Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr, BA 1961, Governor of California, former California Attorney General

Steven Chu, PhD 1976, Nobel laureate and former United States Secretary of Energy



Jennifer Granholm, BA 1984, First female Governor of Michigan



Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor



Christina Romer, Professor of Economics, 25th Chairperson of the President's Council of Economic Advisers



Steve Wozniak, BS 1986, co-founder of Apple Computer



Gordon Moore, BS 1950, co-founder of semiconductor company Intel



Eric Schmidt, MS 1979, PhD 1982, Executive Chairman of Google Inc.



Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr, BA 1961, Governor of California, former California Attorney General



Gregory Peck, BA 1939, Academy Award winning actor



Natalie Coughlin, BA 2005, multiple gold medal winning Olympic swimmer



Mostafa Chamran, Ph.D. 1963, Iranian scientist, Vice President and Defense Minister of Iran



Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, BA 1999[127]



Robert McNamara, BA 1937, President of World Bank (1968–1981), United States Secretary of Defense (1961–1968), President of Ford Motor Company (1960)