page_title: Yorba Linda, California
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Yorba Linda, California / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: The John Force Race Station in the Savi Ranch Center in Yorba Linda, California
context_page_description: Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately 37 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The suburb's most famous resident was Richard Nixon. His birthplace is a National Historic Landmark, at his presidential library and museum located there. Yorba Linda is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area according to the US Census. As of the 2010 census, its population was 64,234.
context_section_description: Tyler Armstrong – mountain climber and youngest person to climb Mount Aconcagua
  Sabrina Bryan – singer, actress (The Cheetah Girls)
  Michael D. Duvall – former Yorba Linda mayor and California State Assemblyman
  Bobby Edner – singer, actor, dancer (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over)
  Danielle Fishel – actress (Boy Meets World)
  John Force – professional drag racer, owner of John Force Racing, reality TV star of Driving Force and 16 time NHRA Funny Car Champion
  Brittany Force – professional drag racer 2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Second In Trio Of Daughters
  Courtney Force – professional drag racer, third of John Force's trio of daughters
  Ashley Force Hood – professional drag racer, John Force's daughter
  Ian Fowles – Musician and current guitarist for the California-based rock band The Aquabats
  Eric Friedman, also known as "Erock" – touring guitarist for Creed, former guitarist for Submersed, disc golfer
  Joe Hawley – player in National Football League, back-up center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  Robert Hight – professional drag racer, NHRA Funny Car Champion
  Mitzi Kapture – soap actress
  Dan Kennedy – Major League Soccer player (Chivas USA)
  Bobby Knoop – Major League Baseball player
  Steven Lenhart – Major League Soccer player (San Jose Earthquakes)
  Alli Mauzey – Broadway actress (Wicked, Hairspray, Cry-Baby)
  David McNab – Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations of the Anaheim Ducks.
  Marcus Mumford – musician (Mumford and Sons)
  Richard 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 (D.C. United)
  Bob "Buck" Rodgers – Major League baseball player and manager (Angels)
  Sergio Santos – Major League Baseball (Toronto Blue Jays)
  Ricky Wells – speedway rider, 2009 US National Champion
  Jessamyn West – writer, second cousin to Richard Nixon on her mother's side of the family; moved to California from Indiana in 1909 and attended schools in Yorba Linda and Fullerton; later authored books and poems, including 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
caption: The John Force Race Station,[112] located in Savi Ranch
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