List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona
List of notable people from Scottsdale, Arizona
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This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Art
- Kevin Geary (born 1952) – English portrait and abstract artist[1]
- Bil Keane – cartoonist[2]
- Rotraut Klein-Moquay – visual artist[3]
- Reg Manning – editorial cartoonist[4]
- Dale Messick – cartoonist[5]
Athletics
- Max Aaron (born 1992) – 2013 National Champion at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships[6]
- Chance Adams (born 1994) – professional baseball player[7]
- Muhammad Ali – heavyweight champion boxer[8]
- Kyle Allen – professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers[9]
- Mark Andrews – professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens[10]
- Brian Bannister – professional baseball pitcher[11]
- Charles Barkley (born 1963) – basketball player for Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets, also TV commentator[12]
- Chad Beyer – professional cyclist[13]
- Amanda Blumenherst (born 1986) – professional golfer[14]
- Pat Burrell – professional baseball player[15]
- Jocko Conlan – Hall of Fame baseball umpire[16]
- Ike Davis (born 1987) – professional baseball player for New York Mets[17]
- Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor[18]
- Luis Gonzalez – professional baseball player[19]
- Mark Grace – professional baseball player[20]
- Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour[21]
- Helen Hull Jacobs – champion tennis player[citation needed]
- Ruth Jessen – professional golfer[22]
- Jakob Junis (born 1992) – baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants[23]
- Paul Konerko – professional baseball player[24]
- Olga Korbut – Olympic gymnast[25]
- Tom Lehman – professional golfer[26]
- Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters[27]
- Sydney Leroux – soccer player[28]
- Kevin Long – professional baseball coach[29]
- Auston Matthews – professional ice hockey player[30]
- Jim Palmer – professional baseball pitcher, member MLB Hall of Fame[31]
- Mike Pollak – professional football player[citation needed]
- Jeremy Roenick – professional hockey player[32]
- Matisse Thybulle (born 1997) – professional basketball player[33]
- Brady Tkachuk – professional hockey player[34]
- Matthew Tkachuk – professional hockey player[35]
- Jeremy Wolf (born 1993) – American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team[36]
- Jesse Ylönen – professional hockey player[37]
Entertainment
- Erika Alexander – actress[citation needed]
- Rex Allen – actor, singer and songwriter[citation needed]
- Jules Asner – actress, model[citation needed]
- Brie Bella/Garcia – wrestling WWE[38]
- Nikki Bella/Garcia – wrestling WWE[39]
- Sandra Bernhard – actress, comedian[40]
- Drew Binsky – travel vlogger and blogger[41]
- Lynda Carter – actress, title role on Wonder Woman
- Joan Ganz Cooney – producer, founder of Children's Television Workshop[citation needed]
- Brady Corbet – actor, filmmaker[40]
- Andy Devine – actor[citation needed]
- Barbara Eden – actress[40]
- Dennis Farina – actor[42]
- Kade Gottlieb – also known as Gottmik, drag queen, television personality, Rupaul's Drag Race[43]
- Gregg Groothuis – professional wrestler[citation needed]
- Sammi Hanratty – actress[40]
- Barbara Harris – actress[44]
- Dale Hellestrae – professional football player[45]
- Catherine Hicks – actress[40]
- Earl Hindman – actor[citation needed]
- Jenna Jameson – porn star[46]
- Brad Johnson – actor, model[citation needed]
- Marilyn Kagan – actress, psychotherapist[47]
- Tanner Maguire – actor[citation needed]
- Frankie Muniz – actor[48]
- Tyler Niknam – Twitch streamer[citation needed]
- David Spade – actor[49]
- Steven Spielberg – Oscar-winning film director[citation needed]
- Emma Stone – Oscar-winning actress[50]
- Dick Van Dyke – actor, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins[citation needed]
- Sofia Wylie – actress, singer, and dancer, Andi Mack[citation needed]
- Ismael Khalid — influencer and streamer[51]
Music
- Dierks Bentley – singer[citation needed]
- Chronic Future – alternative rock band[citation needed]
- David Ellefson – musician[52]
- Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers[citation needed]
- Nils Lofgren – musician, songwriter, member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band[53]
- Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison[53]
- Stevie Nicks – singer[53]
- Billy Preston – singer (died in Scottsdale)[54]
- Jerry Riopelle – musician, record producer[53]
- The Summer Set – pop rock band[citation needed]
Literature
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey – author[4]
- Diana Gabaldon – author of the Outlander series[55]
- Clarence Budington Kelland – author[4]
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – author[56]
- Stephenie Meyer – author of the Twilight series[57]
- Barbara Park – author of children's books[58]
- Glendon Swarthout – author[59]
Politics
- Cesar Estrada Chavez – political activist[citation needed]
- Herb Drinkwater – mayor of Scottsdale from 1980 to 1996[60]
- Joe Foss – leading Marine fighter ace in World War II, governor of South Dakota, first commissioner of the American Football League[61]
- Barry Goldwater – former U.S. senator and 1964 presidential candidate[citation needed]
- G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist[62]
- John McCain – former U.S. senator, 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate[citation needed]
- Tony Nelssen – elected city councilman from 2006 to 2010, and the only councilman of the city to die in office[63]
- Sandra Day O'Connor – U.S. Supreme Court justice[citation needed]
- Winfield Scott – legislator, chaplain, and town namesake[4]
Miscellaneous
- Ron Evans – astronaut[64]
- Hadas Gold (born 1988) – media and business reporter[65]
- Jacob Gold – financial planner[66]
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross – psychiatrist, pioneer in near-death studies[4]
- Frank Luke – fighter ace of World War I[citation needed]
- Bob Parsons – entrepreneur, founder of Go Daddy[67]
- Elliott Roosevelt – brigadier general, son of FDR[4]
- Frank Lloyd Wright – architect[68]