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 Bil Keane – cartoonist Rotraut Klein-Moquay – visual artist Reg Manning – editorial cartoonist Dale Messick – cartoonist
Athletics
Max Aaron (born 1992) – 2013 National Champion at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Chance Adams (born 1994) – professional baseball player Muhammad Ali – heavyweight champion boxer Kyle Allen – professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers 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 Amanda Blumenherst (born 1986) – professional golfer Pat Burrell – professional baseball player Jocko Conlan – Hall of Fame baseball umpire Ike Davis (born 1987) – professional baseball player for New York Mets Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor 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 Jakob Junis (born 1992) – baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants Paul Konerko – professional baseball player Olga Korbut – Olympic gymnast Tom Lehman – professional golfer Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters Sydney Leroux – soccer player Kevin Long – professional baseball coach Auston Matthews – professional ice hockey player 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/Garcia – wrestling WWE Nikki Bella/Garcia – wrestling WWE Sandra Bernhard – actress, comedian 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, filmmaker Andy Devine – actor Barbara Eden – actress Dennis Farina – actor Kade Gottlieb – also known as Gottmik, drag queen, television personality, Rupaul's Drag Race Gregg Groothuis – professional wrestler Sammi Hanratty – actress Barbara Harris – actress Dale Hellestrae – professional football player Catherine Hicks – actress Earl Hindman – actor Jenna Jameson – porn star Brad Johnson – actor, model Marilyn Kagan – actress, psychotherapist 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
Dierks Bentley – singer Chronic Future – alternative rock band David Ellefson – musician Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers Nils Lofgren – musician, songwriter, member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison Stevie Nicks – singer Billy Preston – singer (died in Scottsdale) Jerry Riopelle – musician, record producer The Summer Set – pop rock band
Literature
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey – author Diana Gabaldon – author of the Outlander series Clarence Budington Kelland – author Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – author Stephenie Meyer – author of the Twilight series Barbara Park – author of children's books Glendon Swarthout – author
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 Barry Goldwater – former U.S. senator and 1964 presidential candidate G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist 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
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 Frank Luke – fighter ace of World War I Bob Parsons – entrepreneur, founder of Go Daddy Elliott Roosevelt – brigadier general, son of FDR Frank Lloyd Wright – architect
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