If you are born and raised in Los Angeles, you’ve inevitable had the shocks and stares at parties, in interviews and in dates when those new to town are shocked to meet someone actually from here. “No one is actually from L.A.!!”, “You are the first person I’ve met from L.A.!”, “You are like a rare breed!” are just some of things we commiserate on hearing.

So while you may wonder who is actually from L.A. …  Here at The Daily Truffle, we do not.

We all grew up here and can explain all the inside minutia from Jewish vs. Wasp country clubs to old timers vs. nouveau to Brentwood vs. Harvard-Westlake to Aspen vs. the Kahala for Christmas… Picture L.A. as you would any small town — of course the local butcher is a studio head and the kids hanging out at the gas station have Range Rovers or parents on TV… but for us that’s home. If I could pull up the lattice of L.A. people and L.A. families anywhere at any time, someone new to town (Sometimes we call them FOBs — sorry!!) it might look something like the final scenes in Fight Club when everyone’s in on the deal. Read on to see our who’s who of kids from L.A.

Notebale L.A. Natives, Alumni & Royalty

Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein (Beverly) - DJ, friend ~ RIP

Adam Iscove (Brentwood) - lead singer for All Rise

Adam Moonves ~ Nightlife promoter and entrepreneur, dad is Les Moonves

Adam Shankman  (Windward) - director, judge on So You Think You Can Dance, produced the 82nd Academy Awards

Ahmet Zappa (Country Day School) – book author, producer of Jim Henson’s upcoming Fraggle Rock movie, principle for Disney’s Kingdom Comics

Alan Maman aka “The Alchemist” (Beverly ’95) – hip hop producer, DJ and rapper

Alden Ehrenreich – actor, discovered at a friend’s bat mitzvah reception by Steven Spielberg (Crossroads ’08)

Alex Kurtzman (Crossroads) -   go-to screenwriter for mega-budget fare along with his writing partner Roberto Orci, producer – Star Trek (200) and the Star Trek sequel

Alex Olsen – skater, son of Steve Olsen –way important skater and artist

Alexandra Kyle (Crossroads) - TV actress

Alyson Hannigan (North Hollywood High) - actress

Alyssa Milano (actress, Buckley) – actress, Who’s the Boss, Charmed

Amanada Zuckerman – (mountaineer, philanthropist, daughter of Pose Zuckerman – founding member of Brentwood Country Club)

Amber Tamblyn (North Hollywood High) - actress

Amy Pascal (Crossroads) - Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Amie Osbourne – (daughter of Ozzie Osbourne, opted out of doing the Osbourne reality show)

Anders Eisner (Harvard-Westlake) - son of Michael Eisner, founder of Activate water

Andrew Luster (Windward) - part Max Factor’s family

Andrew von Oeyen (Crossroads) – classical pianist

Angelina Jolie (Beverly) - actress

Anna Paquin (Windward) - actress, currently on “True Blood”

Ashley Hamilton – actor, all around cool guy, dad is George Hamilton

Ashley Olsen (Campbell Hall ’04) - actress, ”Full House,” style icon

Ashley Paige - known for her custom knit bikinis

Austin Croshere (Crossroads) – NBA player most recently played for Spurs

Autumn Whitaker (Pilgrim School ’10) – attended this year’s Balle de Crillon in Paris, daughter of Forrest Whitaker

Ayda Field (Harvard-Westlake) - TV soap actress, dating Robbie Williams

Azura Skye (Brentwood School) - actress

Barnaby Jackson (Windward) - commercial director

Baron Davis (Crossroads) - currently on the Los Angeles Clippers

Ben Karabian – deputy city attourney (Loyola ’96, USC ’00, USC law ’06)

Ben Lambert (Harvard-Westlake ’03) – Stones Throw Records,  finds and develops new artists

Ben Savage (Brentwood School) - actor

Bianca White (Harvard-Westlake) – costumer, writer for The Daily Truffle

Billy Silverman (Brentwood ’95) – Huffington Post Los Angeles Editor

Blake Schwarzenbach (Crossroads)

