- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 's outstanding play on the court thrust him into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1995. After 20 seasons, Kareem is the only player in NBA History to win the MVP award six times and is the NBA's all-time regular season scoring leader. As president of Kareem Productions, he now spends time on his second passion, film making. - Tony Blankley
Anthony "Tony" Blankley (born 1948 in London, United Kingdom) is the editorial page editor for "The Washington Times", co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program "Left, Right & Center", and author of "The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?" Additionally, Blankley is a regular "talking head" for various television shows, including "The McLaughlin Group" and "The Diane Rehm Show". - Jerry Lewis
Charles Jeremy "Jerry" Lewis (born October 21 1934), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing the. He is currently the ranking Republican member on the House Appropriations Committee. He served as its chairman during the 109th Congress. In June 2007, columnist Robert Novak reported that Republican sources said that Lewis would not run for re-election in 2008. - Brooke Burke
Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality and model, known for hosting "Wild On!" (1999-2002) and "Rock Star". (2005-present) - Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 - February 6, 1993) was a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his playing career, he won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes. - John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, including those for "Jaws", "Star Wars", "Superman", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Jurassic Park", "Schindler's List", "Hook", "Memoirs of a Geisha", and "Harry Potter". - Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy. With Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, he was one of the founders of Amblin Entertainment. He is a partner with Kennedy in The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company formed in 1991, which presently has a contract with Universal Pictures. Marshall has worked on many of Hollywood's biggest films since 1973. - Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete. Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas, but moved to Kingsburg, California at age 9. In high school, he played on the school's football, baseball and basketball teams. As a versatile athlete, he was attracted to the decathlon after seeing double Olympic Champion Bob Mathias compete and told his coach "I could have beaten most of those guys in that meet". He competed in his first meet in 1954, … - Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show "Good Morning America" for over 25 years. Born to a Jewish family and raised in Los Angeles, California, he graduated "cum laude" from UCLA. During college, he worked to register black voters in Georgia, and he spoke frequently of having met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Baron Davis
Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13 1979, in Compton, California) is an American basketball player currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He began playing basketball at the age of five. Later, Davis became a star at Crossroads School and UCLA. Davis was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets as the number three pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. - Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson became the first African-American professional baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first African American professional baseball player in history, his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Robinson in 1962 and he was a member of six World Series teams. - Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American author. He wrote a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. The books and Castaneda, who rarely spoke in public about his work, have been controversial for many years. Supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness. - Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, writer, film director, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the popular American rock band The Doors, and is considered to be one of the most charismatic, unique, and influential frontmen in the history of rock music. He was also an author of several poetry books, a documentary, short film, and three early music videos ("The Unknown Soldier", "Moonlight Drive", and "People are Strange"). - David Koepp
David Koepp (born June 9, 1963 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin) is an American screenwriter and director. He attended Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI, and received his bachelors in film from UCLA. As a writer, he has worked on such blockbuster Hollywood films as "Jurassic Park", "Mission Impossible", and "Spider-Man". His work as a director has not had quite the same box office success; films include "Secret Window", "Stir of Echoes", … - Diane Watson
Diane Edith Watson PhD (born November 12 1933), American politician, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 33rd District of California (map). Her district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes some wealthy neighborhoods such as Los Feliz. She recently ran unopposed in the 2006 Congressional mid-term elections. - Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman, born to a Jewish family September 12, 1939, in Los Angeles, California, is an American politician. He has represented (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress. He serves the cities of West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and parts of the city of Los Angeles. - Brad Sherman
Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman (born October 24 1954) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing. He was born in Los Angeles, California, was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Law School, and was a lawyer and accountant before entering the House. He also served two terms on the California State Board of Equalization. - Vint Cerf
Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943) (last name pronounced just like the English word "surf") is an American computer scientist who is commonly referred to as one of the "founding fathers of the Internet" for his key technical and managerial role, together with Bob Kahn, in the creation of the Internet and the TCP/IP protocols which it uses. He was also a co-founder (in 1992) of the Internet Society (ISOC), … - Will Forte
Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian best known for appearing on the television show "Saturday Night Live", where he has been a cast member since 2002. Forte was born in Alameda County, California and raised in Lafayette, California. He graduated from Acalanes High School and UCLA with a B.A. in History. Before joining "SNL", Forte was a member of The Groundlings. - Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded "Godfather" trilogy, "The Conversation", and the Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now". - John Lott
John R. Lott Jr., Ph.D. (born May 8 1958) is a Dean's Visiting Professor at SUNY Binghamton and has held research positions at numerous institutions, including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, and his research interests include econometrics, law and economics, public choice theory, industrial organization, public finance, … - Tom Bradley
Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley (December 29, 1917 - September 29, 1998) was the mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1973 to 1993 (five terms) and only the second African American mayor of a major U.S. city. The first was Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio, who was elected in 1967. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in 1982 and 1986. The racial dynamics that appeared to underly Bradley's narrow and unexpected loss in 1982 gave rise to the term "the Bradley effect". - Bill Walton
William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5 1952), is a former American basketball player and current television sportscaster. He is the father of current Los Angeles Lakers player Luke Walton. Walton was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on May 10, 1993. - Laura Richardson
Laura Richardson (born 1962) represents California's 55th Assembly District. The district encompasses the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, and most of Lakewood. She is a Democrat. Richardson is currently the Democratic nominee for United States Congress in California's 37th congressional district in the 2007 special election to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald. - John Ehrlichman
John Daniel Ehrlichman (March 20, 1925 - February 14, 1999) was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon and a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and in the ensuing Watergate scandal for which he was convicted of criminal activities. He served a year and a half in prison for his crimes. - Heather Locklear
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, primarily on soap operas, movies and television, probably best known for her roles as William Shatner's sexy, young partner and Richard Herd's daughter, Officer Stacy Sheridan in the successful 1980s crime drama "T.J. Hooker", as John Forsythe's and Linda Evans's no angelic, selfish niece, Sammy Jo Carrington on the popular 1980s soap, … - Jimmy Connors
James Scott ("Jimmy") Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American tennis champion who was the world number one player for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. He was also the World No. 1 player an additional 8 times during his career. He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles. He is often considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. - Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. (October 2, 1937 - March 29, 2005) was a defense attorney best known for his role in the legal defense for O.J. Simpson during his highly publicized murder trial. Cochran also represented Sean "Diddy" Combs (during his trial on gun and bribery charges), Michael Jackson, actor Todd Bridges, football player Jim Brown and rappers Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg as well as Reginald Oliver Denny, … - Marcia Clark
Marcia Rachel Clark (born 31 August 1953) was a prosecutor for the State of California, County of Los Angeles in the O.J. Simpson murder case along with Christopher Darden. With Teresa Carpenter, she authored a book, "Without a Doubt", about the case, in a deal reported to be worth $4.2 million. Clark was on leave from her job following Simpson's acquittal in 1995, and officially resigned in 1997, before the release of her book. - Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio ("Tony") Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles in a run-off election on May 17, 2005, in which he defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his service as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, … - Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a three-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. Devers grew up near San Diego and graduated from Sweetwater High School in nearby National City, CA. A young talent in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles, Devers was in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics, started experiencing health problems, suffering from among others migraine and vision loss. - Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Glenn Seaborg worked his way through UCLA in a variety of ways - as stevedore, night watchman, apricot picker and linotype mechanic apprentice, earning his B.A. degree in 1934. Later he attended UC Berkeley where he became a faculty member and chancellor. Seaborg talked about the influence of "John Mead Adams of UCLA who taught a course in atomic physics in which I learned about nuclear physics. After that course, I knew that I wanted to get into nuclear research." - Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a feminist artist, author, and educator. Judy Chicago is a feminist artist who has been making work since the middle 1960s. Her earliest forays into art-making coincided with the rise of Minimalism, which she eventually abandoned in favor of art she believed to have greater content and relevancy. Major works include The Dinner Party and The Holocaust Project. - Chase Utley
Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Utley bats left-handed, but fields right-handed. - Merrin Dungey
Merrin Dungey, (born August 6, 1971, Sacramento, California), is a American film and television actress. As a child, she was active in ballet and dance as well as piano. Dungey was also an accomplished ice skater. Dungey graduated in 1989 from Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California. She earned a degree of Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. She was the youngest recipient of the UCLA Acting Award. - Jimmy Johnson
James Earl Johnson (born March 31, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) was an American football cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers. In 1994, he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played both offense and defense as a college football player at the UCLA. His brother is Rafer Johnson, an Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist. - Juan Cole
John "Juan" Ricardo I. Cole (born October 1952 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. As a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, he has appeared in print and on television, and testified before the United States Senate. He has published several peer-reviewed books on the modern Middle East and is a translator of both Arabic and Persian. - Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a five-time Golden Globe winning American actress and comedienne. In a career spanning five decades in television, stage and film, she is best known for her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. - Gail Goodrich
Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best-known for his part in the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 season. During that season the team won a still-record 33 games consecutively, posted what was at the time the best regular season record in NBA history, and also won Los Angeles' first NBA championship. Goodrich was the leading scorer on that team. - Ray Manzarek
Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. February 12, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, singer, producer, movie director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, and the Doors of the 21st Century (renamed Riders on the Storm) since 2001.
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