Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Baer | 1973 | President of the San Francisco Giants MLB team. 2010 World Series Champions. | |
| Mischa Berlinski | 1991 | Author of Fieldwork, a 2007 National Book Award Finalist. Fieldwork is Mischa's first published novel. | |
| Bill Bixby | 1952 | Movie and TV actor: The Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and film director. | |
| Richard C. Blum | 1953 | Husband to Dianne Feinstein. Chairman and President of Blum Capital. Regent of the University of California. | |
| Michael Bortin | 1966 | Member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. | |
| Benjamin Bratt | 1982 | Movie and TV personality. Starred in the popular television series, Law & Order. | |
| Stephen Breyer | 1955 | Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court. | |
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr. | 1923 | District Attorney of San Francisco; State Attorney General; Governor of California, 1959–1967. | |
| Gill Byrd | 1978 | Played in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers, 1983–1992. | |
| Alexander Calder | 1915 | Renowned artist and inventor of the mobile. | |
| Dan Chan | 1995 | magician to billionaires. Specialties include stage pick-pocket and Bian lian artist. | |
| Carol Channing | 1938 | International actress of stage and screen. | |
| Margaret Cho | 1986 | Comedienne, briefly attended Lowell before transferring to School of the Arts High School. | |
| Jamie Chung | 2001 | Movie and TV actress: Samurai Girl, Dragonball Evolution and many more. | |
| Jerry Coleman | 1942 | Decorated Marine aviator, New York Yankee, Hall of Fame announcer | |
| Eric Allin Cornell | 1980 | Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. | |
| Jennifer Egan | 1980 | Novelist and short story writer. | |
| Joseph Erlanger | 1892 | Physician; Professor, Washington University in St. Louis. Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945. | |
| Charles H. Ferguson | 1972 | Software entrepreneur; Writer; Filmmaker. Film Inside Job won 2011 best documentary Academy Award. | |
| Donald Fisher | 1946 | Founder and Board Chairman of The GAP. | |
| Dian Fossey | 1949 | Scientist who dedicated her life to protecting the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Book and film, Gorillas in the Mist based on her life with the great apes. | |
| Rube Goldberg | 1900 | Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of "Rube Goldberg" machines. | |
| Walter A. Haas | 1905 | Board Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co. | |
| Daniel Handler | 1988 | Aka Lemony Snicket, bestselling author of a series of children's novels: A Series of Unfortunate Events, and a novel set in a fictional Lowell High School, The Basic Eight. | |
| John L. Heilbron | Historian of science. | ||
| William Hewlett | 1930 | Inventor, businessman, philanthropist. Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Company; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. | |
| Soji Kashiwagi | Playwright, Executive Producer for Grateful Crane Ensemble theatre organization. | ||
| Frank Kudelka | Former NBA player | ||
| Adrian Lamo | Computer hacker & journalist. Attended Lowell prior to transferring to International Studies Academy, Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School, and passing the California High School Proficiency Exam. | ||
| G. Albert Lansburgh | 1894 | Notable architect of Broadway and Los Angeles legitimate theatres and cinemas. | |
| Robert Lees | 1929 | Television and screenwriter. | |
| Richard Levin | 1964 | Current President of Yale University. | |
| Harry Likas | 1943 | NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in Singles in 1948 (as a member of the University of San Francisco Dons); Collegiate Tennis Hall of Famer. | |
| General Kenneth McLennan | 1943 | Marine Corps four-star general, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. | |
| Elaine Mar | 1990 | Forensic Scientist. For 4½ years following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Project Manager and Lead Supervisor of the World Trade Center DNA Identification Unit for the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. | |
| Dennis Marcellino | 1965 | Former member of Sly & The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group, Rubicon, and The Tokens (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) | |
| Tom Meschery | 1957 | Played in the NBA for the Warriors, 1961–1971. | |
| Albert Abraham Michelson | 1868 | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907. First American Nobel laureate in a scientific field. | |
| Daniel M. Nakamura (aka Dan the Automator) | 1985 | Hip-hop and rap producer. | |
| Anton Peterlin | 2005 | Soccer player | |
| Paris (rapper) | 1985 | Hip-hop artist. | |
| Stafford Repp | 1936 | Actor, best known for playing Chief O'Hara in the 1960s television show, Batman. | |
| Stephen Suleyman Schwartz | 1966 | Journalist and author. | |
| Pierre Salinger | 1941 | Press secretary to US President John F. Kennedy. | |
| William Ware Theiss | 1948 | Academy Award nominated Costume Designer for movies and TV, including Star Trek. | |
| Charles Lee Tilden | 1874 | Attorney & businessman, namesake of Tilden Regional Park in the East Bay. | |
| John Roos | 1973 | Attorney & U.S. Ambassador to Japan. | |
| John D. Trasviña | 1976 | President of MALDEF, HUD Assistant Secretary of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. | |
| Alex Tse | 1994 | Screenwriter of Sucker Free City (2004) and Watchmen (2009). | |
| Naomi Wolf | 1980 | Rhodes Scholar, Writer. | |
| Charles P. Ginsburg | 1936 | Developed first commercially viable Video Tape Recorder at Ampex. |
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