List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Scottsdale, Arizona.

• 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]

• 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
• 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
• 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]

• Erika Alexander – actress
• Rex Allen – actor, singer and songwriter
• Jules Asner – actress, model
• 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
• Brady Corbet – actor, filmmaker^[40]
• Andy Devine – actor
• 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
• Sammi Hanratty – actress^[40]
• Barbara Harris – actress^[44]
• Dale Hellestrae – professional football player^[45]
• Catherine Hicks – actress^[40]
• Earl Hindman – actor
• Jenna Jameson – porn star^[46]
• Brad Johnson – actor, model
• Marilyn Kagan – actress, psychotherapist^[47]
• Tanner Maguire – actor
• Frankie Muniz – actor^[48]
• Tyler Niknam – Twitch streamer
• David Spade – actor^[49]
• Steven Spielberg – Oscar-winning film director
• Emma Stone – Oscar-winning actress^[50]
• Dick Van Dyke – actor, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins
• Sofia Wylie – actress, singer, and dancer, Andi Mack
• Ismael Khalid — influencer and streamer^[51]

• Dierks Bentley – singer
• Chronic Future – alternative rock band
• David Ellefson – musician^[52]
• Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers
• 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

• 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]

• Cesar Estrada Chavez – political activist
• 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
• G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist^[62]
• 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^[63]
• Sandra Day O'Connor – U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Winfield Scott – legislator, chaplain, and town namesake^[4]

• Ron Evans – astronaut^[64]
• Hadas Gold (born 1988) – media and business reporter^[65]
• Jacob Gold – financial planner^[66]
• 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^[67]
• Elliott Roosevelt – brigadier general, son of FDR^[4]
• Frank Lloyd Wright – architect^[68]