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Notable alumni of Santa Barbara high schools
Santa Barbara’s high schools have sent a long list of musicians, actors, athletes, and writers out into the world. Below are the notable alumni on record for each campus — pop singer Katy Perry and actor Josh Brolin among the Santa Barbara High graduates, model Kathy Ireland from San Marcos, and many more.
- Josh Brolin (Academy Award-nominated actor)
- Karch Kiraly (3x Olympic gold medalist, volleyball)
- Eddie Mathews (Baseball Hall of Famer)
- Jamaal Wilkes (4x NBA champion)
- Randall Cunningham (NFL Pro Bowl quarterback)
- Sam Cunningham (USC All-American, College Football Hall of Fame)
- Tom Curren (3x world champion surfer)
- Martha Graham (modern dance pioneer)
- Alonzo King (dancer and choreographer, LINES Ballet)
- Taylor Hackford (Academy Award-winning filmmaker)
- Ron Shelton (writer-director, 'Bull Durham', 'White Men Can't Jump')
- Charles Schwab (founder, Charles Schwab Corp.)
- Leon Litwack (Pulitzer Prize-winning historian)
- Ward Kimball (Disney animator, Academy Award winner)
- Floyd Norman (Disney/Pixar animator and writer)
- Chris Shiflett (lead guitarist, Foo Fighters)
- Jordan Maron 'CaptainSparklez' (YouTuber)
- Tanya Atwater (geophysicist, plate tectonics pioneer)
- Stephen Benton (inventor of the rainbow hologram)
- Al Geiberger (PGA Tour golfer, first to shoot 59)
- Kami Craig (Olympic gold & silver medalist, water polo)
- John Northrop (aviation pioneer, founder of Northrop Corporation)
- Timothy Bottoms (actor, 'The Last Picture Show')
- Eric Stoltz (actor)
- Anthony Edwards (actor, 'ER', 'Top Gun')
- Randolph Mantooth (actor, 'Emergency!')
- Cady Huffman (Tony Award-winning actress)
- Kathy Ireland (model and entrepreneur)
- Chuck Liddell (former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame)
- Colleen Ballinger (comedian, 'Miranda Sings')
- Glen Phillips (lead singer, Toad the Wet Sprocket)
- Dean Dinning (bassist, Toad the Wet Sprocket)
- Todd Nichols (guitarist, Toad the Wet Sprocket)
- Tim Lopez (guitarist, Plain White T's)
- Eric Anzalone (singer, Village People)
- Alex Mack (NFL offensive lineman, 3x Pro Bowl)
- Todd Rogers (Olympic gold medalist, beach volleyball)
- Paige Hauschild (Olympic medalist, water polo)
- Mark Warkentin (Olympic open-water swimmer)
- Adam Duvendeck (Olympic cyclist)
- Terry Schroeder (US men's water polo head coach, Olympic medalist)
- Robert C. Orr (UN Assistant Secretary-General)
- Katy Perry (Grammy-nominated pop singer)
- Alex Filippenko (astrophysicist, UC Berkeley)
- Chip Foose (automotive designer, 'Overhaulin')
- Ben Rattray (founder and CEO of Change.org)
- Meg Gardiner (Edgar Award-winning thriller novelist)
- James McCann (MLB All-Star catcher)
- Howard McGillin (Tony-nominated stage actor, record Broadway Phantom)
- Ben Howland (former UCLA men's basketball head coach)
- Samantha Hill (Olympic gold medalist, water polo)
- Kiley Neushul (Olympic gold medalist, water polo)
- Douglas Partie (Olympic gold medalist, volleyball)
- Ryan Mendez (guitarist, Yellowcard)
- Kim Wilson (blues singer/harmonica, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- Julyan Stone (former NBA player)
- Lewis Nixon (WWII Army officer, Easy Company 'Band of Brothers')
- Conrad Hall (Academy Award-winning cinematographer)
- David Crosby (musician, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- Stephen Malkmus (musician, frontman of Pavement)
- Billy Steinberg (Grammy-winning songwriter, 'Like a Virgin')
- Chris Strachwitz (founder of Arhoolie Records, music preservationist)
- Larry Niven (science fiction author, 'Ringworld')
- George Ledyard Stebbins (leading evolutionary biologist)
- James S. Ackerman (architectural historian, Harvard professor)
- Antony Garrett Lisi (theoretical physicist, 'An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything')
- Warren C. Breidenbach (surgeon, first long-term successful hand transplant)
- Burton Smith (computer architect, Microsoft technical fellow)
- Otis Chandler (former publisher of the Los Angeles Times)
- Sir John Bond (former chairman and CEO of HSBC)
- Malcolm Wallop (U.S. Senator from Wyoming)
- Barnaby Conrad (author, artist, and bullfighter)
- Dayton Hyde (author and conservationist)
- Joshua Yaro (professional soccer player, Philadelphia Union)
- Ema Boateng (professional soccer player, New England Revolution)
- Geoffrey Acheampong (professional soccer player, LA Galaxy II)
- Tracye Lawyer-Thomas (American heptathlete)