The following is a list of individuals associated with Berkeley High School (California) through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.
Notable alumni
Activists
Bob Avakian, 1960, head of Revolutionary Communist Party
David Brower, 1928, president of Sierra Club; founder of Friends of the Earth
John Froines, 1957, Chicago Seven defendant, state track title team member, UCLA professor Bobby Seale, 1954, co-founder of Black Panther Party
Actors
Raymond Burr, 1935, actor
Rafael Casal, actor, writer, producer
Justin Chu Cary, 2000, actor
Robert Culp, 1947, actor
Daveed Diggs, 2000, actor, producer, rapper (Hamilton) Richard Gant, 1961, television and film actor Nina Hartley, 1977, adult film actress Timothy Hutton, 1978, film and television actor Eli Marienthal, 2004, actor Paul Mooney, 1959, actor, comedian Rebecca Romijn, 1990, model, actress Andy Samberg, 1996, actor, former cast member of Saturday Night Live Akiva Schaffer, 1996, comedy writer and director, Saturday Night Live writer and director Jorma Taccone, comedy writer-actor, Saturday Night Live writer Adivi Sesh, Tollywood actor
Artists and photographers
Michael Heizer, 1962, specializes in large-scale sculptures and earth art (or land art) Galen Rowell, 1958, wilderness photographer; did much work for the Sierra Club Bruce Ryan, 1971, production designer Ariel Schrag, 1998, cartoonist/graphic novelist Reuben Heyday Margolin, 1988, artist/kinetic sculptor
Athletes
Chidi Ahanotu, 1988, football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL Shooty Babitt, 1977, Major League Baseball player, Oakland A's Don Barksdale, 1941, All-American basketball player at UCLA; first African-American on US Olympic basketball team (1948); first African-American to play in NBA All-Star game (1953) Rich Barry, Major League Baseball outfielder for Philadelphia Phillies Brittany Boyd, 2011, basketball player Glenn Burke (1970 Athlete of the Year), Major League Baseball player Phil Chenier, basketball player for the Washington Bullets in the 1970s Merv Connors, former MLB player (Chicago White Sox) Je'Rod Cherry, football player; won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots Bill Durkee, 1939, National Basketball League player for the Minneapolis Lakers Jack Faszholz, former MLB player (St.Louis Cardinals) Augie Galan, former MLB outfielder Hal Gilson, former MLB pitcher Jacob Grandison, 2016, College Basketball player for Holy Cross and Illinois Chick Hafey, 1921, Major League Baseball player; won two World Series with St. Louis Cardinals; had first hit in All-Star Game history Kamani Hill, 2004, soccer player; forward for Colorado Rapids Helen Jacobs (1908–1997), tennis player ranked world #1 Ruppert Jones (1973 Athlete of the Year), Major League Baseball player; 2-time All-Star Jack LaLanne, 1935, fitness educator Ray Lamanno, former MLB catcher John Lambert, basketball player at University of Southern California and in NBA Billy Martin, 1946, Major League Baseball player; second baseman for five New York Yankees World Series teams in the 1950s, and manager of four playoff teams (Twins, Yankees, Detroit, A's), including one championship Lawrence McGrew, 1975, football player, linebacker for New England Patriots, New York Giants 1980–1991 Walter Murray, gridiron football player Hannibal Navies, 1995, football player Steve Odom, football player, wide receiver for Green Bay Packers 1974–1977 Gene Ransom, basketball player for University of California, Berkeley Jeff Ransom, former MLB catcher Earl Robinson, former MLB player Claudell Washington, Major League Baseball outfielder Jason Young, former MLB pitcher