Notable Alumni
Pali is the alma mater of many notable individuals, including:
- J.J. Abrams '84 – screenwriter and television show creator
- Alex Alben '76 – author, columnist, Internet executive
- David Baerwald '78 – composer, songwriter, musician, producer
- Scott Alexander – screenwriter
- A. Scott Berg '67 – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
- Jeff Bridges – actor
- Christie Brinkley '72 – Supermodel and spokeswoman
- Jeanie Buss '79 – governor of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). She also serves as the team's executive vice president of business operations.
- Peter DeLuise – actor
- Roy Fegan '79 – actor, Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats
- Chris Ferguson – poker player
- Alex Greenwald – actor and musician
- Susanna Hoffs '76 – member of The Bangles
- Raffi Hovannisian, '77 – first Foreign Minister of the independent Republic of Armenia
- Willa Holland – actress
- Elizabeth Keifer '79 – actress
- Steve Kerr – 5 time NBA Champion
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – actress and director
- Ahmad Ali Lewis- Hip-Hop artist, member of 4th Avenue Jones
- Daniel S. Loeb – hedge fund manager
- Lauren London- actress
- Jeff Madsen – poker player, youngest winner of a World Series of Poker bracelet
- Ron Mael and Russell Mael- musicians (the band Sparks)
- Michael Medved '65 – film critic, radio host, and commentator
- Penelope Ann Miller – actress
- Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson – musicians, formerly of the chart topping early '90s band Nelson
- David Newman – film score composer '71
- Michael Newman – former lifeguard and firefighter, and Baywatch actor
- Thomas Newman – film score composer
- Philip Price (musician) '78 – musician, lead singer of the band Winterpills
- David Roback – musician, Rain Parade, Opal, Mazzy Star.
- Stephen Rosenbaum '83 – two-time Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor
- Katey Sagal – "Married with Children" actress
- Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal – former Doublemint Twins and sisters of Katey Sagal
- Michael Sandel '71 – professor at Harvard
- Jay Schroeder – football, Los Angeles Raiders
- Geoff Schwartz – football, Kansas City Chiefs
- Mitchell Schwartz – football, Cleveland Browns
- Stephen Silberkraus '99 – Businessman, Actor, Politician
- Amy Smart – actress
- Arnie Spanier – sports talk radio host
- Kent Steffes – Olympic gold medalist, beach volleyball (1996), professional beach volleyball player
- Ted Stryker '89 – KROQ-FM DJ
- Syd tha Kyd – DJ producer and singer
- Hallie Todd '79 – actress (maiden name: Hallie Eckstein)
- Michael Trope '69 – trial lawyer co-founder of Trope and Decarolis in Los Angeles. Previous "super" sports agent and as a lawyer won the largest settlement of back child support in U. S. history in 2010 against Las Vegas magnate Kirk Kerkorian.
- Kiki Vandeweghe – 1976, NBA forward and then general manager Denver Nuggets
- David Wallechinsky '65 – author and essayist
- Forest Whitaker '79 Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer
- will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.) – musician, member of The Black Eyed Peas
- Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy) -musician, member of LMFAO
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