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

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5. "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)
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8. Magruder, Jack (October 21, 2005). "Chaparral's Konerko hoping to win World Series". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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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
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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. 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.
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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.