CELEBRITIES WITH ARIZONA CONNECTIONS
Posted chronologically by birthday
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BEST-SELLING STORYTELLER OF THE AMERICAN WEST ∗ Born January 31, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio ∗ Attended the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship, and played with a minor league team in Wheeling, West Virginia ∗ Became interested in the… Continue reading
‘THE GREAT ONE” ∗ Born January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada ∗ Started playing ice hockey at age 2; joined his first local team at age 6; developed into a star player in Canada’s junior leagues ∗ Wore #99… Continue reading
INSPIRATION FOR TV’S “MEDIUM” ∗ Born January 24, 1972 in Phoenix ∗ Attended North High School in Phoenix and Corona del Sol High School in Tempe ∗ Earned a political science degree at Arizona State University, and worked as a… Continue reading
‘THE GREATEST” ∗ Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky ∗ Won numerous state and national boxing titles and earned a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome ∗ Finished amateur career with 100… Continue reading
“OUTLANDER” CREATOR ∗ Born January 11, 1952 in Williams ∗ Grew up in Flagstaff; grandfather Harold Sykes was Flagstaff’s mayor in the 1940s; father Tony Gabaldon was elected to the Arizona State Senate in 1976 and served for 16 years;… Continue reading
“KING OF THE COWBOYS” ∗ Born January 6, 1880, in Mix Run, Pennsylvania ∗ Won national riding and roping contests at Prescott’s Frontier Days in 1909 ∗ Starred in, wrote and/or directed more than 300 movies, mostly silent Westerns, between… Continue reading
“MR. CONSERVATIVE” ∗ Born January 2, 1909 in Phoenix — most of his life he believed his birthday was January 1, but eventually discovered it was actually a day later ∗ Attended the University of Arizona for one year, leaving… Continue reading
