• Allen, Gracie (actress): 1922 Star of the Sea Academy
• Avery, Margaret (actress): ? SF State U
• Beals, Melba (civil rights activist): 1958-59 SF State U
• Benning, Annette (actress): 1980 SF State U
• Bixby, Bill (actor): 1952 Lowell HS
• Blackman, Joan (actress): 1958 Lincoln HS
• Bortin, Michael (SLA terrorist): 1966 Lowell HS
• Bratt, Benjamin (actor): 1982 Lowell HS
• Brown, Edmund G. "Pat" (politician): 1923 Lowell HS
• Brown, Edmond G. "Jerry" (politician): 1955 St Ignatius HS
• Breyer, Stephen (government): 1955 Lowell HS, 1959 Stanford U
• Bulgo, Linda (actress): 1978 Lincoln HS
• Burton, Phillip (government): 1944 Washington HS
• Carradine, David (actor): SF State U
• Carvey, Dana (actor): Carlmont HS (Belmont); 1979 SF State U
• Channing, Carol (actress): 1934 Aptos Jr. HS; 1938 Lowell  HS
• Cornell, Eric (nobel prize winner): 1980 Lowell HS
• Coyote, Peter (actor): 196? SF State U
• DiMaggio, Joe (sports): Galileo HS (drops out in 1930)
• Eden, Barbara (actress): 1949 Abraham Lincoln HS (aka Barbara Jean Moorhead-Huffman)
• Feinstein, Dianne (politician): 1951 Convent of the Sacred Heart HS, Stanford U
• Fisher, Donald G. (businessman): 1946 Lowell HS
• Fenneman, George (TV announcer): Dec 1937 Polytechnic HS, 1942 SF State U
• Fisher, Don (retailer): 1946 Lowell HS
• Fossey, Dian (animal activist): 1949 Lowell HS
• Fouts, Dan (sports): 1969 St. Ignatius HS
• Garcia, Jerry (singer): Denman Jr. HS 1957; Balboa  HS (drops out in 1958?)
• Gaynor, Janet {aka Laura Gainer} (actress): 1923 Polytechnic HS
• Getty, Gordon (businessman): 1951 St. Ignatius HS
• Glover, Danny (actor): 1965? George Washington HS; 1968 SF State U
• Goldberg, Reuben "Rube" (artist, inventor): 1900 Lowell HS; UC Berkeley
• Guaraldi, Vince (musician): 1946 Lincon HS
• Hall, Charles (inventor of waterbed): 196? SF State U
• Handler, Daniel {aka Lemony Snicket} (author): 1988 Lowell HS
• Herron, Cindy (singer, actress): 1979 Balboa HS
• Hewlett, William (computer business): 1930 Lowell HS; 1934 Stanford U (Eng 1939)
• Holmgren, Mike (sports): 1966 Lincoln HS
• Hulme, Kathryn (writer): 1918 ? HS
• Jones, K.C. (sports):  1951 Commerce HS; 1956 USF
• Links, Marty (cartoonist): 1936 Lowell HS
• Klaber, Herman (victim): 188? (passenger on Titanic 1912)
• Kondazian, Karen (actress, writer, producer): 1958 Lincoln HS
• Mathis, Johnny (singer): 1954 George Washington HS; 1957 SF State U
• Matson, Ollie (sports): 1948 George Washington HS; 1952 USF
• Menist, Robert (military): 1960 Lincoln HS
• Merriwether, Lee (actress): 1953 George Washington HS
• Michelson, Albert (science): 1868 Boys HS
• Miller, Johnny (sports): 1965 Lincoln HS
• Nalbandian, Albert (actor): 1940 George Washington HS
• Paris, Sherrel (musician): 1957 Lincoln HS
• Rice, Anne (writer): 1964 SF State U
• Rozelle, Pete (sports): 1950 USF
• Russell, William "Bill" (sports): 1956 USF
• Salinger, Pierre (journalist, government): 1941 Lowell HS, 1943 USF
• Santana, Carlos (singer): 1965 or 66 Mission HS
• Seifert, George (sports): James Lick, 1958 Polytechnic HS, SF State
• Serra, Richard (artist): 1954 Lincoln HS
• Serra, Tony (legal): 1952 Lincoln HS
• Simpson, Orenthal James "O.J." (sports): 1965? Galileo HS
• St. Clair, Bob (sports): 1948 Polytechnic HS, USF (3 years)
• Tambor, Jeffrey (actor): 1965 Lincoln HS ; SF State U
• Turner, Lana (actress): Presidio Jr. 1934-1935 (aka Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner)
• Van Dyke, Fred (sports): 1949 Lincoln HS
• Venturi, Ken (sports): 1949 Lincoln HS
• Walters, Laurie (actress): 1964 Lincoln HS
• Weinberger, Caspar (politician): 1933 (Fall) Polytechnic HS
• Wong, B.D. (actor): 1978 Lincoln HS

Alameda County

Culp, Robert (actor): 1947 Berkeley HS (Berkeley)

Davis, Belva (journalist): 1951 Berkeley HS (Berkeley)

Eastwood, Clint (actor/director): 1949 Oakland Technical  HS (Oakland)

