List of Loyola High School (Los Angeles) people
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This is a list of notable alumni of Loyola High School in Los Angeles.[1]
Notable alumni and students
[edit]Athletics
[edit]- Toby Bailey - former UCLA basketball player and 1995 NCAA champion, former NBA player[2]
- Gordon Banks - former NFL and USFL wide receiver[3]
- Anthony Barr - former UCLA All-American outside linebacker, drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, starting OLB in 2016 Pro Bowl[4]
- Myles Bryant - defensive back for the New England Patriots, former All-Pac-12 football player at the University of Washington[5]
- Chris Conte - safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, formerly at Cal and Chicago Bears
- Garrett Cooper - first baseman for the San Diego Padres
- Danny Farmer - former UCLA football player and university record holder for most yards receiving, former NFL player[6]
- Stefan Flintoft - CFL punter[7]
- Jeff Grau - former NFL tight end/long snapper for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.[8]
- George Kunz - former All-Pro NFL offensive lineman, played for the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Colts.[9] First team All-American at Notre Dame Fighting Irish football.[10]
- Tim Layana - late Major League Baseball pitcher and World Series Champion (1990)[11]
- Ryan Lefebvre - baseball announcer for the Kansas City Royals[12]
- David Long - cornerback for the Las Vegas Raiders, formerly with the Los Angeles Rams, former All-Big Ten football player at the University of Michigan.[13]
- Jim McAnany - right fielder for Chicago White Sox in 1959 World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers[14][15]
- Kevin Parada - professional baseball player in the New York Mets organization and first round pick in the MLB Draft
- George Paton - general manager of the Denver Broncos and former UCLA football player [16]
- Al Pollard - All-American at Army and running back for the Philadelphia Eagles[17]
- Coleman Shelton - offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, formerly Los Angeles Rams, former All-Pac-12 football player at the University of Washington [18]
- Sinjin Smith - pioneer world pro volleyball champion
- Tom Satriano - former Major League Baseball player[19]
- Fred Snodgrass - outfielder for the New York Giants and appeared in the 1912 World Series; later Mayor of Oxnard, California
- Hollis Thompson - former Georgetown basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard[20]
- David Torrence - pro runner and American record holder in 1000 meter[21]
- Matt Ware - former UCLA quarterback and safety with the Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals and Toronto Argonauts
- Thomas Weber - former Arizona State football player and 2007 Lou Groza Award winner as the NCAA's top placekicker[22]
- Thomas Welsh - Charlotte Hornets player, former UCLA basketball player, McDonald's All-American[23]
Business and economics
[edit]- Thomas J. Barrack Jr. - CEO of Colony Capital[24][25]
- James Barrett - founder of Chateau Montelena
- Jerry Grundhofer - former CEO and chairman of U.S. Bancorp
- John F. Grundhofer - retired chairman and CEO, U.S. Bancorp
- Enrique Hernandez Jr. - CEO of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and non-executive chairman of McDonald's
- William J. McMorrow - chairman and CEO, Kennedy Wilson
- Edward P. Roski - founder of Majestic Realty Co., billionaire, 163rd richest American (2008)[26]
- Wilfred Von der Ahe - founder of Von's grocery stores
- Gregory Q. Breen - Hermosa Beach Mayor
Arts & entertainment
[edit]- Andy Ackerman - multiple Emmy-winning director of Cheers, Seinfeld, WKRP in Cincinnati, Wings, The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Aron - singer and member of the boy band NU'EST
- Bob Beemer - multiple Academy Award-winning sound mixer
- Brendan O'Brien - actor and voice actor, voice of Crash Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series from 1996 to 2004.[27]
- Roddy Bottum - founder member of, and keyboardist in, alternative rock bands Faith No More and Imperial Teen
- James Brown - painter known for rough semi-figurative paintings
- Clifton Collins Jr. - award-winning actor Traffic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- John Debney - Emmy-winning music composer for Disney and The Passion of the Christ
- Bill Gould - founder member of, and bassist in, alternative rock band Faith No More; music producer, sound engineer and record label proprietor
- Chris Hardwick - CEO of Nerdist Industries, comedian, actor, television host of @midnight with Chris Hardwick
- Michael Keenan - actor (Picket Fences), stage director, and professor of acting at the University of Southern California[28]
- Stuart McClave - director and writer known for On The Line: The Richard Williams Story[29]
- Dan McCleary - artist; founder of Art Division, a nonprofit offering arts training, academic and career support to young adults in the MacArthur Park community in Los Angeles
- Dennis McNeil - singer
- Peter Miles - actor
- Patrick Muldoon - actor in film Starship Troopers and television show Days of Our Lives[30]
- Paul Nassif - plastic surgeon, star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Botched, and Botched by Nature
- Daniel Olivas - award-winning author and attorney
- Tony Plana - actor in films and on television show Ugly Betty[31]
