List of Famous people born in Arizona, United States of America
Kyler Fackrell
Kyler Bruce Fackrell is an American football outside linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played high school football at Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona before attending Utah State and playing for their football team on a scholarship. At Utah State, he was a four-year starter at linebacker where he was named to multiple All-Conference teams. He was drafted after his senior year of college by the Green Bay Packers in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Matt Dallas
Matthew Joseph Dallas is an American actor, best known for playing the title character on the ABC Family series Kyle XY.
Cortney Casey
Cortney Ann Casey is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division. She is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Parker Young
Parker Young is an American actor. He portrayed Ryan Shay on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory and Randy Hill on the Fox sitcom Enlisted and is most recently known for his role as Richard on the Bravo series Imposters. He has also modeled for Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.
Cole Tucker
Cole Bryson Tucker is an American professional baseball shortstop and outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019, and played with them through 2022.
Ken Hom
Ken Hom OBE is a Chinese-American chef, author and television-show presenter for the BBC, specialising in Chinese Cuisine. In 2009 he was appointed honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to culinary arts".
Joe Riggs
Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2001, Riggs formerly competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, ProElite, M-1 Global, and King of the Cage. Riggs is the former WEC Middleweight Champion.
Diana Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantasy. A television adaptation of the Outlander novels premiered on Starz in 2014.
Zach Miller
Zachary Joseph Miller is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State, where he received consensus All-American honors. Miller also played for the Seattle Seahawks, with whom he earned a Super Bowl ring in Super Bowl XLVIII over the Denver Broncos.
Brady Tkachuk
Braeden "Brady" Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tkachuk was chosen by the Senators as the fourth overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, Tkachuk played one season for the Boston University Terriers, earning All-Hockey East Rookie Team honors.