Famous UCSC Alumni

UCSC has played host to a number of students who later when on to earn fame outside of the area, here is a partial list of them.

Jello Biafra Musician, attended UCSC in 1977
Adragon Eastwood De Mello graduated with a degree in computational mathematics in 1988, at age 11. (The youngest UCSC graduate.)
Gus Hansen Pro poker player, was an exchange student at UCSC in 1993
Miranda July Performance artist
David Lowery Singer of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, Graduated from UCSC in 1984
Paul Magid, Howard Patterson, Founders of The Flying Karamazov Brothers, attended and met at UCSC in 1972
Camryn Manheim Actress, graduated from UCSC in 1984
Kent Nagano Conductor
Beth Lisick Author
Huey P. Newton Activist, Graduated with a B.A. from UCSC in 1974. Earned Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at the UCSC in 1980.
Bradley Nowell Singer of the band Sublime, attended UCSC from 1986 to 1988
Marti Noxon Television and film writer
Dana Priest Pulitzer Prize winning writer, graduated from UCSC in 1981
Rebecca Romijn Model
Maya Rudolph Comedian on Saturday Night Live, graduated from UCSC in 1995
Andy Samburg Comedian on Saturday Night Live
Michael Shipley TV Writer/Producer "Family Guy" & "My Name Is Earl"
Gillian Welch Musician
Gabriel Zimmerman Shot and killed in 2011 while working as a staffer for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
Joey Rocco Co-Founder and COO of Instant Checkmate and The Control Group
Sven Eric Gamsky Musician, graduated in 2015