# List of people from Chandler, Arizona

NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE• Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. • The article must mention how they are associated with the community, whether born, raised, or residing. • The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited, or it should be stated in their Wikipedia article • Alphabetical by last name please, within the appropriate category • All others will be deleted without further explanation END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE 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
* Ryan Bader – Mixed martial artist, UFC's Light Heavyweight division
* Clay Bellinger – former professional baseball player 1999-2002 (Yankees & Angels)
* Cody Bellinger – professional baseball player 2017–present (Dodgers)
* Julio Benitez – soccer player
* Matt Bersano – soccer player
* Hunter Bishop (born 1998) – baseball player
* Lance Brown – professional football player
* Melissa Buhl – downhill and mountain-cross cycling champion
* T.J. Clark – NASCAR driver
* Leonard Davis – professional football player, Dallas Cowboys
* Chris DeGeare – professional football player
* Louie Espinoza – Arizona's first world champion boxer
* Andre Ethier – professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers.
* Nelson Figueroa – professional baseball player
* Ryan Fitzpatrick – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
* Zora Folley – heavyweight boxer; Folley Street is named for him
* Channing Frye – NBA basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers.
* Barry Gardner – professional football player
* Mean Joe Greene – professional football player
* Brett Hundley – professional football player, Green Bay Packers
* Mike Leach – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
* Rodrigo Lopez – professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs
* Tank Johnson – professional football player
* Cameron Jordan – professional football player, New Orleans Saints
* Dion Jordan – professional football player, Seattle Seahawks
* Mike Kruczek – professional football player
* Matt Leinart – professional football player
* Becca Longo – high school football kicker, first woman to receive NCAA football scholarship at Division II or better
* Jeff Malone – professional basketball player
* Donovan McNabb – professional football quarterback
* Dustin Pedroia – professional baseball player
* Paul Perkins – professional football player, New York Giants
* Keith Poole – professional football player
* Junior Spivey – professional baseball player
* Dernell Stenson – professional baseball player
* Terrell Suggs – professional football player, Baltimore Ravens
* Lindsay Taylor – WNBA player, Seattle Storm
* Brian Urlacher – professional football player, Chicago Bears
* Greg Vanney – MLS player, D.C. United
* Markus Wheaton – professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
* Ken Whisenhunt – professional football player and coach
* AQ Shipley – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
* Andy Lane – professional baseball player and coach, Chicago Cubs
* Robbie Gould – professional football player, San Francisco 49ers

## Literature

* Bill Konigsberg – award-winning author
* Dary Matera – author, columnist
* Alberto Ríos – poet, writer, academic

## Movies/television/media

* Alexa Havins – actress, All My Children
* Ice-T – actor and rapper, part-time resident
* Shawn Michaels – professional wrestler, WWE
* James Rallison – famous YouTuber, artist, and animator, better known as TheOdd1sOut
* Liz Renay – actress, gangster's moll
* Ben Browning - Survivor: Season 19 cast member

## Music/arts

* Antony Hämäläinen – lead singer, Meridian Dawn and former vocalist of Nightrage
* 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

## Miscellaneous

* Eddie Basha, Jr. – businessman, CEO of Bashas'
* Tom Liddy – nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host, attorney
* Brenna Sakas – Miss Arizona USA 2006
* Alexander J. Chandler - veterinarian, rancher, and founder of Chandler, AZ
* Ben Browning - Entrepreneur and Survivor contestant