Who do you think is Berkeley's most prominent alumnus/alumna?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Well if you look at the most famous in Asia, probably Masayoshi Son and Richard Li</p>

<p>For one month, Masayoshi was richer than Bill Gates listed by Forbe’s magazine. So was the richest man in the world at one point. And Richard Li, I think he’s like one of the richest people in Hong Kong or something. </p>

<p>Actually, there’s probably more famous people than that. </p>

<p>I’d say John Cho or Will Yun Lee are more famous than William Hung. lolz</p>

<p>But yeah, I think most of the famous people from Berkeley are either academics/nobel prize winners, rich businessmen, activists, founders of silicon valley, athletes, or groundbreaking actors/actresses. I can’t think of any famous politicians from Berkeley. They would probably not be aggressive and corrupt enough to make it in politics.</p>

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<p>Lawls. . . . . .</p>

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<p>Definitely Woz.</p>

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<p>Of all time…Chief Justice Earl Warren
Governor of California
Brown vs Board
Warren Commission</p>

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<p>Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan is a Berkeley alumna. </p>

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<p>Did Richard Li really graduate from Berkeley? I know he lied about graduating from Stanford.</p>

<p>[BBC</a> News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Net tycoon never got Stanford degree](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1236090.stm]BBC”>BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Net tycoon never got Stanford degree)</p>

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<p>I suspect it has to be Hollywood legend Gregory Peck.</p>

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<p>I remember ur id. lolz. been years since i been here. </p>

<p>yeah, but no one super famous. like ex-presidents. </p>

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<p>Dunno if he graduated. But my good friend met up with him in Hong Kong, said the guy had two blond girls in each arm. lolz and said he tells people that he went to Berkeley.</p>

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<p>No way. A true blue would never lie about graduating from LSJU xP jkjk</p>

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<p>I also got the same impression that Richard Li went to Berkeley. In fact, his name is quite synonymous to Berkeley in Asia. I didn’t even know that there was a rumor about him having gone to and graduated from Stanford.</p>

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<p>Here’s two of the more accomplished (and somewhat obscure):</p>

<p>Helen Willis Moody- described as “the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete,” she was a female tennis professionial who won 31 Grand Slam titles, including eight singles titles at Wimbledon and seven singles at the U.S. Open. Also won a pair of gold medals at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. In 1998, Willis bequeathed $10 million to Cal to fund the establishment of the Helen Wilis Neuroscience Institute, which is now home to more than 40 faculty researchers and 36 graduate students. </p>

<p>Norman Mineta- Asian-American trailblazer, Japanese born in San Jose, family was placed in internment camp during WWII, former Bowles resident and Cal alumnus '53, lifelong politican. Elected as Mayor of San Jose in 1971, becoming first AA mayor of major US city, served in the US House of Representatives for 20 years from 1975 to 1995, became first AA to hold position in presidential cabinet when he became Secretary of Commerce in 2000 and also became the highest-ranking AA official in American history (10th in presidential succession line), was longest-serving Secretary of Transportation and held position during September 11 attacks. Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom. San Jose’s airport renamed Norman Y. Mineta International Airport in 2001. </p>

<p>Others: Stephen Bechtel (founder of world’s largest constructional engineering firm-- Bechtel Corporation, $39 billion annual revenues), Jerry Brown (CA Attorney General, former Governor, former Mayor of Oakland), Natalie Coughlin (fifth most decorated female Olympian in history, 11 medals), Tony Gonzalez (best TE in NFL history), Walter Haas Jr. (President of Levi Strauss & Co., owner of Oakland Athletics), Kevin Johnson (NBA All-Star, current Mayor of Sacramento), Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense during Vietnam War, President of World Bank), Brigadier General James Doolittle (“Doolittle Raids” of Japan, Medal of Honor recipient), Gordon Moore (co-founder of Intel Corp., $3.7 billion personal net worth), Pete Wilson (Governor of California), Jason Kidd (Olympic gold medalist, top 5 PG’s all-time), Gregory Peck (#12 on AFI’s greatest male actors all-time, Atticus Finch!)</p>