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This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Notable faculty members are in the article List of University of California, Santa Barbara faculty.

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Awards, honors, and prize winners

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Nobel laureates

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UCSB Award winners
Carol Greider, B.A. 1983 – 2009 Nobel Prize winner
Michael Douglas, B.A. 1968 – two-time Academy Award winner
Name Degree(s) Prize year Prize field Reason (prize citation) Additional notability
Carol W. Greider B.A. 1983 2009 Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase."[1] molecular biologist/geneticist and distinguished professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Pulitzer Prize

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Name Degree(s) Prize year Prize field Reason (prize citation) Additional notability
David Moats B.A. 1969 2001 Editorial Writing "For his even-handed and influential series of editorials commenting on the divisive issues arising from civil unions for same-sex couples."[2] editor at Rutland Herald and Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Bob Sipchen B.A. 1976 2002 Editorial Writing "For their comprehensive and powerfully written editorials exploring the issues and dilemmas provoked by mentally ill people dwelling on the streets."[3] also a staff member at the Los Angeles Times which won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting
Sanaz Toossi 2013 2023 Drama "For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life."[4] playwright and screenwriter

Academy Awards

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Name Degree(s) Prize year Prize field Additional notability
Michael Douglas B.A. 1968 1976, 1988 Best Picture, Best Actor actor and producer who has also won six Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award
Gwyneth Paltrow attended 1999 Best Actress actress and businesswoman who has also won a Golden Globe Award
Eric Roth 1966 1995 Best Adapted Screenplay screenwriter nominated for 6 Academy Award Best Adapted Screenplays (one win), the second-most in history

Emmy Awards

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Name Degree(s) Prize year Prize field Additional notability
Dante Di Loreto 1984 2010, 2014 Outstanding Television Movie film and television producer who has also won a Daytime Emmy Award and Tony Award
Jason Ross 1993 2003–2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series writer and author

MacArthur Fellows

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The MacArthur Fellows Program is also known as the "MacArthur Fellowship" or "Genius Grant."

Name Degree(s) Prize year Additional notability
Amir Abo-Shaeer B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998, M.Ed. 2001 2010 high school physics teacher and mechanical engineer
Angela Belcher B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1997 2004 materials scientist professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robin Fleming B.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1984 2013 medieval historian and professor at Boston College
Victoria Orphan B.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2002 2016 geobiologist and professor at the California Institute of Technology
Jon Seger B.A. 1969 1987 evolutionary ecologist and professor at the University of Utah
Edith Widder M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1982 2006 oceanographer and marine biologist

Academics

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UCSB Academics
Reza Aslan, Ph.D 2009 – Iranian-American author, commentator and religious scholar

Arts, entertainment, and literature

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UCSB Arts, Entertainment, and Literature Alumni
Benjamin Bratt, B.F.A. 1986 – actor
Josh Elliott, B.A. 1993 – television host
Jack Johnson, B.A. 1997 – musician
Harvey Levin, B.A. 1972 – founder of TMZ

Astronauts

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Athletics

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Jason Lezak

Business leaders and entrepreneurs

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Government, law, and public policy

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Science

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Robert Ballard, B.S. 1965 – discovered the Titanic
Name Degree(s) Notability Ref.
Robert Ballard B.S. 1965 oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic [10]
Alexei Filippenko B.A. 1979 astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley [11]
Benjamin Halpern Ph.D. 2003 marine biologist, ecologist, and 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences winner [12]
John R. Kirtley B.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1976 physicist and co-winner of the 1998 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize [13]
Alison Murray Ph.D. 1998 biochemist and Antarctic researcher [14]
Richard Nelson Ph.D. 1972 cultural anthropologist [15]
Christine Siddoway Ph.D. 1995 geologist, Antarctic researcher [16]
Deborah Steinberg B.A. 1987 biological oceanographer, Antarctic researcher [17]
Amy Wetherby Ph.D. 1982 autism research scientist [18][19]
Dawn Wright Ph.D. 1994 geographer and oceanographer [20]

Other notable alumni

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Robert Mardian
Name Degree(s) Notability Ref.
Steve Barr B.A. 1982 co-founder of Rock the Vote [21][22]
Tracie D. Hall B.A. 1991 executive director of the American Library Association [23]
Kenneth Karmiole B.A. 1968 bookseller and philanthropist [24][25]
Jeff Madsen attended 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year and four-time WSOP bracelet winner [26]
Robert Mardian attended politician and one of the Watergate Seven [27][28]
Kathleen Soliah B.A. c.1969 member of the Symbionese Liberation Army [29][30]

References

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  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009". nobelprize.org. 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Writing". pulitzer.org. 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Writing". pulitzer.org. 2002. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama". pulitzer.org. 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Taxin, Amy (February 13, 2019). "After The 1979 Revolution". Newspapers.com. The Desert Sun. pp. A11, A14. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race". Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI). Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Miami Newsday: "Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich celebrates birth of his seventh child, his second with model Daria Zhukova" Archived 2013-09-16 at the Wayback Machine 14 April 2013
  8. ^ "Chris Cope UFC Bio". Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  9. ^ Bruck, Connie (October 1, 2012). "Cashier Du Cinema". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "Meet Robert Ballard". Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Alexei V. Filippenko Professor of Astronomy". astro.berkeley.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Ben Halpern". Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "John R. Kirtley". kirtleyscientific.com. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  14. ^ "Dr. Alison Murray". Desert Research Institute. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  15. ^ "Alumni PhD Recipients in Anthropology". anth.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  16. ^ "Christine Siddoway Ph.D, Professor of Geology". sites.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  17. ^ "Deborah Steinberg CSX Professor; Dept. Chair, Biological Sciences". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  18. ^ "Amy Wetherby Ph.D." med.fsu.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  19. ^ "Amy Wetherby". orcid.org. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "Go with the Flow". alumni.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  21. ^ Perman, Stacy (April 2005). "Learning Curve". Los Angeles. pp. 50–57. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  22. ^ "Gaucho Alumni in Politics Visit UCSB". thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu. October 18, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  23. ^ "Q&A with Tracie D. Hall '91, ALA's New Executive Director". library.ucsb.edu. July 29, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  24. ^ Karas, Rachel (May 9, 2019). "The Earliest Evidence of Shakespeare in America". Chapman University. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  25. ^ "Endowed Scholarships". Boundless Philanthropy. University of California, Santa Barbara. p. 60. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  26. ^ "Madsen still in the spotlight". ESPN. September 20, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  27. ^ Sullivan, Patricia (July 21, 2006). "Robert Mardian; Attorney Caught Up in Watergate Scandal". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  28. ^ Martin, Douglas (July 22, 2006). "Robert Mardian, 82, Nixon Campaign Lawyer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  29. ^ "'J–B' Cast Announced". El Gaucho. Vol. 48, no. 59. Santa Barbara, California. January 15, 1968. p. 5. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  30. ^ "Olson back home in St. Paul". St. Paul Pioneer Press. March 17, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
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