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The following is a list of people who were born in or lived in the city of
Whittier, California
Entertainment
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Gary Allan (born Gary Allan Herzberg), country music artist, graduated La Serna High School
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Antagonist, metal band signed to
Prosthetic Records
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Andrea Barber, actress (
Full House)
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Caprice Bourret, supermodel
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Cold War Kids, indie rock band
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Pete Dee Davison, musician (
The Adicts)
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Joy Enriquez, singer, actress (
7th Heaven)
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Funeral Party, punk/rock band
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William Garwood, actor and director of early silent films in the 1910s
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David Hidalgo, musician (
Los Lobos)
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Kathy Hilton, actress, socialite, mother of
Paris and
Nicky Hilton
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Gabriel Iglesias, comedian and actor
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Vic "the Brick" Jacobs, radio personality
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Adrienne Janic, co-host of Overhaulin', model, and Fanta Girl
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Mark Kostabi, composer and artist
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Paul Kostabi, artist, musician, and producer
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John Alan Lasseter, Academy Award–winning animator and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios
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Roger Lodge, actor (host of
Blind Date)
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Long Gone John, founder of
Sympathy for the Record Industry
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Martika, singer
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Tim Minear, screenwriter, director
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Roger Mobley,
child actor, moved to Whittier in 1957
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Lorna Patterson, actress
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Merle Pertile,
Playboy Playmate, January 1962
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Vaneza Leza Pitynski, actress (
The Brothers Garcia)
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Chuck Prophet, musician (solo artist and founder of the band Green On Red)
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Dax Reynosa, hip hop and smooth jazz artist and producer, music manager, and film producer
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Zane Reynosa, hip hop artist and fashion accessory designer
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Ron Shelton, director, screenwriter (
Bull Durham,
White Men Can't Jump,
Tin Cup)
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Eric Stoltz, actor (
Memphis Belle,
Jerry Maguire,
Pulp Fiction)
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Geoff Stults, actor (
7th Heaven)
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Lauren Tewes, actress (
The Love Boat)
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Tom Waits, actor, singer-songwriter
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Tina Yothers, actress (
Family Ties)
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Michael Sweet musician, Christian rock band (
Stryper)
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Robert Sweet musician, Christian rock band (
Stryper)
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Oz Fox musician, Christian rock band (
Stryper)
Arts and literature
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Horace Bristol, photographer,
Life Magazine
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Firoozeh Dumas, author
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Christine Dzidrums, author
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M.F.K. Fisher, author
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Dave Freeman, author
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Mark Kostabi, painter, left Whittier to be discovered in New York
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Paul Kostabi, artist, musician, and producer
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Carol Lay, artist
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Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect
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Craig McCracken, animator
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Tim Miller, performance artist (member of the
NEA Four)
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Cherríe Moraga, poet, essayist, playwright
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Joe Ranft - animator, storyboard artist
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Nicole Stansbury, author
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Diane Wakoski, poet
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X-8, artist, publisher
Government
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George Allen, United States Senator (Virginia)
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Louis Caldera,
United States Secretary of the Army
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Ronald B. Cameron, Congressman
[1]
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Raymond F. Chandler, Sergeant Major of the Army, first enlisted commandant of
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
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James Ferguson, Air Force General
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Jacob F. Gerkens - first chief of the
LAPD
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Gabriel Green, write-in presidential candidate
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Lou Henry Hoover, wife of
Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States
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Gary Miller,
Republican
U.S. Representative for
California's 31st congressional district. Miller grew up in Whittier.
[2]
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Pat Nixon, First Lady, wife of President Richard Nixon
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Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, played football at
Whittier High School and
Whittier College
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Pío Pico, last Mexican governor of
Alta California
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Anthony Rendon, assemblyman representing
California's 63rd State Assembly district
Sports
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Deborah Babashoff, Swimmer
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Shirley Babashoff, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
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Chet Brewer, Negro league baseball player
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George Buehler, football player
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Mitchell Callahan, hockey player
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Chuck Cary, baseball player
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Bob Chandler, football player
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Dave Dalby, football player, center,
Oakland Raiders
[3]
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Oscar De La Hoya, Olympic and professional boxing champion
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Andy Etchebarren, baseball player (last man to bat against
Sandy Koufax)
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Vince Evans, football quarterback
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Arturo Frias, boxing champion
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Michael Garciaparra, baseball player
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Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player
[4]
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Greg Hancock, speedway champion
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Payton Jordan, coach of 1968 U.S. Olympic track and field
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Mark Kotsay, baseball player
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Dan Owens, football player
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Jamie Quirk, baseball player
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Ante Razov, soccer player
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Anthony Reyes, baseball player
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Kim Rhode, Olympic gold medalist, (
double trap and
skeet shooter)
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Mark Sanchez, football quarterback,
Philadelphia Eagles
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Art Sherman (born 1937), horse trainer and jockey
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Adam Snyder, football player,
San Francisco 49ers
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Jenny Topping, Olympic gold medalist, softball
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Aaron Valdes (born 1993), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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Al Young, drag racing World Champion & award winning high school teacher
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Jim Zorn, football quarterback, former coach
Washington Redskins
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Eddie Zosky, baseball player
Miscellaneous
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