Notable Natives and Residents
Current or former Yorba Lindans of note include:
- Candice Stinson, NHL Ice Girl (Anaheim Ducks)
- Christine Pigott, NHL Ice Girl (Anaheim Ducks)
- Tara Soles, NHL Ice Girl (Anaheim Ducks)
- Henry DiCarlo, Meteorologist (KTLA-5 (2010–Present) & CBS 2 (2002-2010))
- Dan Kennedy, Major League Soccer player (Chivas USA)
- Sabrina Bryan, singer/actress (The Cheetah Girls)
- Steven Lenhart, Major League Soccer player(San Jose Earthquakes)
- Ricky Wells, speedway rider, 2009 US National Champion
- James E. Rogan, Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and lead prosecutor in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, current trial court judge with the Superior Court of California.
- Ashley Edner, actress/dancer, sister of Bobby Edner
- Bobby Edner, singer/actor/dancer (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over), (Varsity Fanclub (Capitol Records))
- Danielle Fishel, actress (Boy Meets World)
- John Force, professional drag racer, owner of John Force Racing, reality TV star of Driving Force
- Ashley Force Hood, professional drag racer, John Force's daughter
- Eric Friedman, also known as "Erock", touring guitarist for Creed, former guitarist for Submersed, disc golfer
- Alli Mauzey, Broadway actress, (Wicked, Hairspray, Cry-Baby)
- Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States. Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda in 1913 and lived there until 1922. His reconstructed home is listed as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark. Adjacent to this home is the Richard Nixon Library and Museum.
- Audrina Patridge, reality TV actress (The Hills)
- Chris Pontius, Major League Soccer player (DC United)
- Bob "Buck" Rodgers, Major League baseball player (California Angels)
- Jessamyn West, a writer who was a second cousin to Richard Nixon on her mother's side of the family. The Wests moved to California from Indiana in 1909 and young Jessamyn attended schools in Yorba Linda and Fullerton. West later authored a number of books and collections of poems, including the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion, which was turned into a film, Friendly Persuasion, in 1956, starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins. A city park named in her honor, Jessamyn West Park on Yorba Linda Boulevard at Club Terrace Drive, is situated on the West family's former farm property.
- Michael D. Duvall, former Yorba Linda mayor and disgraced California State Assemblyman
- Mitzi Kapture, actress
- Marcus Mumford, musician (Mumford and Sons)
- David McNab, Assistant General Manager and Vice President of the Anaheim Ducks
- Atreyu, Metalcore band, formed in the city in 1998
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