Bonnie Blue (Buckley)

Brandon Davis (John Thomas Dye ’93)

Breck Eisner – son of Michael Eisner, commercial & film director (Harvard-Westlkae ’88)

Bret Easton Ellis – author, “Less than Zero”

Briana Evigan, Step Up 2 the Streets female lead- graduated (Campbell Hall)

Bridget Fonda, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Brody Jenner – reality show starter – Princes of Malibu, The Real OC, The Hills, son of Bruce Jenner, (Crossroads)

Bryce Taylor, professional basketball player (Harvard Westlake)

Cameron Diaz (Long Beach Poly)

Camilla Belle (actress, Marlborough School ’05)

Candice Bergen, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Caroline d’Amore (Malibu High ’02)

Carrie Fisher

Cash Warren (Crossroads)

Cassie Coane (Crossroad) – DJ duo with Harly Viera-Newton

Cathy Obando (Crossroads)

Chad Rogers – (realtor, ”Million Dollar Listing”, Malibu Colony native)

Chanel Iman (Fairfax)

China Chow

Christie Brinkley (Palisades “Pali” High)

Christina Schwarzenegger

Chris Ovitz (John Thomas Dye ’93)

Christopher Reich, novelist (Harvard Westlake)

Cisco Adler – band Swayze

Clayton Hawkins, of the band Carlotta (Harvard Westlake)

Coutland Young – actor, Holy Rollers

Colin Hanks – actor

Courtenay Semel

Crystal McKellar, actress, attorney (Harvard Westlake)

Dakota Fanning, actress ***student at Campbell Hall

Danica McKellar, actress, writer in mathematics (Harvard Westlake)

Daniel Landver

Danielle de Niese (Crossroads)

Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer (Harvard Westlake)

Darren Romanelli aka “Dr. Romanelli” (Brentwood ’94)

Dasha Zhukova, editor Pop magazine, dates Roman Abromavich (Wildwood)

David Arquette (Fairfax High)

David Faustino

David Katzenberg – director MTV show The Hard Times

David Offer (Crossroads)

Dean Grakal, lyricist (Ringo Starr, Bon Jovi) (Windward)

Demi Moore (Fairfax High, dropped out at 16)

Desanka “Desa” Fasiska (Lycee Francais, Beverly ’95)

Desiree Kohan

DJ Skeet Skeet

Dodgers’ pitcher Don Drysdale (Van Nuys High)

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor (Harvard Westlake)

Dustin Hoffman (L.A. High, SMC and the Pasadena Playhouse)

Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Elle Fanning, actress ***student Campbell Hall

Elliot Hans Johnson designer, Literature Noir

Elvis Perkins (Harvard-Westlake ’94)

Elvis Perkins, musician (Harvard Westlake)

Emily Deschanel ~ (Harvard-Westlake, Crossroads ’94)

Eric Adam Avery (born 1965) – former bass player, Jane’s Addiction (John Thomas Dye)

Eric Eisner – son of Michael Eisner, producer, “Hamlet 2,” married Alice + Olivia fashion designer Stacey Bendet

Eric Garcetti, President of the Los Angeles City Council (Harvard Westlake)

Esther Chang ~ family owns/operates Forever 21, (Buckley, Harvard Westlake)

Flea (Fairfax High) (RHCP)

Fred Savage (Brentwood School)

Gary Coleman (Crossroads)

Gia Coppola, photographer

Gianni Gigliotti (Crossroads ’08)

Gillian Welch (Crossroads ’85)

Gray Davis, former Governor of California (Harvard Westlake)

Greer Grammer – daughter of Kelsey Grammer, Miss Teen Malibu 2008.

