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 ^[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
• 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 ^[64]
• Elliott Roosevelt – brigadier general, son of FDR ^[4]
• Frank Lloyd Wright – architect

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