Allen Sarlo | Pro surfer; One of the original Z-Boys
Bob Zaugh | Printer for the radical Peace Press; Vietnam Resistance
Christina Schlesinger | Photographer & muralist; Co-founder, SPARC; Member of the LGBTQIA+ community of the 1970s
Daniel Samakow & James Evans| Owners of Danny's and James Beach; Venice Pride contributors; LGBTQIA+ community members
David Hertz | Renowned architect; Worked for Light & Space Movement artists
David Scott & Littlejohn Jagodowski | Photographer; Wrote "Moon Over Venice" song; Members of the LGBTQIA+ community of the 1970s-1980s
David Weissman | LGBTQIA+ community of the 1970s and 1980s
Dolores Deluce| Performer with "The Cockettes," a gender-queer performance theater troupe and icon of the LGBTQ+ community of the 1960’s onward.
Edna Levine | Nonagenarian; Recalls stories of the Venice of her childhood
Emily Winters | Muralist; Activist
Erwin Sokol | Owner Erwin Hotel
Francisco Letelier | Chilean-born Venice muralist, poet, and activist
Frank Morales | Octogenarian elder in the Venice Mexican American community
Gerry Fialka | Venice Film and Literary Historian; Cultural Curator
Ginger Drinkwater | Widow of famed African American Venice photographer, Harry Drinkwater
Grant Francis | Retired Venice High School Shop Teacher
Hal Frederick | Proprietor, Hal's restaurant
Harry Perry | Iconic musician performing for 40+ years on the Venice Boardwalk
Henry Diltz | Renowned Rock & Roll Photographer; Photographed The Doors on Venice Beach
Jack Hoffmann | 40+ year real estate entrepreneur
James Lamont "Rusty" Smith | Lead singer of local iconic punk band, No Reaction!; Oakwood native
Jason Sugars| Culture bearer of the Black Arts Movement; 4th generation Oakwood native
Jataun Valentine | Relative of Irvin Tabor, Abbot Kinney's chauffeur; Oakwood community leader
Joan Huff | Nonagenarian niece of Irvin Tabor
Jose Gonzalez | Mexican American Traquero committee
Josh "Bagel" Klassman | Venice Underground Photographer of the 1980s Dogtown scene
Karen Rosenhoover | Owner, Moe's Greens and Things; Member of the LGBTQIA+ community of the 1970s
Laddie John Dill| Renowned artist of the Light & Space Movement
Lance Diskan | The Voice of the Fabulous Fox Theatre in the 1970s
Larry Bell | Renowned artist of the Light & Space Movement
Lennon Family | Members of the band VENICE; Descendants of the Lennon Sisters; Family came to Venice in 1910s
Linda Azuzerta | Resident of the Venice Canals from birth, 1940s to today
Linda Lucks| Community rights activist since the 1960s
Louichi Mayorga| Founding member of the punk bands Suicidal Tendencies and Luicidal; 3rd generation Oakwood native
Lydia Ponce | Indigenous Activist Educator
​Mark Booker| Firefighter; 3rd generation Oakwood native​
Mark Libow | Co-owner Elco Welding; prolific storyteller
Mark Rosenberg | Co-founder of the roller skating rental shop, Cheapskates
Mary Goodfader & Kristen Archival | Co-founder, Sidewalk Cafe + Small World Books & General Manager, Sidewalk Cafe
Mary Nomura| Orphaned Venice native known as "The Songbird of Manzanar" during WWII
Dr. Mayer Davidson | Co-founder, Venice Family Clinic
Mickey Gallagher| Retired LA County Lifeguard Section Chief
Dr. Naomi Nightingale| Scholar; Civil rights activist; Original Save Venice & Oakwood community leader
Oscar Galan | Founder of the renowned Hecho en Venice brand
Paul Tanck | Graphic artist; Founding member, Venice Heritage Foundation
Phyllis Hayashibara| Founding member, Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee; Retired Venice High School History Teacher
Rhoda Huffey | Author
Rhoda Makoff| Octogenarian member of the Shul on the Beach
Rick Massie| Venice surfboard shaper; Founding member, Mexican Surfing Association
Rickey Petty | LGBTQ in 1960's Venice| Boardwalk "Snake Man"
Robert Huff| Great nephew of Irvin Tabor; 3rd generation Oakwood native
Roger "Mona" Webster | Commercial real estate owner since the 1960s
Sandy Bleifer| Renowned contemporary artist; Activist who led the preservation of the Venice Walk Streets
Sergio Perez | Family owns iconic Venice restaurant, The Great Western Steak and Hoagie Company; community activist
Sharon Jacobucci | aka Jackie Pucci, Beloved Venice meter maid; TV personality
Sheila Goldberg| Co-founder, Venice Art Walk
Solo Scott | Original Dogtown Z-Boy skateboarder & surfer; Local realtor
Sonya Reese Greenland | Granddaughter of Arthur Reese
Stanley Mitchell| Documentarian; Oakwood native and lifelong resident
Stephen Pouliot | Writer; LGBTQIA+ community member; Founding member, Venice Heritage Foundation
Steven Ehrlich| Internationally renowned architect with creative roots in Venice
Suzy Williams| Venice jazz songstress; Cultural curator
Terrell Ferguson| Renowned Boardwalk rollerskater from the 1980s onward
Thom Mayne | Internationally renowned architect with creative roots in Venice
Tom Sewell| Venice historical collector & artist; Co-creator of Fantasy by the Sea film & book w/ Tom Moran
Tony Massie | A founder of the Venetians car club
Tony Bill| Writer, director, producer, business owner, and longtime Venice resident
Victor Rideau | 3rd generation Oakwood native and community fixture
Victoria Ramirez | Co-Owner of Venice legacy business, Mars Body Shop
Viva Vinson | Musician; Grew up on Ocean Front Walk; Daughter of Dolores DeLuce
William McNally aka "Sweet William" | Historian; Author of Venice of America: The American Dream Come True (1976)