Gunnar Nelson, of the band Nelson (Harvard Westlake)

Gwyneth Paltrow (Crossroads Elementary, fka St. Augustine by the Sea)

Hahn-Bin (Crossroads)

Harry Morton, Hard Rock Cafe, Pink Tacos (Harvard Westlake ‘94)

Harley Viera-Newton (Harvard-Westlake, Crossroads ’06) – father: Ashley Newton – president of Columbia Records, mother: Cristina Viera-Newton – co-founder of Tom Binns jewelry

Harley Wertheimer (Harvard Westlake’05) - assistant for Mark Ronson, the president of Allido Records Allido records, a small independent label under Interscope Records.

Hayley Bloomingdale

Heather Graham (Agoura High)

Heidi Fleiss (John Marshall High School)

Helen Hunt (Providence High, in Burbank)

Henry Mortensen, actor/poet/musician (Windward)

Hillel Aron

Howard Nourmand

Iheanyi Uwaezuoke, former NFL wide receiver (Harvard Westlake)

J. A. Adande (Crossroads)

Jack Abramoff ~ former lobbyist, now incarcerated (Beverly ’77)

Jack Black – actor (Crossroads Class of 1987)

Jack Kemp – GOP candidate (Fairfax High)

Jack Osbourne

Jake Busey (Crossroads)

Jake Gyllenhaal, actor (Harvard Westlake ’97)

Jake Kasdan, director (Windward)

Jakob Dylan, musician (Windward)

Jamie Kantrowitz (Harvard-Westlake, Oakwood ’95)

Jane Russell (Van Nuys High)

Jansen Panettiere, actor, Hayden Panettiere’s brother (Campbell Hall)

Jarron Collins, NBA player (Harvard Westlake)

Jasmin Shokrian (designer)

Jason Collins, NBA player (Harvard Westlake)

Jason Davis

Jason Reitman, director, screenwriter (Harvard Westlake ’95)

Jason Ritter, actor

Jason Schwartzman, actor/musician (Windward)

Jason Segel, actor (Harvard Westlake)

Jay Paulson, actor (Harvard Westlake)

Jeff Bridges (“Pali”)

Jeff Murad (Harvard-Westlake ’94)

Jenni Kayne - designer (Crossroads)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Pali”)

Jenny Johnson, professional beach volleyball player (A.V.P.) (Windward)

Jenny Lewis

Jeremy Corbell ~ sensei, artist, explorer (Harvard-Westlake ’95)

Jeremy Steckler – Fox, film exec (Harvard-Westlake ’92)

Jessica Capshaw (Harvard-Westlake ’94)

Jessica Yellin, reporter for CNN (Harvard Westlake)

Jim West (Crossroads)

Jodie Foster (Lycee Francais)

Joe Gamsky, perpetrator of the Billionaire Boys Club (Harvard Westlake)

Joe Kraus, co-founder of Excite (Harvard Westlake)

Joe Weinberger (Harvard Westlake ’00) – CEO and the primary A&R source of his own record label HHH Records, distributed under Interscope Geffen Records.

John B. T. Campbell III (Harvard Westlake) - Congressman, California’s 48th District.

John David Washington, football player, son of Denzel Washington (Campbell Hall)

John Stamos (JFK High, Orange Coutnry)

Jon Lovitz, actor, comedian (Harvard Westlake)

Jonah Hill (Crossroads)

Jonathan Lipnicki (the kid from “Jerry Maguire,” Agoura High)

Jonathan Marshall (Crossroads)

Jordan Flatt, USC Freshman Basketball Phenom (Harvard Westlake)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia 76ers (Campbell Hall)

Jules Urbach, founder OTOY and Lightstage (Harvard Westlake ’92)

June Lockhart, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Justin “Buda” Faimalo (Crossroads)

Kari Feinstein – celeb publicist (Oakwood ’94)

Kate et Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte (Pasadena)

Kate Hudson (Crossroads)

Katherine Schwarzenegger

Katie Danza

Kazu Naimse (Marymount ’97)

Kelly Osbourne

Kevin Spacey (Chatsworth High)

Kidada Jones – Disney couture jewelry designer

Kim Stewart

Kimberly Ovitz (John Thomas Dye, Brentwood ’01)

Kirk Cameron (Chatsworth High)

Kirsten Dunst (Notre Dame High School)

Laura Dern – Buckley

Laura Wasser

Laura Katzenberg

Lauren Brokaw (Beverly 03′) – Lauren also writes for The Daily Truffle – see all her articles here!

