List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona explained

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
• Chance Adams (born 1994) - professional baseball player^[6]
• Kyle Allen - professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Muhammad Ali – heavyweight champion boxer^[7]
• Mark Andrews - professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens
• Brian Bannister – professional baseball pitcher
• Charles Barkley (born 1963) – basketball player for Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets, also TV commentator
• Chad Beyer – professional cyclist^[8]
• Amanda Blumenherst (born 1986) – professional golfer^[9]
• Pat Burrell – professional baseball player^[10]
• Jocko Conlan, Hall of Fame baseball umpire
• Danny Curzon – pairs figure skater^[11]
• Ike Davis (born 1987) - professional baseball player for New York Mets
• Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor^[12]
• Luis Gonzalez – professional baseball player
• Mark Grace – professional baseball player
• Chelsi Guillen – pairs figure skater
• Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
• Helen Hull Jacobs – champion tennis player
• Ruth Jessen – professional golfer^[13]
• Jakob Junis (born 1992) - baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Paul Konerko – professional baseball player^[14]
• Olga Korbut - Olympic gymnast^[15]
• Tom Lehman – professional golfer^[16]
• Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
• Kevin Long – professional baseball coach^[17]
• Auston Matthews – professional ice hockey player^[18]
• Jim Palmer – professional baseball pitcher, member MLB Hall of Fame
• Mike Pollak – professional football player
• Jeremy Roenick – professional hockey player
• Matisse Thybulle (born 1997) - professional basketball player
• Brady Tkachuk – professional hockey player
• Matthew Tkachuk – professional hockey player
• Jeremy Wolf (born 1993) - American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team
• Jesse Ylönen – professional hockey player

Entertainment

• Erika Alexander – actress
• Rex Allen – actor, singer and songwriter
• Jules Asner – actress, model
• Brie Bella - wrestling WWE
• Nikki Bella - wrestling WWE
• Sandra Bernhard – actress, comedian^[19]
• Drew Binsky - travel vlogger and blogger
• Lynda Carter – actress, title role on Wonder Woman
• Joan Ganz Cooney – producer, founder of Children's Television Workshop
• Brady Corbet – actor^[19]
• Andy Devine – actor
• Barbara Eden – actress^[19]
• Dennis Farina – actor^[20]
• Kade Gottlieb – also known as Gottmik, drag queen, television personality, Rupaul's Drag Race
• Gregg Groothuis – professional wrestler
• Sammi Hanratty – actress^[19]
• Barbara Harris – actress
• Dale Hellestrae – professional football player^[21]
• Catherine Hicks – actress^[19]
• Kalani Hilliker – dancer, reality television personality, Dance Moms, Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition
• Earl Hindman – actor
• Jenna Jameson – porn star
• Brad Johnson – actor, model
• Marilyn Kagan - actress, psychotherapist^[22]
• Tanner Maguire – actor
• Frankie Muniz – actor
• Tyler Niknam – Twitch streamer
• David Spade – actor
• Steven Spielberg – Oscar-winning film director
• Emma Stone – Oscar-winning actress
• Dick Van Dyke – actor, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins
• Sofia Wylie – actress, singer, and dancer, Andi Mack
• Ismael Khalid — influencer and streamer

Music

• Billy Preston - singer (died in Scottsdale)
• Dierks Bentley – singer
• David Ellefson – musician
• Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers
• Nils Lofgren – musician, songwriter
• Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison
• Stevie Nicks – singer
• Jerry Riopelle – musician, record producer^[23]
• The Summer Set – pop rock band
• Chronic Future – alternative rock band

Literature

• Ernestine Gilbreth Carey - author^[4]
• Diana Gabaldon – author of the Outlander series^[24]
• Clarence Budington Kelland - author^[4]
• Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – author^[25]
• Stephenie Meyer – author of the Twilight series
• Barbara Park – author of children's books^[26]
• Glendon Swarthout - author^[27]

Politics

• Cesar Estrada Chavez – political activist
• Herb Drinkwater – Mayor of Scottsdale from 1980 to 1996
• Joe Foss – leading Marine fighter ace in World War II, Governor of South Dakota, first commissioner of the American Football League^[28]
• Barry Goldwater – former U.S. Senator and 1964 presidential candidate
• G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist^[29]
• John McCain – former U.S. Senator, 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate
• Tony Nelssen – Elected city councilman from 2006 to 2010, and the only councilman of the city to die in office
• Sandra Day O'Connor – U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Winfield Scott – Legislator, Chaplain, and Town namesake^[4]

Miscellaneous

• Ron Evans – astronaut
• Hadas Gold (born 1988) – media and business reporter
• Jacob Gold – financial planner
• Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - Psychiatrist, Pioneer in near-death studies^[4]
• Frank Luke – fighter ace of World War I
• Bob Parsons – entrepreneur, founder of Go Daddy^[30]
• Elliott Roosevelt - Brigadier General, son of FDR^[4]
• Frank Lloyd Wright – architect

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