UCLA Faculty
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Nobel Laureates
- Paul Boyer, Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1997)
- Donald Cram (1919–2001), Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1987)
- Louis Ignarro, Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Nobel Laureate (Medicine, 1998)
- Willard Libby (1908–1980), Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1960)
- Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher and Nobel Laureate (Literature, 1950)
- Julian Schwinger, Professor of Physics, Nobel Laureate (Physics, 1965)
Social Science, Arts and Humanities
- Joyce Appleby – U.S. historian; specialist in intellectual history and the legacy of liberalism
- Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
- Carlo Ginzburg – European historian; pioneer of microhistory
- Juan Gomez-Quinones – U.S. historian; specialist in Chicano history
- Arnold Schoenberg, professor of music, composer
- Eugene Victor Wolfenstein – professor of political science, author of Psychoanalytic-Marxism: Groundwork
- Eugen Weber – historian, author of Peasants Into Frenchmen
Science and Technology
- George Ogden Abell, professor of astronomy, astronomer
- Alonzo Church, known for the lambda calculus used in computing
- Leonard Kleinrock, professor of computer science and Internet pioneer
- Alan Kay, professor of computer science
Athletics
- Larry Brown, men's basketball coach; currently NBA coach
- John Wooden, men's basketball coach, won 10 NCAA championships
Politics
- Michael Dukakis – professor of policy studies, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential candidate.
- Al Gore – professor of policy studies, former vice-president of the United States of America
Medicine
- Michael Gottlieb – The first physician to diagnose AIDS
Business and Law
- William Ouchi, Management professor and best-selling author
- Eugene Volokh – Professor of Law, prominent expert on the First Amendment