Lauren Greenfield (Crossroads ’83)

Leighton Meester (Beverly, not graduated)

Leonardo DiCaprio (John Marshall High School, near ABC Studio Center in Los Feliz)

Lexi Ainsworth (Crossroads ’11)

Lily Collins, host on Nickelodeon (Harvard Westlake)

Linkin Park (Agoura High)

Linda Chang ~ family owns/operates Forever 21 (Buckley, Harvard Westlake)

Lisa Kudrow (TAFT , Woodland Hills)

Lisa Marie Presley (father: Elvis Presley, John Thomas Dye, Happy Valley Day School Ojai)

Liz Goldwyn (El Rodeo, Westlake School)

Lorraine Nicholson (daughter of Jack Nicholson)

Lindsey Lerman

Logan Lerman, star of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Louie Stephens (Crossroads)

Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball’s daughter (Immaculate Heart)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Harvard Westlake ‘95)

Maggie Kayne (Crossroads)

Marc Covitz

Margaret Seltzer (Margaret Jones), author (Campbell Hall)

Marika Krisman

Mario Caldato, Jr. (also known as Mario C.) – record producer / studio engineer (Beastie Boy, Tone Loc, etc.)

Marilyn Monroe (Uni High, Van Nuys High)

Marion Jones- gold medal winning Olympic runner (Thousand Oaks High)

Mark Harmon, actor (Harvard Westlake)

Mark Hunter “The Cobra Snake” (Santa Monica High)

Mary-Kate Olsen (Campbell Hall ’04)

Masi Oka, actor, Heroes (Harvard Westlake)

Matt Colon – BPM & Vapor mags

Matt Davidson, Founder of Think Gum (Windward)

Matthew Ehrmann (Crossroads)

Matthew Nelson, of the band Nelson (Harvard Westlake)

Matthew Perry (Buckley School)

Matthew Weiner, creator/producer Mad Men (Harvard Westlake)

Maureen Flannigan (Notre Dame High School)

Maureen Reagan (1941–2001) parents: President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman (John Thomas Dye)

Mavis Spencer – Miss Golden Globes 2010, equestrian rider (Harvard-Westlake ’10)

Max Bemis, musician (Say Anything) (Windward)

Max Brooks (Crossroads)

Maya Rudolph (Crossroads ‘90)

Melissa Gilbert- Buckley

Melissa Rivers (John Thomas Dye, Buckley ’85)

Mena Suvari (Providence High, in Burbank)

Meredith Salenger, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Michael Bay (Crossroads)

Michael Richards – Kramer on “Seinfeld”, Thousand Oaks High

Mike Moonves

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park (Agoura High)

Milla Jovavich (Professional Children’s School)

Mindy Cohn, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Monet Mazur

Monica Lewinsky (born 1973, John Thomas Dye, Beverly, Bel Air Prep aka Pacific Hills School ’91)

Nancy Sinatra (Uni High)

Natalie Wood (Van Nuys High)

Natasha Gregson Wagner (Crossroads)

Negar Ali – Stylist

Nic Adler

Nick Maya (Crossroads ’08)

Nick Sagan, novelist, screenwriter (Harvard Westlake)

Nicky Hilton

Nicole Holofcener, screenwriter/director Sex and the City (Windward)

Nicole Richie – Buckley

Nicolette Sheridan – Buckley

Niki Shadrow (Malibu High ’01

Nina Werman (Crossroads ‘94)

Oliver Hudson (Crossroads)

