List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Scottsdale, Arizona.

Athletics

• Max Aaron – 2013 National Champion at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• Muhammad Ali – heavyweight champion boxer ^[1]
• Brian Bannister – professional baseball pitcher
• Charles Barkley – basketball player for Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and the Houston Rockets, also TV commentator
• Chad Beyer – professional cyclist ^[2]
• Amanda Blumenherst – professional golfer ^[3]
• Pat Burrell – professional baseball player ^[4]
• Danny Curzon – pairs figure skater^[5]
• Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor^[6]
• Luis Gonzalez – professional baseball player
• Mark Grace – professional baseball player
• Chelsi Guillen – pairs figure skater^[5]
• Helen Hull Jacobs – champion tennis player
• Ruth Jessen – professional golfer^[7]
• Paul Konerko – professional baseball player^[8]
• Tom Lehman – professional golfer^[9]
• Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
• Kevin Long – professional baseball coach^[10]
• Auston Matthews - professional ice hockey player ^[11]
• Jim Palmer – professional baseball pitcher, member MLB Hall of Fame
• Mike Pollak – professional football player
• Jeremy Roenick - professional hockey player
• Mike Tyson – world-champion boxer

Movies/television/media

• Erika Alexander – actress
• Rex Allen – actor, singer and songwriter
• Jules Asner – actress, model
• Sandra Bernhard – actress, comedian^[12]
• Lynda Carter – actress, title role on Wonder Woman
• Joan Ganz Cooney – producer, founder of Children's Television Workshop
• Brady Corbet – actor^[12]
• Andy Devine – actor
• Barbara Eden – actress^[12]
• Dennis Farina – actor^[13]
• Gregg Groothuis – professional wrestler
• Sammi Hanratty – actress^[12]
• Dale Hellestrae – professional football player^[14]
• Catherine Hicks – actress^[12]
• Kalani Hilliker – dancer, reality television personality, Dance Moms, Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition
• Earl Hindman – actor
• Jenna Jameson – porn star
• Brad Johnson – actor, model
• Tanner Maguire – actor
• Frankie Muniz – actor
• David Spade – actor
• Steven Spielberg – Oscar-winning film director
• Emma Stone – actress
• Dick Van Dyke – actor, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins

Music

• Dierks Bentley – singer
• David Ellefson – musician
• Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers
• Nils Lofgren – musician, songwriter^[15]
• Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison^[15]
• Stevie Nicks – singer^[15]
• Jerry Riopelle – musician, record producer^[15]
• The Summer Set – pop rock band
• The Tubes – rock band

Literature

• Diana Gabaldon – author of the Outlander series^[16]
• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – author^[17]
• Stephenie Meyer – author of the Twilight series^[18]
• Barbara Park – author of children's books^[19]

Politics

• Cesar Estrada Chavez – political activist
• Barry Goldwater – former US Senator and 1964 presidential candidate
• G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist^[20]
• John McCain – current US Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate
• Sandra Day O'Connor – US Supreme Court Justice
• Sarah Palin – 2008 vice-presidential candidate^[21]

Miscellaneous

• Frank Luke – fighter ace of World War I
• Bob Parsons – entrepreneur, founder of Go Daddy^[22]
• Frank Lloyd Wright – architect

References

1. ↑ "Brother: Muhammad Ali's health failing". UPI. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014. 
2. ↑ "Chad Beyer Bio". Chad Beyer. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014. 
3. ↑ "Amanda Blumenherst Bio". Duke University. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2014. 
4. ↑ "Slugger Pat Burrell Lists Scottsdale Pad". Realtor.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014. 
5. 1 2 "Pairs: Chelsea Guillen, Danny Curzon". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014. 
6. ↑ "Evelyn Garcia". National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.  |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
7. ↑ "Where Are They Now? Ruth Jessen, former LPGA standout". SeattlePi.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2014.  |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
8. ↑ Magruder, Jack (October 21, 2005). "Chaparral's Konerko hoping to win World Series". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2014. 
9. ↑ "Tom Lehman Bio". Lehman Design Group. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2014. 
10. ↑ "Kevin Long #54". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.  |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
11. ↑ https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-draft-maple-leafs-pick-auston-matthews-first/c-281038834?tid=277764372
12. 1 2 3 4 5 "List of Famous People from Arizona". The Free Resource. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2014.  |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
13. ↑ Moore, Frazier (July 22, 2013). "Actor Dennis Farina dies in Scottsdale, Ariz.". AZ Family.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2014. 
14. ↑ "Arizona Rattlers". Cox 7. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.  |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
15. 1 2 3 4 Leatherman, Benjamin (August 6, 2014). "The 15 Biggest Rock Stars Who Live in Arizona". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014. 
16. ↑ "Bio". Diana Gabaldon. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014. 
17. ↑ "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Obituary". The Arizona Republic. September 1, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2014. 
18. ↑ Graham, Caroline (November 14, 2009). "Twilight life of Stephenie Meyer, the world's biggest author". Daily Mail. Archived from the original on January 19, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014. 
19. ↑ Maughan, Shannon (November 17, 2013). "Junie B. Jones Creator Barbara Park Dies at 66". Publisher's Weekly. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2014. 
20. ↑ "Son of Watergate". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2014. 
21. ↑ "ABC15 talks to Sarah Palin at Sky Harbor". ABC15. June 3, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014. 
22. ↑ Sloan, Paul (February 28, 2007). "Who's Your Go Daddy?". CNN. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.