List of people from Paradise Valley, Arizona
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Arts
[edit]- Erma Bombeck – humorist
- Charles Boyer – actor[1]
- Erskine Caldwell – writer
- Glen Campbell – musician
- Max Cavalera – musician
- Alice Cooper – singer
- Calico Cooper – dancer, actor, and singer
- Sheryl Cooper – dancer and dance instructor
- Clive Cussler – writer
- Boyé Lafayette De Mente – author, journalist[2]
- Hugh Downs – broadcaster
- Yvonne Lime Fedderson – philanthropist, founder of Childhelp, former actress
- Hunter Gomez – actor[3]
- Rob Halford – singer/songwriter[4]
- Jenna Jameson – adult film actress
- Bil Keane – cartoonist
- Cris Kirkwood – musician[4]
- Stevie Nicks – singer[4]
- Leslie Nielsen – actor
- Dave Pratt – radio personality
- Paolo Soleri – architect
- Emma Stone – actress
- Dick Van Dyke – actor
- Asher Angel – actor[5]
Business
[edit]- Michael Bidwill – businessman, prosecutor, and football executive. The principal owner, chairman, and president of the Arizona Cardinals
- Derrick Hall – business executive, President & CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Bruce Halle – founder and chairman of Discount Tire; richest man in Arizona with net worth of $4.2 billion
- Geordie Hormel – heir to Hormel Foods Corp.
- Thelma Keane – businesswoman, wife of Bill Keane
- Charles Keating – businessman and figure in the Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal
- Peter Sperling – businessman
- Don Stewart – head of Don Stewart Ministries/Association[6]
- Robert Sarver – businessman and Former Owner of Phoenix Suns[7]
Military
[edit]- Betty Tackaberry Blake – last surviving member of the first training class[8] of Women Airforce Service Pilots, who with her husband George Blake, built the first house in Paradise Valley.
Politics
[edit]- Doug Ducey - politician, businessman
- Barry Goldwater - U.S. Senator and 1964 Republican Presidential Nominee.
- G. Gordon Liddy - Watergate Scandal, Nixon appointee
- Sandra Day O'Connor - former Justice of the US Supreme Court
- Dan Quayle - Vice President of the United States (1989–1993), United States Senator from Indiana (1981–1989), and U.S. Representative of Indiana's 4th congressional district (1977–1981)
- William Rehnquist - Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
Science
[edit]- Paul Davies - physicist and author
- Professor Robley D. Evans - nuclear medicine pioneer, winner of the 1990 Enrico Fermi Award[9]
Sport
[edit]- Muhammad Ali - boxer
- Charles Barkley - basketball player
- Devin Booker - basketball player[10]
- Steve Bush - football player
- Keith Carney - ice hockey defenseman
- Vinnie Del Negro - NBA coach
- Jermaine Dye - baseball player
- Jeff Fassero - baseball player
- Larry Fitzgerald - football player
- Mark Grace - baseball player
- Jeff Hornacek - basketball player, NBA coach
- Jason Kidd - basketball player, NBA coach[11]
- Randy Johnson - baseball pitcher[12]
- Nikolai Khabibulin - ice hockey goaltender
- Miguel Montero - baseball player
- Steve Nash - basketball player
- Shaquille O'Neal - basketball player
- Jesse Owens - sprinter
- Michael Phelps - swimmer[13]
- Tom Sneva - auto racer
- Terrell Suggs - football player
- Mike Tyson - boxer
- Kurt Warner - football player
- Matt Williams - baseball player
- Kerry Wood - baseball pitcher
References
[edit]- ^ "Celebrity Sightings". Doney.net. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Boye Lafayette De Mente". Arizona Authors Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ^ "National Parents of the Year 2007". Parents Day. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Iwasaki, Scott (August 1, 2017). "Actor Asher Angel enjoys his work on 'Andi Mack'". ParkRecord.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Anglen, Robert (May 4, 2009). "Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
- ^ name=SarverHeart>University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center: "The Sarver Family" Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Betty C.G.T. Blake". Veteran Tributes. Veteran Tributes, Gulfport, MS. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ "Professor Robley D. Evans, nuclear medicine pioneer, dies". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. January 10, 1996. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ Ankus, Justin (September 4, 2021). "Devin Booker House: Phoenix Oasis". www.urbansplatter.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "'If You Want to Be Great, You Have to Work': Jason Kidd Counters His Critics". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ "Randy Johnson's House Pictures". Celebrity House Pictures. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ "Michael Phelps to Live in $2.53 Million Arizona Home After Retirement". Bleacher Report. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.