Notable Alumni of Alliant International University-San Diego

Huey P. Newton 1942–1989

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party

Also attended: University of California-Santa Cruz, Merritt College

Pat Brown 1905–1996

32nd governor of California

Also attended: University of San Francisco

Child: Jerry Brown (University of California-Berkeley, Santa Clara University)

Child: Kathleen Brown (Fordham University, Stanford University)

Judy Chu 1953–

U.S. Representative from California

Also attended: California State University-Los Angeles, University of California-Los Angeles

John Shelley 1905–1974

35th mayor of San Francisco

Attended until 1932

Najib Balala 1967–

Kenyan politician, former Tourism Cabinet Secretary

Leo T. McCarthy 1930–2007

43rd Lieutenant Governor of California

Also attended: University of San Francisco

Wayne M. Collins 1899–1974

Civil rights lawyer in Japanese American internment cases

Charles Garry 1909–1991

Civil rights attorney who defended Huey P. Newton

Faʻaolesa Katopau Ainuʻu 1963–2026

Samoan lawyer and former minister of justice

Milton Marks 1920–1998

California legislator representing San Francisco for 38 years

Also attended: Stanford University

Kassim Nakibinge 1966–

Ugandan banker and Buganda royal family member

James Clements 1927–2005

Ornithologist, author and businessman

John Barrowman 1967–

Actor and singer, Captain Jack in Doctor Who

Also attended: DePaul University

Oscar Zeta Acosta 1935–1974

Attorney, author and Chicano Movement activist

Also attended: San Francisco State University

Patricia Ja Lee 1975–

Actress who played Pink Ranger Cassie Chan

Also attended: University of California-Riverside

Cheryl Arutt 1966–

Actress and clinical and forensic psychologist

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Dennis Grey 1947–2026

ABA center for Los Angeles Stars and New York Nets

Nigel Lloyd 1961–

Barbadian-British basketball coach and former player

Sergio Albert 1951–

Placekicker for the St. Louis Cardinals

Rade Milutinović 1968–

Former Serbian professional basketball player

Dante Scarnecchia 1948–

Longtime New England Patriots offensive line coach

Maulana Karenga 1941–

Creator of Kwanzaa and Africana studies professor

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles City College, University of Southern California

Lee Carroll 1944–

Channeller and author of Kryon books

Charles E. Blake 1940–

Former Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ

Also attended: Interdenominational Theological Center