969) - Classical guitarist
- Basil Poledouris, Film score composer
- Brian Ralston - Film score composer
- Lee Ritenour (B.M. 1972) - Jazz guitarist
- Jessica Rivera (M.M. 1998) - Opera singer
- Douglas Romayne (Graduate Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, 2000) - Television and Film score composer
- Patrice Rushen (B.M. 1976) - Songwriter, session musician, producer, arranger, film composer, and musical director
- Craig Saper - Audio engineer, actor
- Scott Tennant (B.M. 1986) - Classical guitarist
- Salli Terri - Singer and songwriter
- Michael Tilson Thomas (B.M. 1967, M.M. 1976) Conductor and music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- Andrew York (M.M. 1986) - Classical guitarist-composer
- Marvin Young (more popularly known as Young MC) - Rapper, producer and writer
- Robyn Troup - Singer and "My Grammy Moment 2007" Winner
[edit] Performing arts - Sasha Alexander - Actress
- Zeenat Aman - Indian Actress
- Morris Ankrum - Actor
- Brandon Barash - actor
- John Beradino - Baseball player and actor (General Hospital)
- Julie Marie Berman - Actress
- Richard Biggs - Actor
- Harry Blackstone, Jr. - Actor and magician
- Ward Bond - Football player and actor
- LeVar Burton - Actor
- Sophia Bush - Actress
- Eric Close - Actor
- Buster Crabbe - Actor, also All-American swimmer at USC
- James Dannaldson - Actor, animal handler
- Jenna Dewan - Actress and dancer
- Anthony Edwards - Film and television actor
- Rob Estes - Actor
- Dorothy Fay - Actress
- Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian
- America Ferrera - Actress
- Joe Flynn - Comedic actor
- David Gallagher - Actor
- Kevin Hagen - Actor
- Kristin Hanggi - Tony Award-nominated theatre director
- Larry Harmon - Actor, known as Bozo the Clown
- Mike Henry - Actor, also played football at USC and in NFL
- James Hong - Actor
- Grant Imahara - TV personality
- David Jaffe - Award-winning video game designer.
- Rob Kardashian - Actor
- Swoosie Kurtz - Actress
- Michael Landon - Actor
- Matthew Lawrence - Actor
- Nelson Leigh - Actor
- Jeff Lewis - Star of Flipping Out
- James Lesure - Actor
- Lisa Ling - Former co-host of The View
- Chris Lowell - Actor
- Joseph Mazzello - Actor
- Michael McDonald - Actor and comedian
- Ted McGinley - Actor
- Ty Miller - Actor
- Derek Mio - Actor
- Bentley Mitchum - Actor, Grandson of Robert Mitchum
- Senta Moses - Actress
- Timothy Olyphant - Actor
- Fess Parker - Screen and television actor
- Whitney Port - Actress
- Kelly Preston - Actress
- Ke Huy Quan - Actor and stuntman
- Raymond Lam - Actor At Hong Kong Top TV Station - "TVB" (Television Broadcasts Limited)
- Michael Pataki - Actor
- Paula Patton - Actress
- Drew Pinsky - Longtime physician co-host of Loveline
- Vaneza Leza Pitynski - Actress
- Whitney Port - Cast member on MTV's reality show The Hills
- John Ritter - Actor
- Mort Sahl - Comedian
- Kyra Sedgwick - Actress
- Tom Selleck - Actor
- Ally Sheedy - Actress
- Cybill Shepherd - Actress
- Robert Stack - Actor
- Eric Stoltz - Actor
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Actor
- Marlo Thomas - Actress
- Eve Torres - professional wrestler, dancer, and model
- John Wayne - Actor
- Forest Whitaker (B.A. 1982) Actor
- Robert Vaughn - Actor
- Anton Yelchin - Actor
- Lee Thompson Young - Actor
- Deborah Ann Woll - Actress best known as Jessica on HBO's True Blood
- Diana Pinto - Miss India America 2009
- Patty Hou - TV Host, Actress, Newscaster
[edit] Politics and government [edit] Presidents and prime ministers [edit] Cabinet ministers and secretaries [edit] Governors [edit] United States Senators [edit] Members of the United States House of Representatives [edit] Jurists See also: USC Gould School of Law [edit] Military [edit] Ambassadors [edit] Presidential staff [edit] State officials [edit] Miscellaneous [edit] Print and broadcast media - Rob Asghar (B.A. 1984) Columnist
