List of Loyola High School (Los Angeles) people

This is a list of notable alumni of Loyola High School in Los Angeles.^[1]

Notable alumni and students

Athletics

• 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]
• Alex Johnson - NFL defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts^[9]
• George Kunz - former All-Pro NFL offensive lineman, played for the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Colts.^[10] First team All-American at Notre Dame Fighting Irish football.^[11]
• Tim Layana - late Major League Baseball pitcher and World Series Champion (1990)^[12]
• Ryan Lefebvre - baseball announcer for the Kansas City Royals^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• Jim McAnany - right fielder for Chicago White Sox in 1959 World Series vs. Los Angeles Dodgers^[15][16]
• 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 ^[17]
• Al Pollard - All-American at Army and running back for the Philadelphia Eagles^[18]
• Coleman Shelton - offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, formerly Los Angeles Rams, former All-Pac-12 football player at the University of Washington ^[19]
• Sinjin Smith - pioneer world pro volleyball champion
• Tom Satriano - former Major League Baseball player^[20]
• 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^[21]
• David Torrence - pro runner and American record holder in 1000 meter^[22]
• 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^[23]
• Thomas Welsh - Charlotte Hornets player, former UCLA basketball player, McDonald's All-American^[24]
• Ceyair Wright - college football cornerback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and actor^[25]

Business and economics

• Thomas J. Barrack Jr. - CEO of Colony Capital^[26][27]
• 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)^[28]
• Wilfred Von der Ahe - founder of Von's grocery stores

Arts & entertainment

• 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.^[29]
• 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
• Chet Hanks - actor and musician; son of actor, Tom Hanks
• 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^[30]
• Stuart McClave - director and writer known for On The Line: The Richard Williams Story^[31]
• 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^[32]
• 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^[33]
• Christopher Portugal (known professionally as Thes One) - poet, rapper, and music producer; well known as one-half of musical act People Under the Stairs
• William Schallert - veteran character actor in many films and television shows including Perryr 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

• 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^[34]
• Anthony A. Williams - Mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999–2007

Journalism and media

• Stan Chambers - longtime reporter with KTLA 5, Los Angeles^[35]
• 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

Law

• Paul Boland - associate justice of the California Court of Appeal^[36]
• 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^[37]
• Thomas Girardi - lawyer in the Erin Brockovich case; wife Erika Jayne appears on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills^[38]
• Michael Tynan - judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court^[39]

Educators and religious

• Gordon Bennett S.J. - former Principal and President of Loyola High School and former Catholic bishop in Baltimore and Jamaica^[40]
• Greg Boyle, S.J. - founder of Homeboy Industries^[41]
• Robert J. Henle, S.J. - President of Georgetown University^[42]
• 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
• Stephen Privett, S.J. - President - Verbum Dei High School, Los Angeles, CA^[43]
• Thomas J. Reese, S.J. - 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