Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Hall-of-Famers; and the gender is male; and the keywords are basketball
| Name | Gender | Year | Sport | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Dantley | m | 2008 | basketball | (Delano) |  |
| Al Cervi | m | 1984 | basketball | (Alfred) | |
| Aleksandar Nikolić | m | 1998 | basketball | (Aca) | |
| Alex English | m | 1997 | basketball | (Alexander) | |
| Alex Hannum | m | 1998 | basketball | (Alexander) | |
| Allen Iverson | m | 2016 | basketball | (Ezail) | |
| Alonzo Mourning | m | 2014 | basketball | (Harding) | |
| Andy Phillip | m | 1961 | basketball | (Andrew) | |
| Arnie Risen | m | 1998 | basketball | (Arnold) | |
| Artis Gilmore | m | 2011 | basketball | | |
| Arvydas Sabonis | m | 2011 | basketball | (Romas) | |
| Bailey Howell | m | 1997 | basketball | | |
| Barney Sedran | m | 1962 | basketball | | |
| Ben Wallace | m | 2021 | basketball | (Camey) | |
| Bennie Borgmann | m | 1961 | basketball | (Bernhard) | |
| Bernard King | m | 2013 | basketball | | |
| Bill Bradley | m | 1982 | basketball | (William, Warren) | |
| Bill Davidson | m | 2008 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bill Fitch | m | 2019 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bill Russell | m | 1974 | basketball | (William, Felton) | |
| Bill Self | m | 2017 | baseball | | |
| Bill Sharman | m | 1975 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bill Sharman | m | 2004 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bill Walton | m | 1993 | basketball | (William) | |
| Billy Cunningham | m | 1986 | basketball | (William) | |
| Bob Cousy | m | 1970 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Dandridge | m | 2021 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Davies | m | 1969 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Houbregs | m | 1987 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Hurley | m | 2010 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Kurland | m | 1961 | basketball | (Robert, Albert) | |
| Bob Lanier | m | 1992 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob McAdoo | m | 2000 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bob Pettit | m | 1970 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bobby Jones | m | 2019 | basketball | (Robert, Clyde) | |
| Bobby Leonard | m | 2014 | basketball | (William, Robert) | |
| Bobby McDermott | m | 1988 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Bobby Wanzer | m | 1987 | basketball | (Robert) | |
| Branch McCracken | m | 1960 | basketball | (Emmett) | |
| Buddy Jeannette | m | 1994 | basketball | (Harry, Edward) | |
| Calvin Murphy | m | 1993 | basketball | | |
| Carl Braun | m | 2019 | basketball | | |
| Charles Barkley | m | 2006 | basketball | (Wade) | |
| Charles "Tarzan" Cooper | m | 1976 | basketball | (Tarzan) | |
| Charles "Lefty" Driesell | m | 2018 | basketball | (Lefty) | |
| Charles "Stretch" Murphy | m | 1960 | basketball | | |
| C. M. Newton | m | 2000 | basketball | (Charles, Martin) | |
| Charley Hyatt | m | 1959 | basketball | (Charles) | |
| Charlie Scott | m | 2018 | basketball | (Charles, Thomas) | |
| Chet Walker | m | 2012 | basketball | (Chester) | |
| Chris Bosh | m | 2021 | basketball | (Christopher, Wesson) | |
| Chris Mullin | m | 2011 | basketball | (Christopher, Paul) | |
| Chris Webber | m | 2021 | basketball | (Mayce, Edward, Christopher) | |
| Christian Steinmetz | m | 1961 | basketball | | |
| Chuck Cooper | m | 2019 | basketball | (Charles, Henry) | |
| Clarence "Fats" Jenkins | m | 2021 | basketball | (Reginald) | |
| Cliff Hagan | m | 1977 | basketball | (Clifford) | |
| Clyde Drexler | m | 2004 | basketball | (Austin) | |
| Clyde Lovellette | m | 1988 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Connie Hawkins | m | 1992 | basketball | (Cornelius) | |
| Cumberland Posey | m | 2006 | baseball | (Cum) | |
| Cumberland Posey | m | 2016 | basketball | (Cum) | |
| Dan Issel | m | 1993 | basketball | (Daniel) | |
| Daniel Biasone | m | 2000 | basketball | (Danny) | |
| Dave Bing | m | 1990 | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave Cowens | m | 1991 | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave DeBusschere | m | 1982 | basketball | (David) | |
| Dave Gavitt | m | 2006 | basketball | (David) | |
| David Robinson | m | 2009 | basketball | (Maurice) | |
| David Thompson | m | 1996 | basketball | | |
| Dennis Johnson | m | 2010 | basketball | | |
| Dennis Rodman | m | 2011 | basketball | | |
| Dick McGuire | m | 1993 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Dick Vitale | m | 2008 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | m | 2015 | basketball | | |
| Dino Meneghin | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Dino Rađa | m | 2018 | basketball | | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | m | 2023 | basketball | | |
| Dolph Schayes | m | 1972 | basketball | (Adolph) | |
| Dominique Wilkins | m | 2006 | basketball | (Jacques) | |
| Don Nelson | m | 2012 | basketball | (Donald) | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | m | 2004 | basketball | | |
| Dražen Petrović | m | 2002 | basketball | | |
| Dwyane Wade | m | 2023 | basketball | (Tyrone) | |