Eckersly, Dennis (sports): 1972? Washington HS (Fremont)

Edwards, Ralph (show business): 1931? (Oakland), 1935 UC Berkeley

Hanks, Tom (actor): 1974 Skyline HS (Oakland)

LaLanne, Jack (fitness promoter): 1934 Berkeley HS (Berkeley)

Lange, Theodore "Ted" (actor): 1966 Oakland Technical HS (Oakland), SF City College

Lesh, Phil (musician): 1957? Berkeley HS (Berkeley)

London, Jack (writer): 1896 Oakland HS

McNamara, Robert (business, government): 1937 Piedmont HS

Rowell, Galen (photographer): 195_? Berkeley HS

Wilder, Thornton (playright): 1915 Berkeley HS (Berkeley)

Yamaguchi, Kristi: 1989? Mission San Jose HS (Fremont)

Meese, Ed (government): UC Berkeley

Warren, Earl (government):  UC Berkeley

MacNamara, Robert (government): UC Berkeley

Oz, Frank (muppeteer): 1958? Oakland Technical HS (Oakland), Oakland City College (1962)

Peck, Gregory (actor): UC Berkeley

Takei, George (actor): UC Berkeley

Leary, Timothy (education): UC Berkeley

Newsom, Gavin (polician): 198? Redwood HS (Larkspur), 1989 Santa Clara University

Thorne-Smith, Courtney (actress): 1985 Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley)

William, Robin (actor): 1969 Redwood HS (Larkspur)

Beban, Gary (sports): 1964 Sequoia High School (Redwood City)

Buckingham, Lindsay (music): 1967 Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton)

Bonds, Barry (sports): 1982 Junipero Serra HS (San Mateo)

Brady, Tom (sports): 1995 Junipero Serra HS (San Mateo)

Griffin, Merv (show business): 1942 San Mateo HS

Hearst, Patty (victim): 1971? Crystal Springs Upland School (Hillsborough)

Hernandez, Keith (sports): 197? Capuchino HS (San Bruno)

Kristofferson, Kris (actor/singer): 1954 San Mateo HS

Madden, John (sports): 1954 Jefferson HS (Daly City)

Nicks, Stevie (music): 1966 Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton)

Quinlan, Kathleen (actress): 1971-73? Tamalpais High School (Mill Valley)

Schneider, Rob (actor): Terra Nova HS (Pacifica)

Silverstone, Alicia (actress): San Mateo HS

Somers, Suzanne (actress): 1964 Capuchino HS (San Bruno) (aka Suzanne Marie Mahoney)

Swann, Lynn (sports): 1970 Junipero Serra HS (San Mateo)

Ueberroth, Peter V. (sports):  Washington Elementary (Burlingame); 1954/55 Burlingame HS (graduated from a SoCal school)

Weir, Bob (music): Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton)

• Baer, Max Jr. (actor): 195? Santa Clara University
• Baez, Joan (singer): 1958 Palo Alto HS
• Beamer, Todd (victim): 1987 Los Gatos  HS (9/11/01)
• Bingham, Mark (victim): 1988 Los Gatos  HS (9/11/01)
• Cerf, Vincent (inventor): 1965 Stanford U
• Clinton, Chelsea (government): Stanford U
• Connelly, Jennifer (actress): Stanford U
• Danson, Ted (actor): 1970 Stanford U
• DeHavilland, Olivia (actress): 1934 Los Gatos HS
• Dolby, Ray (inventor): 1957 Stanford U
• Haid, Charles (actor):  1961 Palo Alto HS
• Hatcher, Teri (actress): 1982 Fremont  HS (Sunnyvale); De Anza College (Cupertino)
• Heiden, Eric (sports): 1984 Stanford U (MD 91)
• Hoover, Herbert (politics): 1895 Stanford U
• Jobs, Steve (inventor): 1972 Homestead HS (Cupertino), UC Berkeley
• Koppel, Ted (journalist): 1967 Stanford U
• McEnroe, John (sports): Stanford U
• O'Connor, Sandra Day (government): 1950 Stanford U (JD 1952)
• Mondavi, Robert (wine business): 1936 Stanford U
• Packard, David (computer business): 1934 Stanford U (Eng 1939)
• Rehnquist, William (government): 1948 Stanford U (JD 1952)
• Ride, Sally (astronaut): 1973 Stanford U (MS 1975, Ph.D. 1978)
• Savage, Fred (actor): 1999 Stanford U
• Slick, Grace (singer): 1955? Castilleja HS (aka Grace Barnett Wing)
• Schwab, Charles (finance business): Stanford U
• Steinbeck, John (author): Stanford U
• Turow, Scott (author): 1974 Stanford U
• Weaver, Sigourney (actress): 1972 Stanford U
• Woods, Tiger (sports): Stanford U
• Wozniak, Steve (inventor): 1968 Homestead HS (Cupertino), 1986 UC Berkeley

• Lucas, George (director): 1962 Downey  HS (Modesto) [Stanilaus County]
• Marchetti, Gino (sports): Antioch HS, 1952 USF [Contra Costa County]
• Rider, Winona (actress): 1989 Petaluma HS (aka Winona Laura Horowitz) [Sonoma County]