#1Famous people · Phoenix
The American basketball player and coach Quinn Buckner is the one famous person from Phoenix
The American basketball player and coach Quinn Buckner was born in 1954. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. 20 languages have an article about them. Keke Palmer leads the 57 names listed next door in Harvey.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Quinn Buckner
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1954
Quinn Buckner
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Phoenix
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Phoenix and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- Quinn Buckner: Boston Celtics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Mulder: Shgmom56, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons