- Bill Handel
Bill Handel 's weekend show, "Handel on the Law," is bold, entertaining and addictive. Bill definitely knows his way around our wacky American legal system, and with a quick wit and razor sharp tongue, offers up advice to countless callers on a weekly basis. Syndicated nationally, Handel has amassed a loyal fan base that continues to grow.
- James Taranto
James Taranto (born 1966) is a Manhattan-based columnist for "The Wall Street Journal" and editor of its online editorial page, OpinionJournal.com. He is best known for his daily online column, entitled "Best of the Web Today", in which he links to and comments on news stories and Web sites submitted by readers. Most of Taranto's commentary is politically oriented and conservative/libertarian in perspective.
- Ron Insana
Ron Insana is currently Senior Analyst for CNBC. He was the anchor of CNBC's "Street Signs", (M-F, 2-3 p.m. ET, which is now anchored by Erin Burnett), and is broadcast live from CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Recently, Insana garnered an exclusive interview with President George W. Bush to discuss the economy, Social Security reform and energy policy. This was the second exclusive interview he has had with the President in two years.
- Lyman Bostock
Lyman Wesley Bostock, Jr. (November 22, 1950 - September 23, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins (1975-77) and California Angels (1978). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
- Eve Plumb
Eve Plumb (b. April 29, 1958) is an American actress. Plumb is best known for her portrayal of Jan Brady in the television sitcom "The Brady Bunch".
- Linda Lingle
Governor Lingle attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Shriners Hospitals for Children in Honolulu, where she thanked the hospital for serving the medical needs of those who need it most - Hawai`i's families and their children. The Governor is serving as the honorary co-chair of Shriners' capital campaign. "People just want to help children, regardless of their background," Governor Lingle said.
- Jon Mullich
Jon Mullich (born 1961 in Los Angeles, California) American actor and playwright who played Gloucester in Reza Abdoh's vision of "King Lear" and Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist" at the Globe Playhouse among other roles before achieving recognition for his performance in the title role of Mark Ringer's production of "Hamlet" in Los Angeles (praised by the Los Angeles Times for its "touches of gallows humor and mocking fatalism"), …
- Adam Kennedy
Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays second base for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kennedy attended J.W. North High School in Riverside, California, playing baseball and basketball. He attended Cal State Northridge, where he played shortstop for the Matador baseball squad. He set school records in career hits, RBIs and batting average and was a three-time All American.
- Shannon Fill
Shannon Fill (born June 13, 1971 in Texas) was a TV actress from 1992 to 1995. She is especially known for her role as Sito Jaxa in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes The First Duty (1992) and Lower Decks (1994). She graduated from California State University Northridge with a BA in Theatre.
- Robert Fick
Robert Charles Fick (born March 15, 1974 in Torrance, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals. The left-handed batter, who throws right-handed, attended California State University at Northridge. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Fick made his Major League debut with the Tigers in 1998. His breakout season came in 2001 when he hit a career-best 19 Home runs.
- Bobby Braswell
Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy.
- Gene Haas
Gene Francis Haas (born November, 1952) is founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation (one of the world's leading CNC machine tool manufacturers). Additionally, he is the owner of a NASCAR team; Haas CNC Racing.
- Teri Garr
Since Garr announced publicly that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she has become a leading advocate in raising awareness for MS and the latest treatments for the disease. She is actively involved with the National MS Society and the MS community, and travels across the United States speaking about her experiences living with MS, empowering others with MS to educate themselves about the disease and to seek treatment early.
- Jenna Elfman
Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American television and film actress.
- Sue Herera
Sue Herera is a television reporter for the CNBC financial television network. She is a graduate of California State University, Northridge.
- Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian/American actor, voice artist, comedian, graphic artist and writer. He first came to widespread attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his roles on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live", afterwards going on to motion pictures, frequent roles on the animated "The Simpsons", …
- Florence Griffith-Joyner
Florence Griffith-Joyner (born Delorez Florence Griffith), also known as Flo-Jo (December 21, 1959 - September 21, 1998) was an American track and field athlete. She is best known for her media flamboyance and setting World Records in the 100 m and 200 m, which still stand as of 2007. Her career was dogged by allegations of drug use, which was speculated to have caused her premature death.
- David Mullich
David: I was just about to accept a job offer from a large game publisher when I noticed a game producer want ad in the Los Angeles Times, from a small company called ISG. I decided to check them out, and learned that they wanted to develop games for CD-I. I was somewhat familiar with the platform, having been invited to demonstrations at PIMA when I worked at Disney, but wasn't very impressed with it as a game machine.
- Cindy Margolis
Cynthia D. "Cindy" Margolis (born October 1, 1965) is an American glamour spokesmodel and actress.
