List of Harvard-Westlake School alumni

This list of alumni of Harvard-Westlake School includes graduates and students who did not graduate.

• Jonathan Ahdout, actor
• Elisa Albert, author
• Dorothy Arzner, film director ^[1]
• Jillian Banks, musician
• Candice Bergen, actress ^[2]
• Peter Bergman, actor
• Steve Bing, film producer, philanthropist ^[3]
• Brennan Boesch, baseball player ^[4]
• Autumn Burke, California State Assemblymember
• Jessica Capshaw, actress ^[5]
• Mindy Cohn, actress ^[6]
• Jarron Collins, basketball player ^[7]
• Jason Collins, basketball player ^[8]
• Lily Collins, actress and model ^[9]
• Pete Crow-Armstrong, baseball player
• Jamie Lee Curtis, actress ^[10]
• Gray Davis, Governor of California ^[2]
• Emily Deschanel, actress and model
• Ned Doheny, musician
• Dominique Dunne, actress ^[11]
• Breck Eisner, TV and film director
• Tony Fagenson, songwriter, drummer
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr., actor ^[2]
• Beanie Feldstein, actress
• Ayda Field, actress ^[12]
• Stephen Fishbach, contestant on Survivor: Tocantins and Survivor: Cambodia
• Jack Flaherty, baseball player
• Bridget Fonda, actress ^[13]
• Max Fried, baseball player ^[14]
• Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Mayor (2013–2022)
• Scott Garson, basketball coach
• Jean Paul Getty, businessman
• Lucas Giolito, baseball player
• Ashley Grossman, water polo player
• Jake Gyllenhaal, actor ^[2]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress ^[2]
• Julia Hahn, reporter, special assistant to President Trump ^[15]
• H. R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff
• Mark Harmon, actor
• Evan Harris, British Member of Parliament
• Frank C. Hoyt, physicist
• Peter Hudnut, water polo player
• Alex Israel, multimedia artist and writer
• Jon Jaques, basketball player ^[16]
• Johnny Juzang, basketball player
• Twila Kilgore (née Kaufman), soccer coach ^[17]
• Juliette Kayyem, author, TV analyst
• Fran Kranz, actor
• David Ladd, producer and actor
• Phil LaMarr, actor and comedian
• Pepi Lederer, actress and writer ^[18]
• Greta Lee, actress
• June Lockhart, actress ^[19]
• Billie Lourd, actress and daughter of Carrie Fisher ^[20]
• Jon Lovitz, actor ^[21]
• Myrna Loy, actress ^[22]
• Danica McKellar, actress, author ^[23]
• Alex Marlow, Breitbart News editor-in-chief ^[24]
• Jonathan Martin, football player
• Elizabeth Montgomery, actress ^[25]
• Sara Moonves, magazine editor ^[26]
• Tracy Nelson, actress ^[27]
• Masi Oka, actor ^[28]
• Ethan Peck, actor, grandson of actor Gregory Peck ^[29]
• Elvis Perkins, singer, son of actor Anthony Perkins
• Trent Perry, basketball player ^[30]
• Ben Platt, actor
• Spencer Rascoff, co-founder of Zillow, Hotwire, Pacaso, Recon Food; former CEO of Zillow
• Jeff Rake, television producer, screenwriter
• Jason Reitman, Golden Globe-winning screenwriter, director ^[31]
• Sally Ride, astronaut ^[2]
• Ali Riley, soccer player ^[32]
• Josh Satin, retired major league baseball player
• Andrea Savage, actress
• David Sauvage, filmmaker, empath ^[33]
• Jason Segel, actor, screenwriter ^[34]
• Ben Sherwood, president of ABC News ^[35]
• Brad Silberling, film director
• Jacob Soboroff, journalist
• Tori Spelling, actress ^[36]
• Alex Stepheson, basketball player
• Erik Swoope, football player
• David Talbot, author, media entrepreneur ^[37]
• Stephen Talbot, actor; documentary filmmaker, PBS Frontline ^[38]
• Bryce Taylor, basketball player ^[39]
• Shirley Temple, actress, diplomat ^[40]
• Kirk Thatcher
• Alyssa Thompson, soccer player
• Gisele Thompson, soccer player
• Dara Torres, swimmer ^[41]
• Nik Turley, baseball player ^{[42] [ citation needed ]}
• Matthew Weiner, writer ^[43]
• Eric Weinstein, Podcast host and a former managing director at Thiel Capital.
• Douglas Wick, movie producer ^[44]
• Austin Wilson, baseball player ^[45]
• Natalie Winters, White House correspondent
• Jessica Yellin, journalist ^[46]
• Dean Zanuck, motion picture executive and producer

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