Your alma mater and famous people who went there

Wobbie

Ohio University, aka:



nancy cartwright - voice of bart simpson
mike schmidt - MLB HOFer
matt lauer
joe eszterhaus - screenwriter of the classic movie "showgirls"
arsenio hall
richard dean anderson aka mcguyver
ed oneill aka al bundy
paul newman (who knew?)

and many, many more.

F Me In The Brain

USC
Ummm. Is there enough room?

F Me In The Brain
+ all of these people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Southern_California_people

eddiec

Delaware

Joe Flacco, Rich Gannon

Joe Biden, Chris Christie

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

USC
Ummm. Is there enough room?

F Me In The Brain
+ all of these people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Southern_California_people

who, OJ and Al Cowlings?

hedonist

I didn't go to college but for one semester

But before that through Jr. High and HS, shared classes, good times and plenty of bud with Slash, Tracy Ulrich, Steve Adler, and Hillel Slovak's little bro (my sister qualifies for the actual RHCP crew in school).

And holy shit! I just did a search on my high school (Fairfax) -

Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
Byron Allen, talk show host
Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
David Arquette, actor
Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Stephen M.H. Braitman, writer, editor, music appraiser (www.NeedleScreech.com)
Kevin Bell, Basketball Player Fresno State
Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
Gower Champion, director and choreographer
Mike Epstein, major league baseball player
Chuck Essegian, outfielder, 1959 World Champion Dodgers
Steven Gee, Fairfax High School English Teacher, reality star, Winner of Solitary Season One(Solitary (TV series))
Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Timothy Hutton, actor
Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
Jonathan King, editor (Sunset, Sierra, Mother Jones, The Berkeleyan)
Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lenny Kravitz, musician
Mila Kunis, actress
Dave Kushner, musician (Velvet Revolver)
Carole Lombard, actress
Barbara Mujica writer
Bria Myles, model, actress
Chris Mills, professional basketball player
Ricardo Montalban, actor [4]
Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jaclyn Ngan, actress (Freedom Writers)
Alex Thomas, comedian
Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
Mickey Rooney, actor
Serge Alexander, Designer
Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher & MVP of the 1959 World Series
Norm Sherry, major league baseball catcher
Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Craig Smith, basketball player
Joe Shipp, Basketball player Cal Bears
Josh Shipp, Basketball player UCLA Bruins
Liza Snyder, actress
Phil Spector, record producer
Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five
Chanel Iman, supermodel
Lenny Krayzelburg, 2000, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (USA)
Coach Sean M. Higgins Basketball

F Me In The Brain

imalive said:

F Me In The Brain said:

USC
Ummm. Is there enough room?

F Me In The Brain
+ all of these people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Southern_California_people

who, OJ and Al Cowlings?

They would be famous alumni, yes. But if you look at that list you will be blown away.

And Hedo...damn, your high school? Didnt realize you went to Fairfax. Makes sense

Enkidu

Wow, Hedo, I know people who went to Fairfax. That's some list.

InHiding80

Claremont High

Ben Harper
Jessica Alba
the Hughes brothers
Robert Buckley - Same year as me yet I never knew him or had him in my classes. I remember seeing Varsity Blues opening weekend in senior year and he went with some of his friend to the same showing.
Kevin Manwarren - Same year as above but knew him and was in a few classes I had. He's in some comedy troup called Dickheads and been in a few indie bands like Hi Ho Silver Oh. He was in an episode of US of Tara and did some commercials. He was that guy in that Super Bowl commercial with Faith Hill a few years ago and that Taco Bell as with stuff falling on him.

Mt. San Antonio College

Sam Shepherd
Avi of Peyatonix

Chaffey College - Frank Zappa

HesCalledDyer

FSU
Bruce Bochy
Buster Posey

Wait, wait... I didn't go to that FSU, but I couldn't resist.

Enkidu

This guy went to my high school - kind of a super genius. Director of the National Institutes of Health, head of the Human Genome Project. He talks a lot about his science teacher who was so inspirational. I had the same teacher and I was a moron in the class.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins

hedonist

Enkidu said:

Wow, Hedo, I know people who went to Fairfax. That's some list.

E, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we've crossed prior paths through people we knew there.

