This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Arts
Asher Angel – actor Erma Bombeck – humorist Charles Boyer – actor 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 Hugh Downs – broadcaster Yvonne Lime Fedderson – philanthropist, founder of Childhelp, former actress Hunter Gomez – actor Rob Halford – singer/songwriter Jenna Jameson – adult film actress Bil Keane – cartoonist Cris Kirkwood – musician Stevie Nicks – singer Leslie Nielsen – actor Dave Pratt – radio personality Paolo Soleri – architect Emma Stone – actress Dick Van Dyke – actor
Business
Michael Bidwill – businessman, prosecutor, football executive; 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 Robert Sarver – businessman and former owner of Phoenix Sunsname=SarverHeart>University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center: "The Sarver Family" Retrieved November 30, 2017. Peter Sperling – businessman Don Stewart – head of Don Stewart Ministries/Association
Military
Betty Tackaberry Blake – last surviving member of the first training class of Women Airforce Service Pilots, who with her husband George Blake, built the first house in Paradise Valley
Politics
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
Paul Davies – physicist and author
Sport
Muhammad Ali – boxer Charles Barkley – basketball player Devin Booker – 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 Nikolai Khabibulin – ice hockey goaltender Jason Kidd – basketball player, NBA coach Miguel Montero – baseball player Steve Nash – basketball player Shaquille O'Neal – basketball player Jesse Owens – sprinter Michael Phelps – swimmer Tom Sneva – auto racer Terrell Suggs – football player Mike Tyson – boxer Kurt Warner – football player Matt Williams – baseball player Kerry Wood – baseball pitcher
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