Oz Perkins, actor, son of actor Anthony Perkins (Harvard Westlake)

Paris Hilton (Buckley)

Paul Chesne

Paul McCallum, musician (Windward)

Paula Abdul (Van Nuys High)

Paula Patton (Montclair Prep)

Peter Goldwyn (Brentwood ’97)

Peter Hudnut, Water polo Olympian (John Thomas Dye, Harvard Westlake)

R.J. Williams (Crossroads ’94)

Rashida Jones – actress, (Buckley ’92)

Richard A. Whiting, composer (Harvard Westlake)

Rio Viera-Newton (Crossroads School ’12)

RJ Williams

Robert Offer (Crossroads)

Robert Redford (Van Nuys High)

Robert Schwartzman, actor/musician in Rooney (Windward)

Robert Wagner, TV and Movie actor (Harvard Westlake)

Roberto Orci (Crossroads)

Robin Thicke, singer, son of Alan Thicke (Montclair Prep)

Rod Roddenberry (father: Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, John Thomas Dye, Harvard-Westlake ’92)

Ron Howard (John Burroughs High School)

Ron Reagan (born 1958, Joffrey Ballet dancer, MSNBC political pundit, father: former President Ronald Reagan, John Thomas Dye, Webb Schools Ojai)

Roy E Disney – Buckley

Roxy Olin (Crossroads)

Rumer Willis (Wildwood ’06)

Sage Grazer, photographer

Sally Ride, astronaut (Harvard Westlake)

Sara Gilbert – Buckley

Sasha Spielberg

Scarlett Taylor (Harvard-Westlake ’95)

Scott Caan (Beverly ’94)

Scout Willis

Sean Astin (Crossroads)

Sean Stone

Shannyn Sossamon

Shirley Temple, actress, former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (Harvard Westlake)

Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, London (Harvard Westlake)

Slash (Fairfax High)

Snoop Dogg (Long Beach Poly)

Spencer Pratt (Crossroads)

Spencer Grammer – actresss,  daughter of Kelsey Grammer (Los Angeles County High School for the Arts ’01)

Spike Jones (Long Beach Poly)

Stephanie Pratt (Crossroads)

Steven Bing, film producer, philanthropist (Harvard Westlake)

Sydney Poitier – Buckley

Tanya Haden (Crossroads)

Taj Jackson – Buckley

Taylor Locke – actor, Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere (Crossroads)

Taylor Van (HW)

Tisha Koeppel (Beverly)

Todd Fasen, comedian/Miller Lite spokesman (Windward)

Tony Daly (Brentwood, SaMO ’94)

Tori Spelling (Harvard Westlake)

Tracy Nelson, actress (Harvard Westlake)

Trevor Roth (Harvard Westlake ’92)

Tyra Banks (Immaculate Heart ’91)

Tyson Park (Loyola High School ’96)

Val Kilmer (Chatsworth High)

Victoria Sellers (Crossroads)

Wes Parker, former Los Angeles Dodger (Harvard Westlake)

Whitney Port Crossroads

Willem Broad, musician in the band FIM, son of Billy Idol

Yosi Sergant

Zack Fleishman (Crossroads)

Zoe Kazan, Actress (Windward)

Zooey Deschanel (Crossroads ‘98)

MORE …

• Magda Berliner
• Chris Masterson
• Danny Masterson
• Jon Alagem - DJ
• Alexis Alagem
• Socialite Betsy Bloomingdale (Marlborough)
• Philanthropist Nancy Barry Munger (Marlborough)
• Chief Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York Cornelia “Connie” Butler
• Haley Egeana Giraldo (born 1985 Los Angeles, California, mother: singer Pat Benatar, father: musician Neil Giraldo)
• MSNBC Anchor Alex Witt
• Shanna Ferrigno (actress, father Lou Ferrigno aka “The Incredible Hulk”

Our list is always growing … if you feel we are missing someone – hurry and email us! info@dailytruffle.net