Selected Basketball Players
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, player
- Anthony, Carmelo, player
- Auerbach, Red, coach and executive
- Barkley, Charles, player
- Bird, Larry Joe, player, coach, and executive
- Bradley, Bill, American athlete and politician
- Bryant, Kobe, player
- Chamberlain, Wilt, player
- Cousy, Bob, player
- Curry, Stephen, player
- Erving, Julius, player
- Iverson, Allen, player
- Jackson, Phil, player and coach
- James, LeBron, player
- Johnson, Magic, player
- Jordan, Michael, player
- Kidd, Jason, player
- Lobo, Rebecca, player
- Malone, Karl, player
- Mikan, George Lawrence, player
- Ming, Yao, player
- Olajuwon, Hakeem, player
- O'Neal, Shaquille, player
- Robertson, Oscar, player
- Rodman, Dennis, player
- Russell, Bill, player
- Stiles, Jackie, player
- Stern, David, NBA commissioner
- Swoopes, Sheryl, player
- Wade, Dwyane, player
- Wilkens, Lenny, player and coach
- Williams, Jayson, player
- Wooden, John, coach