- William Schallert - veteran character actor in many films and television shows including Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Waltons, Hawaii Five-O, Quincy, M.E., The Partridge Family and Bonanza
- Jeff von der Schmidt - Grammy Award-winning conductor, founding artistic director of Southwest Chamber Music and the LA International New Music Festival
- Michael Wayne - film producer, son of Hollywood legend and founder of the John Wayne Cancer Institute
- Patrick Wayne - veteran motion picture and television actor began career in Rio Grande with his father John Wayne
Government, activism and politics
[edit]- Gene Baur - Farm Sanctuary President and co-founder
- Eugene Biscailuz - former Los Angeles County Sheriff and organizer of the California Highway Patrol
- John M. Costello - member of US Congress and Democratic Party candidate for US President
- Isidore Dockweiler - served on the US Board of Indian Commissioners and Los Angeles City Library Commission; nominated John Costello as US presidential candidate
- John Dockweiler - former Los Angeles District Attorney
- Bob Dornan - "B-1 Bob"; vocal US congressman from the South Bay for many years
- Mike Gatto - California State Assemblyman
- Mike Levin - Congressman from California's 49th congressional district
- Nick Pacheco - Councilmember, City of Los Angeles (1999-2003); ASUC Executive Vice-president, UC Berkeley (1984-1985); Co-founder, CAL Students for Equal Rights & a Valid Education (CalSERVE), UC Berkeley (1984)
- Steve Pavlina - personal development blogger, motivational speaker, author
- Gerardo Sandoval - former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and current judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court
- Alexander-Martin Sardina - German former member of parliament, attended the LHS in 1990 as an exchange student
- Bob Shrum - Senior Advisor to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign[32]
- Anthony A. Williams - Mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999–2007
Journalism and media
[edit]- Stan Chambers - longtime reporter with KTLA 5, Los Angeles[33]
- Josh Elliot - television journalist
- George Herriman - pioneering cartoonist and creator of the "Krazy Kat" strip for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner
- Ryan Jacobs - Deputy Editor of Pacific Standard magazine; writer for magazines including The Atlantic and Mother Jones; author of The Truffle Underground
- Geoff Miller - founder of Los Angeles Magazine
- Daniel Olivas - award-winning author, book critic, and attorney
- Lawrence Ross, Jr. - Los Angeles Times best selling author, college lecturer
- S. S. Van Dine - born Willard Huntington Wright; pioneer Los Angeles "noir" detective writer
- Charles Glass - author and former ABC News Chief Mideast Correspondent
- Mike Wiser - Emmy award winning producer at PBS Frontline
Law
[edit]- Paul Boland - associate justice of the California Court of Appeal[34]
- William Byrne - judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, presided over the trial of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg[35]
- Thomas Girardi - lawyer in the Erin Brockovich case; wife Erika Jayne appears on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills[36]
- Michael Tynan - judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court[37]
Educators and religious
[edit]- Gordon Bennett - former Principal and President of Loyola High School and former Catholic bishop in Baltimore and Jamaica[38]
- Greg Boyle - founder of Homeboy Industries[39]
- Robert J. Henle - President of Georgetown University[40]
- Joseph Sarsfield Glass C.M. - 10th President of St. Vincent's College
- George H. Minamiki, S.J. - theologian and educator at the University of Notre Dame
- Mark R. Nemec (1987) - 9th President of Fairfield University
- Jared Marc Gonzales - Filipino Catholic, phi alpha delta affiliate
- Stephen Privett - President - Verbum Dei High School, Los Angeles, CA[41]
- Thomas J. Reese - writer, editor and commentator on church affairs; President Obama appointed him to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Jonathan Veitch - 15th President of Occidental College
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- ^ "Gordon Banks Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Minnesota Vikings draft Anthony Barr with No. 9 pick". NFL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Myles Bryant (CB): Bio, News, Stats & more". www.patriots.com. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "NFL Players". NFL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Stefan Flintoft - Football". UCLA.
- ^ "Jeff Grau Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "George Kunz Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ "George Kunz College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ "Tim Layana Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "KcFootprints.com". www.kcfootprints.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "David Long (DB): Bio, News, Stats & more". www.therams.com. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
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- ^ Gonzales, Mark. "Services held for 1959 White Sox World Series member Jim McAnany". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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- ^ "Friends in High Places" (PDF). Marshall Magazine. Summer 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
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