List of Famous Basketball Players

Wayne Robert Ellington Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the University of North Carolina from 2006 to 2009. He chose to forgo his final season of college eligibility to declare for the 2009 NBA draft, and was drafted 28th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian former professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she was 16. In 1998, she led the AIS team that won the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championship. Jackson joined the Canberra Capitals for the 1999 season when she turned 18 and played with the team off and on until 2006, winning four more WNBL championships. From 2010 to 2016, Jackson played with the Canberra Capitals, which she did during the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) offseason during the time she continued WNBA play.

Alexey Viktorovich Shved is a Russian professional basketball player for the Khimki of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.98 m, he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.

Maki Takada is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Francis Stanley Kaminsky III is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers, where he set the Wisconsin single-game record for points (43). He was the unanimous men's National College Player of the Year in 2015.

Ryan Kenwood Hollins is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was a 7-foot (2.1 m) center who was a journeyman in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for nine teams in 10 seasons. He played briefly in Europe before ending his career.

Courtney Lee is an American professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the 22nd overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Western Kentucky University.

Jarrett Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. Allen was selected 22nd overall by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2017 NBA draft. In January of 2021 he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Marta Xargay Casademont is a Spanish professional basketball player. She played for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, and currently for the Spanish team Uni Girona CB and the Spain women's national basketball team. She has represented national team since EuroBasket Women 2011 competition. She won EuroLeague Women 2010–11 with Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto. She left Spain in 2015, joining both USK Praha of the Czech League in 2015 and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA on 11 February 2015. In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League., and in January 2020 she returned to her youth club Uni Girona CB.

Cheryl Ford is an American former professional women's basketball player. As a member of the Detroit Shock, she won the WNBA championship three times.