List of people from Chandler, Arizona explained

This is a listing of notable people who were born in, or have lived in, Chandler, Arizona.

Athletics

• Adam Archuleta – professional football player, Chicago Bears^[1]
• Ryan Bader – Mixed martial artist, UFC's Light Heavyweight division
• Clay Bellinger – former professional baseball player 1999-2002 (Yankees & Angels)^[2]
• Cody Bellinger – professional baseball player 2017–present (Dodgers)^[3]
• Hunter Bishop (born 1998) – baseball player^[4]
• Lance Brown – professional football player
• Melissa Buhl – downhill and mountain-cross cycling champion^[5]
• T.J. Clark – NASCAR driver^[6]
• Leonard Davis – professional football player, Dallas Cowboys^[7]
• Chris DeGeare – professional football player
• Louie Espinoza – Arizona's first world champion boxer
• Andre Ethier – professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers.^[8]
• Nelson Figueroa – professional baseball player
• Ryan Fitzpatrick – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
• Zora Folley – heavyweight boxer; Folley Street is named for him^{[9] [10]}
• Channing Frye – NBA basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers.^[11]
• Barry Gardner – professional football player^[12]
• Mean Joe Greene – professional football player
• Brett Hundley – professional football player, Green Bay Packers^[13]
• Mike Leach – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Rodrigo Lopez – professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• Tank Johnson – professional football player^[14]
• Cameron Jordan – professional football player, New Orleans Saints^[15]
• Dion Jordan – professional football player, Seattle Seahawks^[16]
• Mike Kruczek – professional football player
• Matt Leinart – professional football player^[17]
• Becca Longo – high school football kicker, first woman to receive NCAA football scholarship at Division II or better
• Jeff Malone – professional basketball player ^[18]
• Donovan McNabb – professional football quarterback^[19]
• Dustin Pedroia – professional baseball player
• Paul Perkins – professional football player, New York Giants^[20]
• Keith Poole – professional football player^[21]
• Junior Spivey – professional baseball player^[22]
• Dernell Stenson – professional baseball player
• Terrell Suggs – professional football player, Baltimore Ravens^[23]
• Lindsay Taylor – WNBA player, Seattle Storm^[24]
• Brian Urlacher – professional football player, Chicago Bears
• Greg Vanney – MLS player, D.C. United^[25]
• Markus Wheaton – professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers^[26]
• Ken Whisenhunt – professional football player and coach^[27]
• AQ Shipley – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Andy Lane – professional baseball player and coach, Chicago Cubs
• Robbie Gould – professional football player, San Francisco 49ers

Literature

• Bill Konigsberg – award-winning author
• Dary Matera – author, columnist^[28]
• Alberto Ríos – poet, writer, academic^[29]

Movies/television/media

• Alexa Havins – actress, All My Children^[30]
• Ice-T – actor and rapper, part-time resident^[31]
• Shawn Michaels – professional wrestler, WWE^[32]
• James Rallison – famous YouTuber, artist, and animator, better known as TheOdd1sOut
• Liz Renay – actress, gangster's moll
• Jose Rosete - actor, best known for The Walking Dead: Red Machete^[33]
• Ben Browning - Survivor: Season 19 cast member

Music/arts

• Antony Hämäläinen – lead singer, Meridian Dawn and former vocalist of Nightrage^[34]
• Waylon Jennings – singer, Country Music Hall of Fame
• Tom Linton – guitarist of Jimmy Eat World
• Kylee Saunders – Japanese-American pop star
• Marcus Orelias - artist, entrepreneur, game designer, and actor.^[35]

Politics

• In Tam – Cambodian politician^[36]

Miscellaneous

• Eddie Basha, Jr. – businessman, CEO of Bashas'^[37]
• Tom Liddy – nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host, attorney
• Brenna Sakas – Miss Arizona USA 2006^[38]
• Alexander J. Chandler - veterinarian, rancher, and founder of Chandler, AZ
• Ben Browning - Entrepreneur and Survivor contestant