I think JOEJOEJOE went to Fairfax as well.

eeriepadave

did something similar a few years back
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/188775

hedonist

eeriepadave said:

did something similar a few years back
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/188775

Ha! I was right about JOEx3.

Wobbie

I don't want to derail my own (dying) thread, but for HS, I went with:

Amongst the Ani

ASU

Barry Bonds, James Harden, Wonder Woman (Linda Carter), Jimmy Kimmel, Al Michaels and hundreds of baseball players.

hedonist

imalive said:

I don't want to derail my own (dying) thread, but for HS, I went with:

He was a sick motherfucker in Oz.

Empty Glass

Didn't graduate so I'm not listing them. Lots of NFL'ers went there.

Not to derail the thread, but the op did. Steve Keim graduated from my high school a year ahead of me. He's the GM of the Arizona Cardinals

Thoughts_Arrive

I don't think anyone famous.

PJ_Soul

Simon Fraser University (SFU).
Mostly everyone "famous" who went there are big league Canadian politicians, so most of you wouldn't know them (and the majority of them are, of course, assholes, haha). Plus a bunch of athletes, none of whose names I remember, even though some of you might, lol. But i guess the most famous of all is Terry Fox.

ldent42

I've just googled it and no one I've ever heard of is listed

2-feign-reluctance

University of Missouri. Look em' up yourself! Haha!!

Wobbie

2-feign-reluctance said:

University of Missouri. Look em' up yourself! Haha!!

larry krystowiak?

InHiding80

ldent42 said:

I've just googled it and no one I've ever heard of is listed

Most of the ones I'm not familiar with for college is sports related.

Hobbes

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

chadwick

Hobbes said:

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

your post made me laugh for a minute
nicely done, hobbes

DancedNLaughter

WSU

Edward R. Murrow
Sherman Alexie
Gary Larson (Far Side Cartoonist)
Dolph Lundgren

Hobbes said:

Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

Wow Hobbes, pretty impressive (even for a minute)
I had the grades, but not the $$ to go to Gonzaga. Plus I didn't think I could hack Catholic college!

brianlux

hedonist said:

I didn't go to college but for one semester

But before that through Jr. High and HS, shared classes, good times and plenty of bud with Slash, Tracy Ulrich, Steve Adler, and Hillel Slovak's little bro (my sister qualifies for the actual RHCP crew in school).

And holy shit! I just did a search on my high school (Fairfax) -

Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
Byron Allen, talk show host
Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
David Arquette, actor
Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Stephen M.H. Braitman, writer, editor, music appraiser (www.NeedleScreech.com)
Kevin Bell, Basketball Player Fresno State
Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
Gower Champion, director and choreographer
Mike Epstein, major league baseball player
Chuck Essegian, outfielder, 1959 World Champion Dodgers
Steven Gee, Fairfax High School English Teacher, reality star, Winner of Solitary Season One(Solitary (TV series))
Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Timothy Hutton, actor
Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
Jonathan King, editor (Sunset, Sierra, Mother Jones, The Berkeleyan)
Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lenny Kravitz, musician
Mila Kunis, actress
Dave Kushner, musician (Velvet Revolver)
Carole Lombard, actress
Barbara Mujica writer
Bria Myles, model, actress
Chris Mills, professional basketball player
Ricardo Montalban, actor [4]
Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Jaclyn Ngan, actress (Freedom Writers)
Alex Thomas, comedian
Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
Mickey Rooney, actor
Serge Alexander, Designer
Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher & MVP of the 1959 World Series
Norm Sherry, major league baseball catcher
Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Craig Smith, basketball player
Joe Shipp, Basketball player Cal Bears
Josh Shipp, Basketball player UCLA Bruins
Liza Snyder, actress
Phil Spector, record producer
Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five
Chanel Iman, supermodel
Lenny Krayzelburg, 2000, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (USA)
Coach Sean M. Higgins Basketball

A happnin' place!

brianlux

Interesting notion- never really thought about this beyond the few I've known.
Cubberley High School:
Ron Jones, author of "Acorn People" and whose classroom teaching methods was used to create The Third Wave social movement (also the Film) taught at my high school.
Two drummers in big name bands went to my high school.

