Burbank, California

**Burbank** is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California. Located just 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, Burbank is well known for being home to Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros Studios, as well as having the largest IKEA in the United States. The population at the 2020 census was 107,337.

## Notable people

- Sterling Beaumon (b. 1995), actor, musician
- Tyler Blackburn (b. 1986), actor, singer
- Kelly Blatz (b. 1987), actor, model
- Scott Borchetta (b. 1962), president/CEO of Big Machine Records
- Tim Burton (b. 1958), film director, producer
- Paul Cameron (b. 1932), football player
- Glenn Davis (1924–2005), football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Debbe Dunning (b. 1966), actress
- Masiela Lusha (b. 1985), actress, writer, humanitarian
- Andrew Gold (1951–2011), singer-songwriter, born in Burbank
- Mark Harmon (b. 1951), actor
- Jason Hirsh (b. 1982), professional baseball player
- Ron Howard (b. 1954), actor, director
- Ryan Lavarnway (b. 1987), major league baseball catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
- Blake Lively (b. 1987), actress
- Chris Marquette (b. 1984), actor
- Cady McClain (b. 1969), actress
- Garry Marshall (1934–2016), director, actor
- Hayley McFarland (b. 1991), actress
- Sandy Neilson (b. 1956), Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Greg Plitt (1977–2015), fitness model, actor.
- Eve Plumb (b. 1958), actress
- Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016), actress, singer
- Randy Rhoads (1956–1982), musician, guitarist
- Jason Ritter (b. 1980), actor, raised in Burbank
- John Ritter (1948–2003), actor, TV personality, born and raised in Burbank
- Adam Schiff (b. 1960), U.S. Congressman – House of Representatives
- Kendall Schmidt (b. 1990), actor, singer, formed band Heffron Drive in Burbank with Dustin Belt – part of Big Time Rush (band).
- Ryan Shore (b. 1974), film composer
- Daniel Steres (b. 1990), professional soccer player
- Frank Sullivan (b. 1930), Major League baseball pitcher-active 1953–63
- Wil Wheaton (b. 1972), actor
- Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), actor

## Books

- _Brief History of Burbank, California_ (Burbank Chamber of Commerce, 1961)
- _Of Men and Stars, A History of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation_ (Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1957–1958)
- _Ranchos de Los Santos, The Story of Burbank_ (The Burbank Branch of the Security Trust and Savings Bank, 1927)
- _The Story of Burbank from Her Eventful Pioneer Days_ (The Magnolia Park Chamber of Commerce, 1954)
- _Your Burbank Home_ (Burbank Merchant's Association, 1928)

## Media

- NBC
- The CW
- Freeform
- Nickelodeon
- Disney Channel
- Cartoon Network

## Other websites

- City of Burbank - official
- Burbank Water & Power - official
- Burbank Unified School District
- Burbank Chamber of Commerce
- Bob Hope Airport - official
- Burbankia (Burbank history and lore)
- Burbank.com - Your online guide to Burbank, California
- Burbank Community Book, 1944
- A History of Burbank, 1968

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Burbank, California
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **image skyline**: Burbank media district from Griffith Park 2015-11-07.jpg
- **image caption**: Looking northwest over Burbank from Griffith Park
- **image seal**: Seal of Burbank, California.svg
- **motto**: "A city built by People, Pride, and Progress"
- **image map**: File:Los Angeles County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Burbank Highlighted 0608954.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Burbank in Los Angeles County, California.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision name2**: Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: May 1, 1887
- **established title3**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date3**: July 8, 1911
- **named for**: David Burbank
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 44.94
- **area total sq mi**: 17.35
- **area land km2**: 44.85
- **area land sq mi**: 17.32
- **area water km2**: 0.09
- **area water sq mi**: 0.04
- **elevation m**: 185
- **elevation ft**: 607
- **population total**: 107337
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 2393
- **population density sq mi**: 6199
- **population demonym**: Burbankian
- **population rank**: List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 14th in Los Angeles County
List of largest California cities by population, 66th in California
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 91501–91508, 91510, 91521–91523, 91526
- **area code**: Area codes 747 and 818, 747/818
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: −8
- **timezone dst**: PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −7
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info**: ,