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.
Athletics
- Muhammad Ali - boxer
- Charles Barkley - basketball player
- 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
- Randy Johnson - baseball pitcher[1]
- Nikolai Khabibulin - ice hockey goaltender
- Miguel Montero - baseball player
- Steve Nash - basketball player
- Shaquille O'Neal - basketball player
- Jesse Owens - sprinter
- Michael Phelps - swimmer[2]
- Tom Sneva - auto racer
- Terrell Suggs - football player
- Mike Tyson - boxer
- Kurt Warner - football player
- Matt Williams - baseball player
- Kerry Wood - baseball pitcher
Business
- 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[3]
The arts
- Erma Bombeck - humorist
- Charles Boyer - actor[4]
- Erskine Caldwell - writer
- Glen Campbell - musician
- Max Cavalera - musician
- Alice Cooper - singer
- Clive Cussler - writer
- Hugh Downs - broadcaster
- Yvonne Lime Fedderson - philanthropist, founder of Childhelp, former actress
- Hunter Gomez - actor[5]
- Rob Halford - singer/songwriter[6]
- Jenna Jameson - adult film actress
- Bil Keane - Cartoonist
- Cris Kirkwood - musician[6]
- Stevie Nicks - singer[6]
- Leslie Nielsen - actor
- Dave Pratt - radio personality
- Paolo Soleri - architect
- Emma Stone - actress
- Dick Van Dyke - actor
Politics
- Doug Ducey - politician, businessman
- Barry Goldwater - U.S. Senator
- G. Gordon Liddy - Watergate Scandal, Nixon appointee
- Sandra Day O'Connor - former Justice of the US Supreme Court
- Vernon Parker - politician
- 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
Military
- Betty Tackaberry Blake - Last surviving member of the first training class[7] of Women Airforce Service Pilots, who with her husband George Blake, built the first house in Paradise Valley.
Science
- Paul Davies, Physicist and Author.
- Professor Robley D. Evans, nuclear medicine pioneer, winner of the 1990 Enrico Fermi Award.[8]
Misc.
- Boyé Lafayette De Mente - author, journalist[9]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Anglen, Robert (May 4, 2009). "Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Celebrity Sightings". Doney.net. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "National Parents of the Year 2007". Parents Day. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "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. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "Boye Lafayette De Mente". Arizona Authors Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2014.