- Stephen Bollenbach
Stephen F. Bollenbach has been the Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation since February 1996. Bollenbach graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Jean-Claude Flabel
Jean-Claude Flabel is the author of the aerospace engineering textbook Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers; a handbook on practical stress analysis which is widely used within the aerospace industry. Jean-Claude Flabel graduated from the California State University, Northridge in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has worked with a number of prominent aerospace companies including Rockwell International, Gulfstream American, …
- Andy Summers
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. Summers's primary guitars are the Fender Telecaster when playing rock, and Gibson electric guitars when playing jazz fusion and jazz. His playing has been influenced by years of jazz and classical music studies, as well as his work in new age, rock, and other musical genres. He was born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England.
- Scott J. Horowitz
Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz (born March 24 1957) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions. After earning his undergraduate degree in engineering from California State University, Northridge in 1974-1978, Horowitz earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1982) and worked as a scientist for Lockheed Company.
- Kentaro Sato
is a Los Angeles-based composer/conductor/clinician of media music (Film/TV/Game) and concert music (Symphonic and Choral). His works have been broadcasted, performed, and recorded in North and South America, Asia, and Europe by well known groups, including the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2005, he was appointed a resident composer and assistant conductor of the Torrance Symphony. Sato was born in Hamamatsu, Japan, known as the city of music and instruments.
- Charles Martin Smith
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American film actor, writer and director. He was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator. Smith spent three years of his youth in Paris, France where his father managed the English-language branch of a French animation studio.
- Joan Chen
Joan Chen Chong (Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen Chong on April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for her roles in "The Last Emperor", "Twin Peaks", "Red Rose, White Rose", "Saving Face", …
- Sherdrick Bonner
Sherdrick Bonner (born October 19, 1968) is a quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers. He went to California State University, Northridge. Throughout his incredible AFL career, he has completed 3,142 passes for 39,549 yards, and 801 touchdowns. He is also the winningest quarterback in AFL history, with 134 regular season victories and 21 playoff wins (as of April 2nd, 2007). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in AFL history.
- Angelle Tymon
Angelle Tymon (born in Lutcher, Louisiana) is an American broadcast journalist and game show host. She currently serves as one of the hosts on GSN's interactive game show "quiznation" in the PlayMania Block. Tymon began her career as a communications student with a minor in dance at Louisiana State University. She performed as a member of the dance team for NFL New Orleans Saints for one year and the NBA New Orleans Hornets for two years.
- Charles Noski
Charles Noski is a current member of the board of directors at Microsoft and Morgan Stanley.
- Richard Alarcón
Richard Alarcón is a California politician, who is currently a Los Angeles City Councilman after having served as a member of the California State Assembly for approximately 3 months. He is a Democrat. Alarcón first served as an assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley before gaining a seat on the Los Angeles City Council to represent the 7th Council District in 1993. One year into his second term as a City Councilman, …
- Alyson Hannigan
Alyson Lee Hannigan (born on March 24, 1974) is an American actress who plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". She is also known for her previous roles as Willow Rosenberg on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and flautist Michelle Flaherty in the "American Pie" film series
- Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom "Mad About You". Hunt began her career in the 1970s as a child actress. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and a regular role in the television series "The Swiss Family Robinson".
- Robert Englund
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947), is an American actor from Glendale, California. He is best known for playing the fictional serial killer, "Freddy Krueger", in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series and the lovable alien character, "Willie", from the miniseries "V".
- James Fortune
James Fortune is a gospel music singer. He is a graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas, and attended Cal State Northridge. He released his critically acclaimed debut cd "You Survived" in January 2005. He was honored at the 19th annual ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards for his hit single "You Survived" off the same album.
- Tim Toyama
Tim Toyama (born in 1952 in Chicago, IL) is a playwright and producer. He is "Sansei" (third-generation Japanese American) presently living in Los Angeles, CA. He is Co-Artistic Director of the Cedar Grove<b> OnStage</b> theatre company in Los Angeles. He attended C.S.U.N. as an English major.
- Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw (b. 23 September 1958, Hollywood, California) is a prolific author, journalist, actor, film director, film producer, musician, and a well-known martial artist.
- Barbara Lea
Barbara Lea (born Barbara LeCoq on April 10 1929 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress and singer.
- Gordon Goodwin
Gordon L. Goodwin (born about 1955) is an American jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor. He now lives in Southern California with his wife Lisa, daughter Madison and two sons Trevor and Garrison.
- Todd Baker
Todd Baker is an American film and television producer. Baker originally set out to be an actor, and attended the State University of New York at Purchase. While there he was pegged into a four-year acting company which included actress Parker Posey. Once out of school he was a one time apartment mate with musician and record producer, Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, of Skinny Puppy fame.
- Chuck Pfarrer
Chuck Pfarrer (born April 13, 1957), is an American author and screenwriter.