List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona

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
• Ike Davis (born 1987) - professional baseball player for New York Mets
• Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor ^[11]
• Luis Gonzalez – professional baseball player
• Mark Grace – professional baseball player
• Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
• Helen Hull Jacobs – champion tennis player
• Ruth Jessen – professional golfer ^[12]
• Jakob Junis (born 1992) - baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Paul Konerko – professional baseball player ^[13]
• Olga Korbut - Olympic gymnast ^[14]
• Tom Lehman – professional golfer ^[15]
• Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
• Sydney Leroux – soccer player ^[16]
• 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 ^[23]
• Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison ^[23]
• Stevie Nicks – singer ^[23]
• 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^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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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