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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the wealthiest athlete of all time, and one of the world's richest celebrities, with a $4.3 billion net worth as of 2026.
Carmelo Anthony
American basketball player
Lenny Wilkens
American basketball player and coach (1937–2025)
Chris Mullin
American basketball player and coach
Red Auerbach
American basketball coach (1917–2006)
Stephon Marbury
American basketball player
Chuck Connors
American athlete and actor (1921–1992)
Taj Gibson
American basketball player
Sandy Koufax
Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Koufax was the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, each time winning unanimously and the only pitcher to do so when a single award was given for both leagues; he was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in 1963. Retiring at age 30 due to chronic pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 at age 36, the youngest player ever elected.
Larry Brown
American basketball coach and player (born 1940)
Lance Stephenson
American basketball player
John Salley
American basketball player (born 1964)
Sam Perkins
American basketball player
Billy Cunningham
American basketball player and coach
Nancy Lieberman
American basketball player
Ralph Bishop
basketball player (1915–1974)
Sebastian Telfair
American basketball player
Omar Cook
American-born Montenegrin basketball player (born 1982)
Ray Lumpp
basketball player (1923–2015)
Bernard King
American basketball player (born 1956)
Rolando Blackman
Panamanian-born American basketball player
Mark Jackson
American basketball player and coach
Bobby Wanzer
American basketball player and coach (1921–2016)
Terance Mann
American basketball player
Lance Thomas
American basketball player (born 1988)
Jamaal Tinsley
American basketball player
Connie Hawkins
American basketball player (1942–2017)
Isaiah Whitehead
American basketball player
Obi Toppin
American basketball player
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
American basketball player, coach, executive
Vinnie Johnson
American basketball player
Charles Jenkins
American basketball player
Carl Braun
American basketball player and coach (1927-2010)
Wendell Alexis
American basketball player
Doug Moe
American basketball player and coach
World B. Free
American former professional basketball player
Daniel Oturu
Nigerian-American basketball player
Smush Parker
American basketball player
Red Holzman
American basketball player and coach (1920-1998)
Zaid Abdul-Aziz
American professional basketball player
Ramel Curry
American professional basketball player
Bob Kauffman
American basketball player and coach (1946–2015)
Roger Brown
American basketball player (1942-1997)
Max Zaslofsky
American basketball player and coach (1925–1985)
Lamont Hamilton
American professional basketball player
Jose Alvarado
Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1998)
Okaro White
American basketball player
Jamel McLean
American basketball player
Nicky Anosike
American basketball player
Johnny Bach
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016)
Rudy LaRusso
American basketball player (1937-2004)
Dakari Johnson
American basketball player
Quinton Hosley
American basketball player
Tanisha Wright
American basketball player
Kevin Loughery
American basketball player and coach
Shawn James
Guyanese-American basketball player (born 1983)
Andrew Levane
American basketball player and coach (1920–2012)
James Bouknight
American basketball player
Steve Bracey
American basketball player (1950–2006)
Demetrius Conger
American basketball player (1990-)