Notable Alumni
- Chris Mills, Retired NBA Player; Played For The Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, And Golden State Warriors
- Steven Adler, musician, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
- Byron Allen, talk show host
- Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
- David Arquette, actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer
- Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician, bassist, trumpet player (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- J. Curtis Counts (1915–1999), Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- James Ellroy, writer
- Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, Major League Baseball player
- Danny Everett, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist 4x400 metres relay
- Janet Fitch, author
- Manuel Franco, lawyer and judge from the television shows La Corte del Pueblo and Juez Franco
- Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
- Michele Greene, actress
- Jerome Hines, opera singer
- Timothy Hutton, actor
- Chanel Iman, model
- Jack Irons, musician, drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, The Wallflowers)
- Jermaine Jackson, musician (Jackson Five)
- Rami Jaffee, keyboardist of The Wallflowers
- David Janssen, actor (The Fugitive)
- Alain Johannes, musician (Anthym, Eleven)
- Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
- Anthony Kiedis, musician, singer, writer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Mila Kunis, actress
- Barry Latman, Major League Baseball player
- Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- Carole Lombard, actress
- Quinn Martin, producer
- Eric Melvin, musician (guitar, accordion) - NOFX
- Roger Montgomery, basketball player and sports agent
- Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
- Ricardo Montalban, actor
- Baby Peggy, child actor later author under name Diana Serra Cary. Attended in the 1930s.
- Judith Reisman, conservative writer
- Mickey Rooney, actor
- Ann Rutherford, actress
- Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom
- Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
- Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher; MVP of the 1959 World Series
- Norm Sherry, major league baseball player
- Slash, musician, guitarist (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
- Hillel Slovak, musician, guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Smear (Cristian Gheorghiu), Contemporary artist, Street artist
- Craig Smith, NBA player for the Portland Trail Blazers
- Phil Spector, record producer
- Peggy Stevenson, Los Angeles City Council member, 1975–85
- Mel Wasserman, education pioneer, founder of CEDU Education
- Zev Yaroslavsky, politician
- Warren Zevon, musician
- Tracii Guns, glam metal guitarist, L.A. Guns
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