Notes and References

1. http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player110.html Chicago Bears Roster
2. Web site: Clay Bellinger Stats . March 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928163442/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellicl01.shtml . September 28, 2011 . live . mdy-all .
3. Web site: Cody Bellinger Stats . March 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032522/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellico01.shtml . October 22, 2017 . live . mdy-all .
4. Web site: Will this Giants prospect be the next hit DJ?. MLB.com.
5. Web site: Buhl earns Four Cross World Title as U.S. contests gravity events . USA Cycling . June 21, 2008 . April 14, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804022857/http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3684 . August 4, 2008 . live . mdy-all .
6. http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=clarkt.01 T.J. Clark Career Statistics
7. Jensen, Edythe. Ex-Card lauded for saving horse. The Arizona Republic, May 21, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
8. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ethier_andre00.html Player Bio: Andre Ethier
9. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9384&cat=boxer BoxRec – Zora Folley
10. Laurean, Julian and Crowner, Jessica. Folley Street. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
11. Web site: Did You Know? . ChanningFrye.com . October 13, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100724232834/http://www.channingfrye.com/cfrye-know.html . July 24, 2010 .
12. Web site: Michigan State Game Program Features: Barry Gardner. Hammer, Scott. NUsports.com. October 16, 2008. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20081021125119/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101608aay.html. October 21, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
13. http://www.packers.com/team/roster/brett-hundley/0578118f-62ef-4d4a-9303-11d109d7ffbf Green Bay Packers Roster
14. http://www.nfl.com/players/tankjohnson/profile?id=JOH679169 Tank Johnson
15. http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/cameron-jordan/aa8b7d8c-218d-4a70-bcda-5a5448a57cb3 New Orleans Saints Roster
16. http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1550429 Oregon Ducks Player Profile
17. Creno, Glen. Leinart scrambles to Chandler. The Arizona Republic, February 9, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
18. Web site: Basketballreference.com – Jeff Malone . August 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809220009/http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MALONJE01 . August 9, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
19. Brookover, Bob. McNabb stands by his pitch for Eagles to get help . Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
20. https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-xpm-2013-oct-11-la-sp-1012-ucla-california-20131012-story.html
21. Web site: Keith Poole Training Zone. October 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215223815/http://www.kptrainingzone.com/keith.html. December 15, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
22. Web site: He's a hit on his first day. Trotto, Sarah. Arizona Daily Star. July 25, 2009. October 13, 2010. https://archive.today/20120709040026/http://azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/professional/minor/article_b1a187f1-3468-5e13-800c-7a044d9da424.html. July 9, 2012. live. mdy-all.
23. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/suggs_terrell00.html Player Bio: Terrell Suggs
24. http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/taylor_lindsay00.html Player Bio: Lindsay Taylor
25. http://www.hsgametime.com/az/content/hotshots/stories/HSGMAOW20070815_vanney.397e3491.html HSGametime.com – Greg Vanney, soccer
26. http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/Markus-Wheaton/aa64cb43-14c9-4635-b577-440a959515e3 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
27. Web site: Somers, Kent. Obama calls Whisenhunt at his Chandler home. The Arizona Republic. February 3, 2009. October 13, 2010.
28. Web site: Retrieved 2008-02-23. . August 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811182556/http://www.darymatera.com/bio.html . August 11, 2014 . live . mdy-all .
29. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/50 Poets.org – Alberto Ríos
30. http://soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/alexahavinsbio/ Soap Opera Digest – Alexa Havins
31. Web site: Ice-T, model wife buy in S. Chandler neighborhood. archive.azcentral.com.
32. Michaels, Shawn (November 2005). Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story. WWE Books, 12.
33. Web site: IMDb - Jose Rosete . IMDb . IMDb . 28 February 2022.
34. Yara, Georgann. It's a MadHouse at boutique. The Arizona Republic, November 29, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
35. Web site: Hill . Darnell . Black History Month kick off in Chandler . azinformant.com . Arizona Informant . 12 February 2022.
36. Erlanger, Steven. In Cambodia, an Ex-Leader Calls for End of Khmer Rouge. The New York Times, August 27, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
37. Web site: Eddie Basha Jr. dies at age 75 . Bizjournals.com . March 26, 2013 . Sunnucks . Mike . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529210647/http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/03/27/eddie-basha-jr-dies-at-age-75.html . May 29, 2013.
38. https://web.archive.org/web/20060626084858/http://www.brennasakas.com/bio.htm BrennaSakas.com – Biography