University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is a public, coeducational university situated in suburban Irvine, California. It is one of ten University of California campuses and is commonly known as UCI or UC Irvine.

Notable alumni and students

• Brady Anderson - baseball player
• Nevada Barr - author
• Michael Chabon - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Roy Fielding - Internet pioneer, creator of HTTP 1.1, co-founder of Apache Foundation
• Brian Flemming - director and playwright
• Richard Ford - (M.F.A. 1970) Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Jeremy Harris - former mayor of Honolulu
• Yusef Komunyakaa - (M.F.A. 1980) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
• Bart Kosko (Ph.D. 1987) - intelligent systems expert
• Coco Lee - Chinese Pop Star
• Doug Linton - former MLB pitcher
• Greg Louganis (B.A. 1983) - Olympic gold medalist
• Jon Lovitz - (1979) actor and comedian
• Paul Mockapetris - (Ph.D. 1982) Internet pioneer, inventor of the Domain Name System
• Joseph McGinty Nichol- Director, Co-Creator of The OC
• Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon - magicians, "First Couple of Magic"
• Alice Sebold - (M.F.A.) bestselling novelist, author of The Lovely Bones
• Danzy Senna - (M.F.A.) writer
• Steve Scott - (B.A. 1978) - Olympian
• Phil Tippett- Filmmaker whose credits include Star Wars, Robocop and Jurassic Park, among others
• Thuy Trang - actress, Trini from Power Rangers