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)
 * 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
 * Martika, singer
 * Tim Minear, screenwriter, director
 * Roger Mobley, child actor, moved to Whittier in 1957
 * Lorna Patterson, actress
 * Merle Pertile, Playboy Playmate, January 1962
 * Vaneza Leza Pitynski, actress (The Brothers Garcia)
 * Chuck Prophet, musician (solo artist and founder of the band Green On Red)
 * Dax Reynosa, hip hop and smooth jazz artist and producer, music manager, and film producer
 * Zane Reynosa, hip hop artist and fashion accessory designer
 * 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)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 CA's 31st congressional district. Miller grew up in Whittier.
 * 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

 * Deborah Babashoff, Swimmer
 * Shirley Babashoff, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
 * Chet Brewer, Negro league baseball player
 * George Buehler, football player
 * Mitchell Callahan, hockey player
 * Chuck Cary, baseball player
 * Bob Chandler, football player
 * Dave Dalby, football player, center, Oakland Raiders
 * 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
 * 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
 * Art Sherman (born 1937), horse trainer and jockey
 * Adam Snyder, football player, San Francisco 49ers
 * Jenny Topping, Olympic gold medalist, softball
 * Aaron Valdes (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Al Young, drag racing World Champion & award winning high school teacher
 * Jim Zorn, football quarterback, former coach Washington Redskins
 * Eddie Zosky, baseball player
 * Jared Jones, baseball player

Miscellaneous

 * Milo Burcham, aviator, test pilot
 * Tricia Nixon Cox - daughter of President Nixon
 * Francis A. and Hannah Nixon, parents of President Nixon
 * John Quijada, linguist, constructed language expert
 * Nadya Suleman, mother of the Suleman octuplets (born January 26, 2009)
 * Kerry Thornley, founder of Discordianism