Female Basketball Players
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Throughout history, there have been many women basketball players who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female basketball players such as Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Marion Jones, Brittney Griner, Lisa Leslie, Joanne McCarthy.The women basketball players featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & India and many more countries.
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1
Sue Bird(One of the Greatest Basketball Players in WNBA History)
Birthdate: October 16, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Syosset, New York, United States
Sue Bird has won four WNBA championships with the Seattle Storm, four Olympic gold medals, two NCAA Championships with UConn, and four FIBA World Cups, thus becoming one of 11 women to win all four honors. Sue was voted one of the Top 15 Players of All Time by WNBA.
2
Elena Delle Donne
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: September 5, 1989
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware
3
Maya Moore
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: June 11, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri, United States
4
Lisa Leslie
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 7, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Compton, California, United States
5
Becky Hammon
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 11, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
6
Breanna Stewart
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 27, 1994
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, USA
7
Paige Bueckers
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 20, 2001
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Edina, Minnesota, United States
8
Pat Summitt(American women's college basketball head coach)
Birthdate: June 12, 1952
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
Died: June 28, 2016
9
Brittney Griner
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 18, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
10
Tamika Catchings
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 21, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stratford, New Jersey, United States
11
Sheryl Swoopes
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 25, 1971
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brownfield, Texas, United States
12
Lauren Jackson
(Australian Professional Basketball Player Who Played as Power Forward)
Birthdate: May 11, 1981
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Albury, Australia
13
Dawn Staley
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: May 4, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
14
Lindsay Whalen
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: May 9, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States
15
Cheryl Miller
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: January 3, 1964
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Riverside, California
16
Te'a Cooper
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 16, 1997
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New Jersey, United States
17
Candace Parker
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: April 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
18
Kelsey Plum
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 24, 1994
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Poway, California, United States
19
Sylvia Fowles
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 6, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
20
Sabrina Ionescu
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 6, 1997
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California, United States
21
Nneka Ogwumike
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tomball, Texas, United States
22
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: April 14, 1963
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
23
Skylar Diggins-Smith
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana, United States
24
Rebecca Lobo
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 6, 1973
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
25
Joanne McCarthy
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: October 26, 1974
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
26
Seimone Augustus
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 30, 1984
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
27
Penny Taylor
(Australian Retired Professional Basketball player)
Birthdate: May 24, 1981
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
In her 19-year stint as a basketball player, Penny Taylor has mostly represented the WNBA team Phoenix Mercury. She also won gold medals as part of the Australian women’s national team. Though she had a heterosexual marriage earlier, she is now openly lesbian and married to fellow basketball player Diana Taurasi.
28
Liz Cambage
(Australian Basketball Player Who Plays in the Center)
Birthdate: August 18, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
29
Kim Mulkey
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: May 17, 1962
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Santa Ana, California, United States
30
A'ja Wilson
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 8, 1996
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hopkins, South Carolina, United States
31
Tina Charles
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 5, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jamaica, New York, United States
32
Margo Dydek(Polish Basketball Player Who Played as a Center)
Birthdate: April 28, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: May 27, 2011
Margo Dydek was a Polish basketball player best remembered for her towering height of 7 ft 2 in, which made her the world's tallest professional female basketballer. She played for several teams in the WNBA and was honored with the Polish Gold Cross of Merit in 1999. In 2019, Dydek was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
33
Chiney Ogwumike
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 21, 1992
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tomball, Texas, United States
Birthdate: February 8, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
35
Glory Johnson
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 27, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
36
Nancy Lieberman
(American basketball player)
Birthdate: July 1, 1958
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
37
Cappie Pondexter
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: January 7, 1983
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oceanside, California, United States
38
Tiago Splitter
(First Brazilian-born basketball player to win an NBA championship, in 2014)
Birthdate: January 1, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Blumenau, Brazil
39
Angel McCoughtry
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: September 10, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
40
Cheryl Ford
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: June 6, 1981
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Homer, Louisiana, United States
41
Tina Thompson
(Professional Basketball Player and Coach)
Birthdate: February 10, 1975
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
42
Sevdaliza
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: September 1, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Sevdaliza is an Iranian-Dutch singer whose debut album ISON earned her the 3voor12 Award under the Best Album of the Year category. Although she is not very popular in the Netherlands, Sevdaliza performs all over the world. A former professional basketball player, Sevdaliza played for the Dutch national team before embarking on a career as a singer.
43
Kia Nurse
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: February 22, 1996
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
44
Pamela McGee
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 1, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, United States
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Lauren Hill
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 1, 1995
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greendale, Indiana, United States
Died: April 10, 2015
46
Tara VanDerveer
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: June 26, 1953
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
47
Katie Lou Samuelson
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: June 13, 1997
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Huntington Beach, California, United States
48
Katie Smith
(Basketball Coach)
Birthdate: June 4, 1974
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Logan, Ohio, United States
49
Yolanda Griffith
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 1, 1970
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Monica Wright
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: July 15, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