- David Bezmozgis (M.F.A.) Writer
- Anthony Boucher (B.A. 1932) Science fiction editor and writer of mystery novels and short stories
- Stacey Bradford (B.A. 1993) Personal finance author, journalist, and commentator
- Tammy Bruce (B.A. 2002) Author and political commentator
- Art Buchwald (attended the Annenberg School for Communication from 1945–48) Author and columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Stan Chambers (B.A. 1944) Reporter
- Julie Chen (B.A. 1991) Television personality, news anchor, journalist, and producer
- Mark Z. Danielewski (M.F.A. 1993) Author
- Frank Davey (Ph.D. 1968) Poet
- Maureen Furniss (Ph.D. 1994) Author, animation historian, and USC faculty member[3]
- Raj Kamal Jha (M.A. 1990) Author
- Spencer Johnson (B.A. 1963) Writer
- Pablo Kleinman (B.A.) Political columnist, entrepreneur
- Laila Lalami (Ph.D. 1997) Author and essayist
- Corinne Lee (B.A. 1983) Poet
- Sandra Tsing Loh (M.P.W. 1984) Radio commentator and author
- Arash Markazi (B.A. 2004) Journalist, writer for Sports Illustrated
- C. L. Moore (B.A. 1956, M.A. 1963) Science fiction and fantasy writer
- Joan Lowery Nixon (B.A. 1947) Journalist and author
- John Norman (M.A. 1957) Science fiction author and philosopher
- Petros Papadakis (B.A.) Sportscaster
- Alexandra Pelosi (M.A. 1993) Journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Joe Sheehan (B.A. 1994) Sportswriter and Co-Founder of Baseball Prospectus
- Lindsay Soto (B.A. 1998) Television sports journalist and producer
- Irving Stone (M.A. 1924) Writer, known for biographical novels of famous historical personalities
- Michele Tafoya (M.B.A. 1991) ESPN sportscaster
- Brad Thor - Author
- Paul Vangelisti (M.A. 1970) Poet and broadcaster
- Wayne Warga (B.A. 1960) Journalist and author
- Gary Anderson (B.Arch. 1970, M.Arch 1971) Creater of the universal recycling symbol
- Wanda Austin (Ph.D. 1988) President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, NAE
- Ethel Percy Andrus (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1930) Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Jenova Chen, video game designer, co-founder thatgamecompany
- Annabel Chong Pseudonym of Grace Quek, pornographic actress, famous for engaging in 251 sex acts with about 70 men over a ten-hour period in January 1995, setting a world record, with the resulting footage being packaged as The World's Biggest Gang Bang.
- Salvatore Ferragamo, fashion designer
- Reuben Fine (Ph.D. 1948) Chess Grandmaster, psychologist
- Cliff Johnson (B.F.A. 1974) Author of award-winning computer puzzle games
- Valentino Mazzia (1922-1999), forensic anesthesiologist.[4]
- Tom Morey (B.A. 1957) Creator of the Boogie Board
- Stavros Niarchos III (B.S.B.A. 2007) Greek shipping-heir, professional kiteboarder, socialite
- Joseph Wapner (B.A. 1941, J.D. 1948) Judge of The People's Court, former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
- John Zerzan (completed his coursework towards a Ph.D., did not complete dissertation), anarchist and primitivist philosopher
[edit] Notable faculty members - Leonard M. Adleman - Co-Inventor of RSA, Turing Award laureate
- William French Anderson - Genetics professor, dubbed "father of gene therapy"
- Michael A. Arbib - Computational neuroscience professor
- Tim Asch - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- Lois W. Banner - Former president of the American Studies Association, author
- Richard Bellman - inventor of dynamic programming
- Warren Bennis - University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration; named the "dean of leadership gurus" by Forbes magazine
- Shelley Berman - Comedian/actor/author - Teaches Writing Humor, Literary and Dramatic
- Terence Blanchard - Jazz trumpeter
- Barry Boehm - Software engineering economics expert, inventor of COCOMO
- Todd Boyd - Author, media commentator, producer and consultant.