San Francisco State University, several but some of the better know names:
Ben Fong-Torres, editor Rolling Stone
Ernest J Gaines, author
Frances Mayes, author
Anne Rice, author
Annette Bening, actor
David Carradine, actor
Dana Carvey, comedian/actor
Peter Coyote, actor, author
Danny Glover, actor
Rob Schneider, comedian/actor
Paul Desmond, musician
George Duke, musician/producer
Vince Guaraldi, musician
Kirk Hammett, Metallica
Dan Hicks, musician
Johnny Mathis, singer
Cal Tjader, musician
Willie Brown, politician
Ron Dellums, former mayor of Oakland
John Handy, musician

CA State Univ. Chico:
Raymond Carver, author
Mark Davis, Raiders owner
John Gardener, (faculty) author

Sonoma State University
Author/historian William C. Davis
Carl Peterson, K. C. Chief's former president & general manager.

Leezestarr313

Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, my list is a little different

Georg Friedrich Händel, composer
Justus Falckner, first Lutheran pastor to be ordained in the US
Dorothea Christiane von Erxleben, first female to get a medical PhD in Germany
Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt, historian
Clemens Brentano, poet
Joseph von Eichendorff, poet
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician
Friedrich Schorlemmer, theologist

dankind

Most results copied from Wikipedia

*knew the person
**good friends
***still friends

Southeast High School (huge football school):

NFL

Todd Williams, OL, Tennessee Titans/Minnesota Vikings

*John Reeves, LB, San Diego Chargers

*Alphonso Roundtree, DB, Miami Dolphins

*Peter Warrick, WR, Cincinnati Bengals/Seattle Seahawks

Adrian McPherson, QB, New Orleans Saints

*Reggie Green, OL, Seattle Seahawks

Ukee Dozier, CB, Minnesota Vikings

Bosley Allen, WR, San Francisco 49ers

Keaton Cromartie, LB, Green Bay Packers

Ahmad Miller, DT, New York Giants

Steve Cucci, TE, Atlanta Falcons

Ryan Rantz, WR, New England Patriots

Mike Jenkins, CB, 2008 Dallas Cowboys 1st Round Draft Pick

Julius Wilson, OL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rod Harper, WR, New Orleans Saints

AJ Love, WR, Minnesota Vikings

Jon Hoag, K, Oakland Raiders


MLB

*Joe Mays, P, Minnesota Twins (2001 MLB All Star)/Kansas City Royals/Cincinnati Reds

Bruce Westbrook, P, Pittsburgh Pirates


NBA

**Clifford Rozier, Golden State Warriors


Entertainment

Sarah Glendening, All My Children and As the World Turns

Erin Collett, Dancing with the Stars and Champion Season 4



Stetson University (good baseball program):

MLB

Brian Bocock, Philadelphia Phillies

Jacob deGrom, New York Mets, 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Award Winner

Lenny DiNardo , Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals

Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians, 2014 AL CY Young Award Winner

*Kevin Nicholson, San Diego Padres, 2004 Olympian (Canada)


NBA

Lorenzo Williams, Hornets, Magic, Mavs, Wizards


Entertainment

Jeff Bowen, author and star of Broadway play title of show

Wilma Burgess, American country music singer; charted six singles on Billboard country charts in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ted Cassidy, actor who played Lurch on The Addams Family

*Andy Dehnart, journalist, blogger, reality television critic, creator of http://www.realityblurred.com

*Melodee DeVevo, member of Dove Award-winning band Casting Crowns

Avantika Hari, filmmaker, writer and director of the award-winning Land Gold Women

Britt McHenry, ESPN Reporter

**Lisa Molinaro, violist, multi-instrumentalist, Modest Mouse

***Dexter Palmer, author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion and the forthcoming Version Control


Emerson College (mostly funny people):

Too many to mention, but I'll list Henry Winkler, Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Norman Lear, Bill Burr, Jay Leno, Paul Thomas Anderson, Andy Wachowski, Mario Cantone, Brandon Lee, Steve Sweeney, Joe Randazzo, David Cross, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Coolidge, Spalding Gray, Laura Kightlinger.

Annafalk

Impressive lists everyone , I went to the same school as Pelle Almqvist and the rest of the group The Hives. I'm not sure if they're still playing.