LOCATION

Founding Date:
1911 (platted), 1914 (annexed)

A neighborhood of Los Angeles, annexed in 1914.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Ulysses S. Grant High School, Van Nuys, CA	1959
Montclair College Preparatory School	1956
Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, CA	1953
Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA	1914

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brandon Boyd	Musician	15-Feb-1976		Incubus frontman
Julie Brown	Actor	31-Aug-1962		West Coast Julie Brown
Steve Daines	Politician	20-Aug-1962		US Senator from Montana
Don Drysdale	Baseball	23-Jul-1936	3-Jul-1993	Dodgers pitcher, 1962 Cy Young Award winner
Zen Gesner	Actor	23-Jun-1970		The Adventures of Sinbad
Brian Austin Green	Actor	15-Jul-1973		David Silver on Beverly Hills 90210
Nick Hogan	Relative	27-Jul-1990		Son of Hulk Hogan
C. Thomas Howell	Actor	7-Dec-1966		The Outsiders
Gary Lockwood	Actor	21-Feb-1937		Dr. Frank Poole, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Mary Beth McDonough	Actor	4-May-1961		Erin Walton on The Waltons
Kevin Mitnick	Hacker	6-Aug-1963		Ghost in the Wires
Riki Rachtman	TV Personality	15-Jun-1965		Hosted MTV's Headbanger's Ball
Steven A. Raymund	Business	16-Nov-1955		CEO of Tech Data, 1986-2006
Charles Martin Smith	Actor	30-Oct-1953		The Untouchables
Johnny Whitaker	Actor	13-Dec-1959		Jody on Family Affair
Cindy Williams	Actor	22-Aug-1947		Shirley of Laverne and Shirley
Annette Zilinskas	Musician	6-Nov-1962		Blood on the Saddle vocalist, former Bangle

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Artie Auerbach	Actor	17-May-1903	3-Oct-1957	Mr. Kitzel on The Jack Benny Program
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Edward Bernds	Film Director	12-Jul-1905	20-May-2000	Return of the Fly
Alan Carney	Actor	22-Dec-1909	2-May-1973	Comedy duo, Brown & Carney
Con Conrad	Songwriter	18-Jun-1891	28-Sep-1938	The Continental
Noreen Corcoran	Actor	20-Oct-1943	15-Jan-2016	Kelly Gregg on Bachelor Father
Donald Crisp	Actor	27-Jul-1880	25-May-1974	Silent film actor, survived into talkies
Scatman Crothers	Jazz Musician	23-May-1910	22-Nov-1986	Jazz musician and actor
Bernard Fox	Actor	11-May-1927	14-Dec-2016	Dr. Bombay on Bewitched
Rex Lease	Actor	11-Feb-1903	3-Jan-1966	The Monster Walks
Bill McKinney	Actor	12-Sep-1931	1-Dec-2011	Deliverance
Eve Miller	Actor	8-Aug-1923	17-Aug-1973	The Big Trees
Edward Mulhare	Actor	8-Apr-1923	24-May-1997	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Herbert Mundin	Actor	21-Aug-1898	5-Mar-1939	Mutiny on the Bounty
Shorty Rogers	Jazz Musician	14-Apr-1924	7-Nov-1994	Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Martha Scott	Actor	22-Sep-1912	28-May-2003	Our Town
Raymond Scott	Musician	10-Sep-1908	8-Feb-1994	Powerhouse, invented the sequencer
Richard Webb	Actor	9-Sep-1915	10-Jun-1993	Captain Midnight
Nicholas Worth	Actor	4-Sep-1938	7-May-2007	Don't Answer the Phone!

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