Notable Residents
- Paula Abdul – Van Nuys High alumna 1978–1980
- Dave Baldwin - Major league baseball player, writer, and artist
- Ernani Bernardi (1911–2006) – big-band musician and member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council, 1961–93
- Tristan Bowen – Soccer player for Chivas USA
- Brandon Boyd – American musician, author, and visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock band Incubus.
- Andy Devine – Actor, served as honorary mayor from 1938 to 1957.
- Don Drysdale – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for Los Angeles Dodgers
- Craig Ferguson – Scottish comedian
- Michael Landau – Guitar player and singer, "first call" studio guitarist in Los Angeles.
- Delamere Francis McCloskey – Los Angeles City Council member, 1941–43
- Marilyn Monroe – Actress (Briefly spent a few years of her youth in Van Nuys while living with her aunt)
- Matt Moore – NFL Quarterback Miami Dolphins
- Gary Oldman – English actor
- Bill Paparian – Mayor of Pasadena
- Robert Redford – Actor, Academy Award winner, Van Nuys High alumnus
- Jake Richardson – Actor
- Ricardo Rodriguez – American professional wrestler and ring announcer
- Jane Russell – Actress
- Tom Selleck – American actor
- Nikki Sixx – Bassist and founder of the Glam metal band Mötley Crüe
- Kath Soucie – Voice actress
- Michael Starr (Ralph Saenz) – Lead Singer Of Steel Panther
- Bob Waterfield – NFL Hall of Fame quarterback in 1940's, husband of Jane Russell.
- Hobart Johnstone Whitley – The Father of Hollywood
- Cindy Williams – Actress
- Natalie Wood – Actress (Went to Van Nuys High School)
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