List of people from Whittier, California

The following is a list of people who were born in or lived in the city of Whittier, California

Entertainment

• Gary Allan (born Gary Allan Herzberg), country music artist, graduated La Serna High School
• Antagonist, metal band signed to Prosthetic Records
• Andrea Barber, actress (Full House)
• Caprice Bourret, supermodel
• Cold War Kids, indie rock band
• Pete Dee Davison, musician (The Adicts)
• Joy Enriquez, singer, actress (7th Heaven)
• Dana Ferguson, actress and younger sister of Stacy Ferguson
• Funeral Party, punk/rock band
• William Garwood, actor and director of early silent films in the 1910s
• David Hidalgo, musician (Los Lobos)
• Kathy Hilton, actress, socialite, mother of Paris and Nicky Hilton
• Gabriel Iglesias, comedian and actor
• Vic "the Brick" Jacobs, radio personality
• Adrienne Janic, co-host of Overhaulin', model, and Fanta Girl
• Mark Kostabi, composer and artist
• Paul Kostabi, artist, musician, and producer
• John Alan Lasseter, Academy Award–winning animator and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Roger Lodge, actor (host of Blind Date)
• Long Gone John, founder of Sympathy for the Record Industry
• Alex Lopez, drummer for Suicide Silence, signed to Century Media Records
• Martika, singer
• Tim Minear, screenwriter, director
• Lorna Patterson, actress
• Merle Pertile, Playboy Playmate, January 1962
• Vaneza Leza Pitynski, actress (The Brothers Garcia)
• Popoff, hip hop artist
• Chuck Prophet, musician (solo artist and founder of the band Green On Red)
• Ron Shelton, director, screenwriter (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, Tin Cup)
• Eric Stoltz, actor (Memphis Belle, Jerry Maguire, Pulp Fiction)
• Geoff Stults, actor (7th Heaven)
• Lauren Tewes, actress (The Love Boat)
• George Thatcher, trombonist
• Tom Waits, actor, singer-songwriter
• Tina Yothers, actress (Family Ties)
• Michael Sweet musician, Christian rock band (Stryper)
• Robert Sweet musician, Christian rock band (Stryper)
• Oz Fox musician, Christian rock band (Stryper)

Arts and literature

• Horace Bristol, photographer, Life Magazine
• Roberto Chavez, fashion and fine art photographer (member of the Whittier Cultural Arts Commission)
• Firoozeh Dumas, author
• Christine Dzidrums, author
• M.F.K. Fisher, author
• Dave Freeman, author
• Mark Kostabi, painter, left Whittier to be discovered in New York
• Paul Kostabi, artist, musician, and producer
• Carol Lay, artist
• Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect
• Craig McCracken, animator
• Tim Miller, performance artist (member of the NEA Four)
• Cherríe Moraga, poet, essayist, playwright
• Joe Ranft - animator, storyboard artist
• Nicole Stansbury, author
• Diane Wakoski, poet
• X-8, artist, publisher

Government

• George Allen, United States Senator (Virginia)
• Louis Caldera, United States Secretary of the Army
• Ronald B. Cameron, Congressman^[1]
• Raymond F. Chandler, Sergeant Major of the Army, first enlisted commandant of United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
• James Ferguson, Air Force General
• Jacob F. Gerkens - first chief of the LAPD
• Gabriel Green, write-in presidential candidate
• Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States
• Gary Miller, Republican U.S. Representative for California's 31st congressional district. Miller grew up in Whittier.^[2]
• Pat Nixon, First Lady, wife of President Richard Nixon
• Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, played football at Whittier High School and Whittier College
• Pío Pico, last Mexican governor of Alta California
• Anthony Rendon, assemblyman representing California's 63rd State Assembly district

Sports

• Shirley Babashoff, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
• Chet Brewer, Negro League baseball player
• Mitchell Callahan, hockey player
• Chuck Cary, baseball player
• Bob Chandler, football player
• Oscar de la Hoya, Olympic and professional boxing champion
• Andy Etchebarren, baseball player (last man to bat against Sandy Koufax)
• Vince Evans, football quarterback
• Arturo Frias, boxing champion
• Michael Garciaparra, baseball player
• Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player^[3]
• Greg Hancock, speedway champion
• Payton Jordan, coach of 1968 U.S. Olympic track and field
• Mark Kotsay, baseball player
• Dan Owens, football player
• Jamie Quirk, baseball player
• Ante Razov, soccer player
• Anthony Reyes, baseball player
• Kim Rhode, Olympic gold medalist, (double trap and skeet shooter)
• Mark Sanchez, football quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles
• Adam Snyder, football player, San Francisco 49ers
• Jenny Topping, Olympic gold medalist, softball
• Jim Zorn, football quarterback, coach Washington Redskins
• Eddie Zosky, baseball player

Miscellaneous

• Milo Burcham, aviator, test pilot
• Tricia Nixon Cox - daughter of President Nixon
• Francis A. and Hannah Nixon, parents of President Nixon
• William Patterson, Convair executive vice president, Atlas missile engineer
• John Quijada, linguist, constructed language expert
• Nadya Suleman, mother of the Suleman octuplets (born January 26, 2009)
• Kerry Thornley, founder of Discordianism

References

1. "CAMERON, Ronald Brooks, (1927 - 2006)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
2. Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). 2014 Almanac of American Politics. The University of Chicago Press.
3. "Nomar Garciaparra". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012.