- Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961, in Northridge, California, USA) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Kelly Leak, the motorcycle-riding, cigarette-smoking little leaguer in "The Bad News Bears" and its sequels. Haley has appeared in numerous films, including "Damnation Alley", "The Day of the Locust", and "Losin' It", as well as guest roles on TV. - J. D. Power
J.D. Power III (born as James David Power on May 30, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is the founder of the marketing firm J.D. Power and Associates. Mr. Power began conducting customer satisfaction research in 1968 as founder of the marketing information firm J.D. Power and Associates. The firm numbers among its clients virtually every automotive manufacturer and importer serving the U.S. market, … - Jered Weaver
Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. He also won college baseball's top pitching honor, the Roger Clemens Award. He was also named first-team All-American by Baseball America in 2004 as a starting pitcher. - Jeff Weaver
Jeffrey Charles Weaver (born August 22, 1976 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He has also pitched for the Detroit Tigers (1999-2002), New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and St. Louis Cardinals. Weaver was drafted by Detroit in the first round of the 1998 amateur draft and made his Major League debut a year later. - Vern Bullough
Vern Leroy Bullough was an American historian and sexologist. He was a distinguished professor emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY), an Outstanding Professor in the California State University, a past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, past Dean of natural and social sciences at the SUNY College in Buffalo, New York, and one of the founders of the American Association for the History of Nursing. - 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, … - Crystal Ray
Crystal Ray (born August 28, 1982 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is a former American pornographic actress. Ray made her debut in adult films in 2002. - Azura Skye
Azura Skye (born Azura Dawn Storozynski, November 8 1981 in Northridge, California) is an American actress best known for her role as 'Jane' in the two season TV Show "Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane" and for her appearance as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". - Chris Seddon
Christopher Jon Seddon (born October 13, 1983 in Northridge, California) is a pitcher in the minor league system of the Florida Marlins. He is currently on the Marlins 40 man roster, and is playing for the Carolina Mudcats. - Carmine Coppola
Carmine Coppola (June 11, 1910 - April 26, 1991) was an Oscar-winning, Golden Globe-winning and Bafta Award-nominated American composer, editor, musical director, and songwriter. Coppola was a composer and conductor who contributed to many of the musical scores in "The Godfather, Part II" and "Apocalypse Now". - Vicki Peterson
Vicki Peterson (born Victoria Anne Theresa Peterson, 11 January 1958, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is a U.S. pop musician (guitar, vocals). In 1981 she founded The Bangs, later renamed The Bangles, with her sister Debbi Peterson, and Susanna Hoffs. After The Bangles disbanded in 1989, Peterson played with the Continental Drifters and The Psycho Sisters, in both cases alongside Susan Cowsill (whose brother John became her husband in October 2003). - Lesley Boone
Lesley Boone (born February 25, 1968) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, California, she later attended California State University, Northridge at Northridge. Following graduation, she earned her S.A.G. card after appearing on an episode of "Hooperman". Since then, Boone has acted in television and film, as well as being a voice actor, singer and dancer. Her first lead role in a television series as regular was in 1990 on the sitcom "Babes". - Debbi Peterson
Deborah Mary 'Debbi' Peterson (born 22 August 1961, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA) is the younger sister of Vicki Peterson, and the drummer of the all-girl group, The Bangles. She had already established her first band in high school, and started a solo career after the separation of The Bangles in 1990. However, this was not very successful. In 1995, she formed the short-lived duo Kindred Spirit with Siobhan Maher, formerly of River City People. - Fred Katz
Fred Katz (born February 25, 1919) is an American composer, songwriter, conductor, cellist, and professor. Katz was classically trained at the cello and piano and began his career in a number of classical and swing orchestras. In the early 1950s, Katz accompanied singers such as Lena Horne, Tony Bennett and Frankie Laine. From 1955 through 1958, he was a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. He also recorded several solo albums for Pacific Jazz, Warner Bros., … - Linda Fratianne
Linda Sue Fratianne (born August 2, 1960 in Los Angeles-Northridge, California, U.S.) was an American Olympic figure skater, who won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977-1980). - Peter Tripp
Peter Tripp (born June 11, 1926, in Port Chester, N.Y., died January 31 2000 in Northridge, California) was a Top-40 countdown radio personality from the mid 1950s, whose career peaked with his 1959 record breaking 201 hour "wakeathon" (working on the radio non-stop without sleep to benefit the March of Dimes). For much of the stunt, he sat in a glass booth in Times Square. After a few days he began to hallucinate, … - Krissy Carlson
Krissy Carlson was born on August 10, 1979, in Covina, California, USA. She was educated at St. Lucy's Priory High School, an all-girls' Catholic School in Glendora, Krissy grew up in La Verne, California, with her parents Jan and Robert and two older siblings, Jenny and Tim. After graduating from high school, Krissy studied at California State University in Northridge for a year. Early jobs includes working at a gym and being a lifeguard at Raging Waters. - David C. Lane
David Christopher Lane (b. April 29, 1956, Burbank, California) is a professor of philosophy and sociology at Mt. San Antonio College, in Walnut, California. He has a Ph.D. and an M.A. in the sociology of knowledge from the University of California at San Diego. Additionally, he has another M.A. in the history and phenomenology of religion from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and a B.A. from California State University, Northridge. - Henry Rowland
