Which famous people went to the University of California San Diego?

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The names of the people who studied at UCSD are Nick Woodman, Khaled Hosseini, Geoff Abrams, Ricardo Chavira, etc. Below is the list of the other notable people who studied at the university:

Names	Designation
Nathan East	Most recorded bassists in history
DJ Patil	First Chief Data Scientist of the White House
J. Craig Venter	National Medal of Science honoree and one of the first to sequence the human genome
Kate Rubins	NASA Astronaut and the first scientist to sequence DNA in space
Mike Judge	TV and Film Writer and Director
Milana Vayntrub	Actress, Producer, Writer and Humanitarian
Kim Stanley Robinson	American Science Fiction Writer
Khaled Hosseini	Novelist and Physician (Known for his book The Kite Runner)
Nick Woodman	Founded and CEO of GoPro

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