List of Famous Basketball Players

Vlatko Čančar is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays as small forward.

Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a Ukrainian-Russian retired professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team. He was also named both the Euroscar and the Mr. Europa in 1979. His club career lasted 16 years. He became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2015.

Ufuk Sarıca is a Turkish former professional basketball player and current head coach of Pınar Karşıyaka.

Jonas Mačiulis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.98 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. As a member of the senior Lithuanian national team, he earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2015, as Lithuania won the silver medal.

Álex Mumbrú Murcia, is a Spanish former professional basketball player, and a professional basketball coach, who currently works for RETAbet Bilbao Basket as head coach. He was a 2.02 m tall small forward.

Joji Takeuchi is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. Takeuchi's twin brother Kosuke is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team.

Kosuke Kanamaru is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Shimane Susanoo Magic of the B.League in Japan. He might be the B.League's best current 3-point shooter.

Bruce Eric Bowen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and the Continental Basketball Association's Rockford Lightning, and also played abroad in France.

Furkan Aldemir is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he mainly plays the power forward position, but he can also play as a center if needed.

Queralt Casas is a Spanish basketball player. She plays as a forward in the Spanish League for Valencia Basket. Also a member of the Spanish national team, she won the gold medal at the EuroBasket Women in 2013 and 2019 with the senior team.