University of California, San Diego Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Angela Davis

Political activist, scholar, author

MA (Philosophy)

1968

Mike Judge

Creator of Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley

BS (Physics)

N/A

Billy Beane

Baseball executive, subject of Moneyball

BA (Economics)

N/A

Craig Venter

Genomic researcher, led sequencing of human genome

N/A

N/A

Nick Woodman

Founder of GoPro

BA (Visual Arts)

1997

Benicio del Toro

Academy Award-winning actor

Attended

N/A

Khaled Hosseini

Author (The Kite Runner, etc.)

MD? / Medical training (studied)

N/A

Robert Pera

Founder & CEO of Ubiquiti

N/A

N/A

Evelyn Lin

Model / entertainer

Attended

N/A

Aria Giovanni

Model and media personality

Attended

N/A

Aimee Bender

Author, known for speculative fiction

BA

1991

Alejandra Sotelo-Solis

First Latina mayor of National City, California

BA

2001

Alicia Garza

Co-founder of Black Lives Matter movement

BA

2002

Carol Padden

Scholar of sign language; MacArthur Fellow

MA, PhD

1980, 1983

Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Historian; expert on race, immigration, mass incarceration

BA

1996

Lauren Yee

Playwright; award-winner and widely produced works

MFA

2012

Manuelita Brown

Artist / sculptor

MS (Fine Arts or related)

1976

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Marine biologist, policy expert, activist

BS

1991

Keri Yen Ng

Business leader in women’s health products

BA (Economics or related)

2002

Carol Greider

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (telomeres)

BA (Biology)

1983