University Of California, Santa Cruz

Discover the notable alumni of University Of California, Santa Cruz. The list includes people like Maya Rudolph, Matthew Gray Gubler, Huey P. Newton, Jello Biafra & Akiva Schaffer. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as film & theater personalities, musicians, singers, media personalities and activists etc.
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Rebecca Romijn
(Actress Known for Her Role in ‘X-Men' Film Series and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' TV Series)
Rebecca Romijn
25
Birthdate: November 6, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States

Rebecca Romijn is an American actress whose skills and beautiful body were tailor-made for the role of Mystique, whom she portrayed in the X-Men film series. Renowned for her beauty, Rebecca Romijn started her career as a model, featuring on the cover of magazines like Glamour and Sports Illustrated. She has also been featured in advertising campaigns for popular brands.

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Maya Rudolph
(Actress, Comedian and Singer)
Maya Rudolph
87
Birthdate: July 27, 1972
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, United States

A multi-talented personality, Maya Rudolph is known for her acting, singing, and comedic skills. Apart from playing supporting roles in popular films, such as 50 First Dates and Grown Ups, Maya played a crucial role in Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2007, during which she impersonated personalities like Kamala Harris, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award.

 3 
Matthew Gray Gubler
(Actor, Director, Model, Painter)
Matthew Gray Gubler
65
Birthdate: March 9, 1980
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Las Vegas

American actor, Matthew Gray Gubler, is best known for playing the character of Dr Spencer Reid in the popular and acclaimed television series Criminal Minds. He has also acted in films like 500 Days of Summer, Suburban Gothic and How to Be a Serial Killer. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for his role in the television series, The Beauty Inside.

 4 
Susan Wojcicki
(Former CEO of YouTube)
Susan Wojcicki
67
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 5, 1968
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santa Clara County, California, United States
Died: August 9, 2024

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has been the longest-tenured CEO of the organization. She has earlier contributed to the formation of Google and has served them as their VP of product management. The Harvard alumnus was ranked 16 on Forbes’s list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2011.

 5 
Huey P. Newton
(Political Activist, Revolutionary Leader and Co-Founder of the ‘Black Panther Party’)
Huey P. Newton
43
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 17, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Died: August 22, 1989

Huey P. Newton was an African-American civil and political rights activist. He is credited with co-founding The Black Panther Party (BPP), which went on to become one of black movement's most influential organizations of the late-1960s. The party, under Newton's leadership, founded more than 60 community support programs, including Free Breakfast for Children, which provided food to thousands of children.

 6 
Bradley Nowell
(Lead Singer and Guitarist Of the Ska Punk Band 'Sublime')
Bradley Nowell
37
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 22, 1968
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States
Died: May 25, 1996
Bradley Nowell is best remembered as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Sublime. His dalmatian, Lou Dog, was the band’s mascot and often appeared on stage with the band. Nowell died of a heroin overdose, at 28, at a hotel in San Francisco, while touring with Sublime. 
 7 
Tom Franco
(American Artist, Actor and Founder of the ‘Firehouse Art Collective’)
Tom Franco
5
Birthdate: April 14, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States

Tom Franco is an American artist and actor. He is credited with founding the Firehouse Art Collective, an art gallery in Berkeley, California. The younger brother of actor and filmmaker, James Franco, Tom Franco followed in the footsteps of his brother to become an actor before exploring his skills as an artist.

 8 
Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks
14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States
Died: December 15, 2021
 9 
Akiva Schaffer
(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film editor, Songwriter, Writer, Television actor)
Akiva Schaffer
1
Birthdate: December 1, 1977
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berkeley
 10 
Amy Tan
(American Author Known for Her Novels: ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’)
Amy Tan
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 19, 1952
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
 11 
Victor Davis Hanson
(One of America’s Best Known and Most Prolific Historians)
Victor Davis Hanson
2
Birthdate: September 5, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fowler, California, United States

Historian and academic Victor Davis Hanson is best known for his opinions on warfare and politics in publications such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He teaches at the California State University and Stanford's Hoover Institution. His academic interests include military history and classics.

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Miranda July
(Actress)
Miranda July
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 15, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barre (town), Vermont Barre, Vermont, U.S.
 13 
Fedmyster
(Twitch Streamer and YouTuber Known for His Gaming and IRL Live Streams on Twitch)
Fedmyster
14
Birthdate: August 7, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Granada Hills, California, United States

Fedmyster is an American YouTube personality and Twitch streamer. One of the most controversial Twitch streamers, Fedmyster has been banned by Twitch on many occasions. He has also been accused of sexual misconduct by fellow Twitch streamers and social media influencers. These accusations were termed by the media as the #MeToo moment of the gaming world.

 14 
Gus Hansen
(Danish Poker Player )
Gus Hansen
0
Birthdate: February 13, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen
 15 
DJ Dahi
(Songwriter, Record Producer)
DJ Dahi
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 10, 1983
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: United States
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Geoffrey Marcy
(Astronomer, Physicist, University teacher)
Geoffrey Marcy
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 29, 1954
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Clair Shores

American astronomer Geoffrey Marcy is best known for his use of Doppler shifts in discovering many extrasolar planets, which paved way for discovery of several hundred planetary bodies in multiple star systems. Seventy of the first hundred known exoplanets were discovered by Marcy and his research teams, who also detected the first planetary system around a Sun-like star, Upsilon Andromedae