Henry Rowland (b. December 28, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska - d. April 26, 1984 in Northridge, California) was a film actor. Rowland had heavily Teutonic facial features, making him an invaluable commodity in wartime films, even though he was born in the American Midwest. Rowland "heiled" and "achtunged" his way through films ranging such as "Casablanca" to Russ Meyer's "Supervixens". - Ruth Aproberts
Ruth apRoberts (née Ruth Heyer was a Canadian scholar of Victorian and religious literature. Her work focused on 19th-century British literature as it intersected with philosophical issues and spiritual traditions. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1919, she received her bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and her master's degree from UC Berkeley. After raising her four children, she received her Ph. D. in English from UCLA. - Anisha Nicole
Anisha Nicole Gwynn, (born August 8, 1985 in San Diego, California) known best by her stagenames Anisha Nicole and Nee-Nee Gwynn, is an R&B/hip hop pop-artist. Her father is Tony Gwynn, former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres. Her brother, Tony Gwynn Jr., is currently an outfielder with the Milwaukee Brewers. - Stephen Lodge
Stephen Lodge is an American author, television screenwriter and actor; also a former costumer and stuntman to the industry. He was born on 6 February 1943 in the Northridge area of California, USA. - Dominique Amestoy
Domingo Amestoy was a Basque banker, one of the original founders to provide the financing for the historic Farmers and Merchants Bank in downtown Los Angeles, California, in 1871. For his contributions to Los Angeles, Amestoy Avenue in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles was named in his honor. Amestoy Avenue runs North-South through the neighborhoods of Encino, Reseda, Northridge, … - 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. - 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. - Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg is his ninth year calling play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Enberg joined CBS Sports in January 2000 as play-by-play announcer for THE NFL ON CBS, college basketball and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. He also contributes to the Masters and PGA Championship broadcasts. For the second straight year, Enberg also will call Thursday night NFL games on Westwood One and CBS Radio Sports. - Cindy Margolis
Cynthia D. "Cindy" Margolis (born October 1, 1965) is an American glamour spokesmodel and actress. - Cheech Marin
Richard "Cheech" Marin (born on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian and actor, who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech and Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's quick-and-scheme partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on "Nash Bridges". His nickname "Cheech" is short for "Chicharron", a spicy fried pork skin which is a popular snack amongst Mexicans. - 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. - 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. - Judy Baca
Judith Francisca Baca (born September 20, 1946) is an American artist, activist, and University of California, Los Angeles professor of fine arts. She is the founder and executive director of the Venice, California-based Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), a community arts center, and is best known as the director of the mural project that created one of the largest murals in the world, the "Great Wall of Los Angeles". - D. J. Hackett
DeAndre James Hackett (born July 31, 1981 in Fontana, California) is an American football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was selected with the 25th pick of the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of the University of Colorado. Hackett transferred to Colorado from California State University, Northridge, after Northridge dropped football in 2001. - John Densmore
John Densmore (born John Paul Densmore, December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. He is a drummer and songwriter and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge. :"I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. - 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. - Michael Jantze
Michael Jantze is an American comic strip writer, best known as the author of "The Norm", a comic strip syndicated internationally to newspapers. Born in 1962 in Middletown, New York, he grew up in Normal, Illinois. He attended Goshen College and California State University, Northridge, then worked as an art director, first in newsrooms and then at ILM, while working on his strip. He now lives in San Anselmo, California. - Parvin Darabi
Dr. Parvin Darabi is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights. She studied at California State University Northridge, University of Southern California and Pepperdine University, and California Coast University. Parvin worked as an electronic systems engineer, program manager, company president, and engineering consultant until 1994. From 1985-1990 she owned and operated her own Company PT enterprises, … - Alex Iles
Alex Iles is an American musician who serves as a trombone and jazz instructor at the California Institute of the Arts and California State University, Northridge and has recorded and performed with many of the musical profession's most celebrated artists. Alex Iles appears frequently as a recitalist, guest soloist and clinician with schools and organizations, including Indiana University, Oklahoma State University, the Disney Magic Music Days Program and his "alma mater", … - 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. - Steve Hoffman
Steve Hoffman is an audio engineer from Los Angeles, California, who specializes in remastering sound recordings on compact disc and vinyl record for record companies. In the 1980s, he worked at MCA for nine years. He has since done remastering work for companies such as DCC Compact Classics (in the 1990s) and Audio Fidelity, Analogue Productions, Rural Rhythm, and S&P (in the present day). - 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.
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