Whittier, California
Los Angeles County
06-85292
Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, USA, with 85,600 inhabitants ( 2004). The geographic coordinates are: 33 ° 57 ' 56 "N, 118 ° 1' 28" W. The metropolitan area has a size of 37.9 km ².
Among the first settlers were many Quakers. They named the place after the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who also belonged to this faith community. In addition to the place name Whittier is also a rare American female first name, its meaning is as far unknown.
In Whittier, the Whittier College is a 1887 founded by the Quakers private college of the liberal arts with approximately 1400 students ( 2006). The alumni also the former President of the United States Richard Nixon heard.
Location
In Whittier a number of known movies were filmed. Thus, for example:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Brendon Baerg, actor and voice actor
- Cold War Kids, indie rock band
- Fergie (aka Stacy Ann Ferguson ), singer
- Greg Hancock, train athletes
- Ken Marschall, artist, famous for his paintings Titanic
- Martika (aka Marta Marrero ), singer and actress
- Richard Nixon, politician ( Republican) and 37th U.S. President
- Eric Stoltz, actor and director
- Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor and author
- Robert Charles Wilson, science fiction author
- Location in California
- Location in North America
- Los Angeles County