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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Famous quotes containing the words notable, natives and/or residents:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“I am sorry to say we whites have a sad reputation among many of the Polynesians. The natives of these islands are naturally of a kindly and hospitable temper, but there has been implanted among them an almost instinctive hate of the white man. They esteem us, with rare exceptions, such as some of the missionaries, the most barbarous, treacherous, irreligious, and devilish creatures on the earth.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)