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 . 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 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 References List Whittier Whittier, California