University of California, Santa Barbara Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Carol Greider

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)

BA (Biology)

1983

Robert Ballard

Oceanographer who discovered the RMS Titanic

BS (Chemistry & Geology)

1965

Michael Douglas

Academy Award–winning actor and producer

BA (Drama)

1968

Gwyneth Paltrow

Academy Award–winning actress

Attended (Anthropology)

N/A

Don Hertzfeldt

Animator and Academy Award nominee

BA (Film Studies)

1998

Gregg Araki

Filmmaker (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation)

BA

1982

Gavin Garrison

Emmy-nominated TV producer (Whale Wars)

BA (Global Studies)

2007

Robby Krieger

Guitarist for The Doors

Attended

N/A

Jack Johnson

Singer-songwriter and former professional surfer

BA (Film Studies)

1997

Steve Aoki

Electro-house DJ, producer, and music entrepreneur

BA (Feminist Studies & Sociology)

N/A

Jeffrey O. Henley

Vice-chairman and former chairman of Oracle

BA (Economics)

1966

Knut Vollebæk

Foreign Minister of Norway

BA (Political Science)

1973

Jason Lezak

Swimmer; four-time Olympic gold medalist

BA (N/A)

N/A

Brian Shaw

NBA player and head coach

Attended

N/A

Katy Tur

NBC/MSNBC anchor and journalist

BA (Philosophy)

2005

Elizabeth Wagmeister

TV correspondent and Variety columnist

BA (Communications)

2012

Benjamin Bratt

Actor (noted for Law & Order, films)

Attended

N/A

Reza Aslan

Author, scholar, and TV host

PhD (Sociology of Religion)

N/A

Leroy Chiao

NASA astronaut and entrepreneur

N/A

N/A

Logan Green

Co-founder and CEO of Lyft

BA (Business Economics)

2006