- T.C. Boyle - Novelist
- Leo Buscaglia - Special education, noted author
- Pete Carroll - Football coach
- Drew Casper - Film Historian
- Manuel Castells - Sociologist, played a key role in the development of a Marxist urban sociology
- John Choma - Renowned analog and mixed signal circuit designer
- Thomas Crow - Art Critic, Director of the Getty Research Institute
- António Damásio - Physician and neurologist
- Paul Debevec - Renowned graphics researcher
- Rod Dedeaux - Baseball coach
- Richard Dekmejian - World-renowned expert on international relations
- Jerry Del Colliano - Founder of Inside Radio publication
- Richard Easterlin - Economics professor
- Mar Elepano - Artist, animator, filmmaker
- Robert English [disambiguation needed] - Assistant Professor of International Relations
- Susan Estrich - Author, law professor, former campaign manager, Michael Dukakis for President
- Caleb E. Finch - World-renowned Alzheimer's disease researcher
- Scott Fisher - Pioneering virtual reality researcher
- Eric Fossum - Inventor of CMOS image sensor
- Andrew Garver - Grammy-nominated mastering engineer, entrepreneur
- Barry Glassner - Renowned sociologist, made an appearance in Bowling for Columbine
- Solomon W. Golomb - Mathematician, invented the Golomb coding and Golomb ruler
- Jane Goodall - Distinguished adjunct professor of anthropology
- Midori Gotō - Violinist and the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Music
- David Griffith - Film director, contributed Mise en scène and various film editing techniques to film grammar
- Eva Gustavson - opera singer
- Judith Halberstam - Gender Theorist
- Ted Harris - Mathematician, former President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Jascha Heifetz - Violinist, one of the most famous of the 20th century
- Tomlinson Holman - Inventor of Lucasfilm's THX sound system
- John Hospers - Philosopher, first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party
- Cheng Hsiao - Economics professor
- Mark Humayun - Ophthalmologist, co-inventor of Argus Retinal Prosthesis
- A. Quincy Jones - Residential architect and influential figure in modern urban planning concepts, USC Dean of Architecture.
- Mark Kac - Eminent mathematician, pioneered the modern development of probability
- Bart Kosko – Professor of electrical engineering, fuzzy logic authority
- Vijay Kumar (Ph.D. 1983) - Professor of electrical engineering, Pioneer of quaternary error-correction codes
- Timur Kuran - economist, specializing in the study of Islamic finance and its consequences
- Jerome Lawrence - Playwright
- Richard Leahy - Renowned medical-imaging engineer, chief creator of BrainStorm
- Robert C. Lipsett - Violin Pedagogue
- David Lloyd (academic) Professor of English and political activist
- Raymond Loewy - Noted industrial designer
- Leonard Maltin - Famous film critic
- Barbara Myerhoff - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
- B. Clifford Neuman - Inventor of Kerberos
- Richard Neutra - Modernist architect
- George Olah - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- James J. Owens - Author, Founder and CEO of The World is Just a Book Away Foundation
- Ishu Patel - Noted artist, director, animator, photographer
- William Pereira - Influential architect and urban planner
- Gregor Piatigorsky - Cellist
- Jon Postel - Internet pioneer, former director of Information Sciences Institute's Computer Networks Division
- Christiane Robbins- Noted, Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer; Professor of Visual Art, Inter-Arts, Director of Matrix Program
- Irving S. Reed - Inventor of Reed-Solomon codes
- Everett Rogers - Professor of communications
- Steven B. Sample - Professor of electrical engineering and leadership, noted author, USC president
- Robert Scheer - Noted journalist and social, political activist
- Dan Schnur - political communication instructor, former Communications Director, John McCain for President
- Arnold Schoenberg - Composer
- Scott Soames - Professor of philosophy
- Craig Stanford - Professor of biological anthropology
- Gay Talese - One of the founders of New Journalism
- Shirley Thomas - Professor of technical writing
- Michael S. Waterman - Founding editor of Journal of Computational Biology
- Paul Wehrle - Physician who helped in the development of methods for the prevention and treatment of polio and smallpox
- Dallas Willard - Philosophy professor, Author of Divine Conspiracy and other important Christian works, Speaker
- Darryl F. Zanuck - One of the major figures in the Hollywood studio system
[edit] References - ^ Martin, Douglas. "Alfred Gottschalk, 79, Scholar of Reform Judaism, Is Dead", The New York Times, September 15, 2009. Accessed September 16, 2009.
- ^ "USC Fact Book, Did You Know?". USC. http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/did_you_know.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
- ^ "Maureen Furniss Adjunct Faculty. University of Southern California.
- ^ Severo, Richard. "Valentino Mazzia, 77, Student Of Deaths Under Anesthesia", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed October 21, 2009.
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