List of people from Chandler, Arizona

This is a listing of notable people who were born in, or have lived in, Chandler, Arizona.

Athletics

• Adam Archuleta – professional football player, Chicago Bears^[1]
• Ryan Bader – mixed martial artist, UFC's Light Heavyweight division
• Clay Bellinger – former professional baseball player 1999-2002 (Yankees & Angels)^[2]
• Cody Bellinger – professional baseball player 2017–present (Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees)^[3]
• Julio Benitez – soccer player^[4]
• Matt Bersano – soccer player^[5]
• Hunter Bishop (born 1998) – baseball player^[6]
• Lance Brown – professional football player^{[citation needed]}
• Melissa Buhl – downhill and mountain-cross cycling champion^[7]
• T.J. Clark – NASCAR driver^[8]
• Leonard Davis – professional football player, Dallas Cowboys^[9]
• Chris DeGeare – professional football player
• Louie Espinoza – Arizona's first world champion boxer^[10]
• Andre Ethier – professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers^[11]
• Nelson Figueroa – professional baseball player
• Ryan Fitzpatrick – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
• Zora Folley – heavyweight boxer; Folley Street is named for him^[12][13]
• Channing Frye – NBA basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers^[14]
• Barry Gardner – professional football player^[15]
• Robbie Gould – professional football player, San Francisco 49ers
• Mean Joe Greene – professional football player^{[citation needed]}
• Brett Hundley – professional football player, Green Bay Packers^[16]
• Mike Leach – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Rodrigo Lopez – professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• Tank Johnson – professional football player^[17]
• Cameron Jordan – professional football player, New Orleans Saints^[18]
• Dion Jordan – professional football player, Seattle Seahawks^[19]
• Mike Kruczek – professional football player
• Andy Lane – professional baseball player and coach, Chicago Cubs
• Matt Leinart – professional football player^[20]
• Becca Longo – high school football kicker, first woman to receive NCAA football scholarship at Division II or better
• Jeff Malone – professional basketball player^[21]
• Donovan McNabb – professional football quarterback^[22]
• Dustin Pedroia – professional baseball player
• Paul Perkins – professional football player, New York Giants^[23]
• Keith Poole – professional football player^[24]
• AQ Shipley – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Junior Spivey – professional baseball player^[25]
• Dernell Stenson – professional baseball player
• Terrell Suggs – professional football player, Baltimore Ravens^[26]
• Lindsay Taylor – WNBA player, Seattle Storm^[27]
• Brian Urlacher – professional football player, Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Greg Vanney – MLS player, D.C. United^[28]
• Markus Wheaton – professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers^[29]
• Ken Whisenhunt – professional football player and coach^[30]

Literature

• Bill Konigsberg – award-winning author
• Dary Matera – author, columnist^[31]
• Alberto Ríos – poet, writer, academic^[32]

Movies/television/media

• Alexa Havins – actress, All My Children^[33]
• Ice-T – actor and rapper, part-time resident^[34]
• Shawn Michaels – professional wrestler, WWE^[35]
• James Rallison – YouTuber, artist, and animator, better known as TheOdd1sOut
• Liz Renay – actress, gangster's moll

Music/arts

• Antony Hämäläinen – lead singer, Meridian Dawn and former vocalist of Nightrage^[36]
• Waylon Jennings – singer, Country Music Hall of Fame
• Tom Linton – guitarist of Jimmy Eat World
• Kylee Saunders – Japanese-American pop star

Politics

• In Tam – Cambodian politician^[37]

Miscellaneous

• Eddie Basha, Jr. – businessman, CEO of Bashas'^[38]
• Ben Browning – entrepreneur and Survivor contestant
• Alexander J. Chandler – veterinarian, rancher, and founder of Chandler, Arizona
• Tom Liddy – nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host, attorney
• Brenna Sakas – Miss Arizona USA 2006^[39]