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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.
Michael Clarke Duncan
American actor (1957–2012)
R. Kelly
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Dwyane Wade
American basketball player
Derrick Rose
Derrick Martell Rose is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft. Nicknamed "D-Rose", and sometimes referred to as "the Windy City Assassin" or "Pooh", he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2009 and became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 at the age of 22 years and 7 months.
Kevin Garnett
American retired professional basketball player and actor
Anthony Davis
American basketball player (born 1993)
Isiah Thomas
American basketball player, coach, executive
Avery Brundage
president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972
George Mikan
American basketball player, coach, commissioner
Doc Rivers
American basketball coach and former player
Tim Hardaway
American basketball player
Tony Allen
American basketball player
Patrick Beverley
American basketball player
Evan Turner
American basketball player
Mike Krzyzewski
American basketball coach (born 1947)
Jerry Sloan
American basketball player and coach (1942–2020)
Jahlil Okafor
Nigerian-American basketball player
Jabari Parker
American basketball player
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
American basketball player and coach
Juwan Howard
American basketball player and coach
Mark Aguirre
American basketball player
Nazr Mohammed
American basketball player
Yolanda Griffith
American basketball player
Bob Love
American basketball player (1942–2024)
Kendrick Nunn
American basketball player
Cappie Pondexter
American basketball player
Hersey Hawkins
American basketball player
Antoine Walker
American basketball player
Nick Anderson
American basketball player
Quentin Richardson
American basketball player
Bobby Simmons
American professional basketball player
Jannero Pargo
American basketball player
Will Bynum
American basketball player
Maurice Cheeks
American basketball player and coach
Henry Domercant
American basketball player
Talen Horton-Tucker
American basketball player
Eddie Johnson
American basketball player (1959–)
Jason Maxiell
American basketball player
Jeremy Pargo
American professional basketball player
Kendall Gill
British basketball player
Craig Hodges
American basketball player-coach
Darrell Walker
American basketball player and coach
Bobby Dixon
Turkish-American basketball player (born 1983)
Tyler Ulis
American basketball player
Ayo Dosunmu
American basketball player
Johnny Kerr
American basketball player and coach (1932–2009)
Quincy Miller
American basketball player
Randy Brown
American professional basketball player and assistant coach
Cazzie Russell
American basketball player
David Logan
American basketball player
Rickey Green
American basketball player
Nathaniel Clifton
American basketball player-coach (1922-1990)
Luther Head
American basketball player
Sean May
American basketball player
Alfonzo McKinnie
American basketball player
Steven Hunter
American basketball player
LaRue Martin
American basketball player
Terry Cummings
American basketball player
DeAndre Liggins
American basketball player (born 1988)