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