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) ^[3]
• Hunter Bishop (born 1998) – baseball player ^[4]
• Lance Brown – professional football player^{[ citation needed]}
• Melissa Buhl – downhill and mountain-cross cycling champion ^[5]
• T.J. Clark – NASCAR driver ^[6]
• Leonard Davis – professional football player, Dallas Cowboys ^[7]
• Chris DeGeare – professional football player
• Louie Espinoza – Arizona's first world champion boxer ^[8]
• Andre Ethier – professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[9]
• Nelson Figueroa – professional baseball player
• Ryan Fitzpatrick – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback
• Zora Folley – heavyweight boxer; Folley Street is named for him ^{[10] [11]}
• Channing Frye – NBA basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers. ^[12]
• Barry Gardner – professional football player ^[13]
• Mean Joe Greene – professional football player^{[ citation needed]}
• Brett Hundley – professional football player, Green Bay Packers ^[14]
• Mike Leach – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Rodrigo Lopez – professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• Tank Johnson – professional football player ^[15]
• Cameron Jordan – professional football player, New Orleans Saints ^[16]
• Dion Jordan – professional football player, Seattle Seahawks ^[17]
• Mike Kruczek – professional football player
• Matt Leinart – professional football player ^[18]
• Becca Longo – high school football kicker, first woman to receive NCAA football scholarship at Division II or better
• Jeff Malone – professional basketball player ^[19]
• Donovan McNabb – professional football quarterback ^[20]
• Dustin Pedroia – professional baseball player
• Paul Perkins – professional football player, New York Giants ^[21]
• Keith Poole – professional football player ^[22]
• Junior Spivey – professional baseball player ^[23]
• Dernell Stenson – professional baseball player
• Terrell Suggs – professional football player, Baltimore Ravens ^[24]
• Lindsay Taylor – WNBA player, Seattle Storm ^[25]
• Brian Urlacher – professional football player, Chicago Bears^{[ citation needed]}
• Greg Vanney – MLS player, D.C. United ^[26]
• Markus Wheaton – professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers ^[27]
• Ken Whisenhunt – professional football player and coach ^[28]
• AQ Shipley – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals ^[29]
• Andy Lane – professional baseball player and coach, Chicago Cubs</ref>
• Robbie Gould – professional football player, San Francisco 49ers ^[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 – famous YouTuber, artist, and animator, better known as TheOdd1sOut
• Liz Renay – actress, gangster's moll
• Jose Rosete - actor, best known for The Walking Dead: Red Machete ^[36]
• Ben Browning - Survivor: Season 19 cast member

Music/arts

• Antony Hämäläinen – lead singer, Meridian Dawn and former vocalist of Nightrage ^[37]
• Waylon Jennings – singer, Country Music Hall of Fame
• Tom Linton – guitarist of Jimmy Eat World
• Kylee Saunders – Japanese- American pop star
• Marcus Orelias - artist, entrepreneur, game designer, and actor. ^[38]

Politics

• In Tam – Cambodian politician ^[39]

Miscellaneous

• Eddie Basha, Jr. – businessman, CEO of Bashas' ^[40]
• Tom Liddy – nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host, attorney
• Brenna Sakas – Miss Arizona USA 2006 ^[41]
• Alexander J. Chandler - veterinarian, rancher, and founder of Chandler, AZ
• Ben Browning - Entrepreneur and Survivor contestant

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