Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889.
Notable alumni
- Daniel Antúnez, soccer player
- Barry Asher, professional bowler
- Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey Into Imagination.
- Billy Bean (1964-2024), played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game.
- Tony Bellamy, Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love"
- Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five
- Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
- John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD
- Gerald P. Carr, astronaut
- The Chantays, surf band, its original members: Bob Spickard, Brian Carman (co-writers of "Pipeline"), Bob Welch, Warren Waters and Rob Marshall
- Placida Gardner Chesley, bacteriologist
- Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six time National League baseball home run champion in the 1910s
- Jeff Cravath, college football coach
- Josephine Cruickshank, tennis player
- Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals
- Don Davis, NFL player
- Clancy Edwards, sprinter
- Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train Dancer 1980-1993
- Delfín Jaranilla, Filipino magistrate
- James Kanno, first mayor of Fountain Valley, California
- Diane Keaton, actress
- Dana and Ginger Lamb, American travel writers
- Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LGBT Activist, called "The greatest American diver in Olympic history."
- Larry Lutz, NFL player
- Patrick McMorris, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins
- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
- Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC Lightweight contender
- Evylena Nunn Miller, painter
- Donn Moomaw, football player, minister
- Jim Musick, NFL player, Orange County Sheriff from 1947 to 1975
- Hal Pangle (1912–1968), NFL running back
- Frostee Rucker, NFL player
- Robert A. Schuller, televangelist
- Chuck Smith, class of 1945, founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa
- Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles
- William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International)
- Jose Vasquez, soccer player
- Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist
- John Ward, football player
References
External links
- Official website