| Earl Lloyd | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Earl Monroe | m | 1990 | basketball | | |
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson | m | 2002 | basketball | | |
| Ed Macauley | m | 1960 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Ed Wachter | m | 1961 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Eddie Sutton | m | 2020 | basketball | (Edward) | |
| Edward "Moose" Krause | m | 1975 | basketball | | |
| Elgin Baylor | m | 1976 | basketball | | |
| Elvin Hayes | m | 1990 | basketball | | |
| Ernest Schmidt | m | 1973 | basketball | | |
| Forrest DeBernardi | m | 1961 | basketball | | |
| Francis "Chick" Hearn | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Frank Ramsey | m | 1981 | basketball | | |
| Fred Zollner | m | 1999 | basketball | | |
| Gail Goodrich | m | 1996 | basketball | | |
| Gary Payton | m | 2013 | basketball | (Dwayne) | |
| Gary Williams | m | 2014 | basketball | | |
| Geno Auriemma | m | 2006 | basketball | (Luigi) | |
| George Gervin | m | 1996 | basketball | | |
| George McGinnis | m | 2017 | basketball | | |
| George Mikan | m | 1959 | basketball | | |
| George Yardley | m | 1996 | basketball | | |
| Grant Hill | m | 2018 | basketball | (Henry) | |
| Gus Johnson | m | 2010 | basketball | | |
| Guy Lewis | m | 2013 | basketball | | |
| Guy Rodgers | m | 2014 | basketball | | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | m | 2008 | basketball | (Abdul) | |
| Hal Greer | m | 1981 | basketball | (Harold, Everett) | |
| Hank Luisetti | m | 1959 | basketball | (Angelo, Giuseppi) | |
| Harlan "Pat" Page | m | 1962 | basketball | (Pat) | |
| Harold "Bud" Foster | m | 1964 | basketball | (Bud) | |
| Harry Gallatin | m | 1991 | basketball | | |
| Henry "Dutch" Dehnert | m | 1968 | basketball | (Dutch) | |
| Herb Magee | m | 2011 | basketball | | |
| Hubie Brown | m | 2005 | basketball | (Hubert) | |
| Isiah Thomas | m | 2000 | basketball | | |
| Jack McCracken | m | 1962 | basketball | | |
| Jack Sikma | m | 2019 | basketball | | |
| Jack Twyman | m | 1982 | basketball | (John) | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | m | 2012 | basketball | | |
| James Worthy | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Jason Kidd | m | 2018 | basketball | (Frederick) | |
| Jerry Buss | m | 2010 | basketball | (Gerald) | |
| Jerry Colangelo | m | 2004 | basketball | | |
| Jerry Lucas | m | 1979 | basketball | (Ray) | |
| Jerry Sloan | m | 2009 | basketball | (Gerald, Eugene) | |
| Jerry Tarkanian | m | 2013 | basketball | | |
| Jerry West | m | 1979 | basketball | (Jerome, Alan) | |
| Jim Boeheim | m | 2005 | basketball | (James) | |
| Jim Calhoun | m | 2005 | basketball | (James) | |
| Jim Pollard | m | 1977 | basketball | (James) | |
| Joe Dumars | m | 2006 | basketball | | |
| Joe Fulks | m | 1977 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Lapchick | m | 1966 | basketball | (Joseph) | |
| John Beckman | m | 1972 | basketball | | |
| John Calipari | m | 2015 | basketball | | |
| John Chaney | m | 2001 | basketball | | |
| John Havlicek | m | 1983 | basketball | | |
| John Isaacs | m | 2015 | basketball | | |
| John McLendon | m | 2016 | basketball | | |
| John Roosma | m | 1961 | basketball | | |
| John "Honey" Russell | m | 1964 | basketball | | |
| John Schommer | m | 1959 | basketball | | |
| John Stockton | m | 2009 | basketball | (Houston) | |
| John "Cat" Thompson | m | 1962 | basketball | | |
| John Thompson | m | 1999 | basketball | | |
| John Wooden | m | 1960 | basketball | | |
| Jo Jo White | m | 2015 | basketball | (Joseph, Henry) | |
| Joseph Brennan | m | 1974 | basketball | | |
| Julius Erving | m | 1993 | basketball | | |
| K. C. Jones | m | 1989 | basketball | (K, C) | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | m | 1995 | basketball | (Ferdinand, Lewis) | |
| Karl Malone | m | 2010 | basketball | (Anthony) | |
| Kevin Garnett | m | 2020 | basketball | (Maurice) | |
| Kevin McHale | m | 1999 | basketball | | |
| Kobe Bryant | m | 2020 | basketball | (Bean) | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | m | 1996 | basketball | (Krešo) | |
| Larry Bird | m | 1998 | basketball | (Joe) | |
| Larry Brown | m | 2002 | basketball | (Lawrence, Harvey) | |
| Lauren "Laddie" Gale | m | 1976 | basketball | | |
| Lenny Wilkens | m | 1989 | basketball | (Leonard) | |
| Lenny Wilkens | m | 1998 | basketball | (Leonard) | |
| Leon Barmore | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Lindsay Gaze | m | 2015 | basketball | | |
| Lou Hudson | m | 2022 | basketball | (Louis, Clyde) | |
| Louie Dampier | m | 2014 | basketball | (Louis) | |
| Manu Ginóbili | m | 2022 | basketball | (Emanuel, David) | |
| Marques Haynes | m | 1998 | basketball | | |
| Marty Friedman | m | 1971 | basketball | (Max) | |
| Maurice Cheeks | m | 2018 | basketball | | |
| Maurice Stokes | m | 2004 | basketball | | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Mel Daniels | m | 2012 | basketball | (Melvin) | |
| Mendy Rudolph | m | 2007 | basketball | (Marvin) | |
| Michael Jordan | m | 2009 | basketball | (Jeffrey) | |
| Mike Krzyzewski | m | 2001 | basketball | (Michael) | |
| Yao Ming | m | 2016 | basketball | | |
| Mirko Novosel | m | 2007 | basketball | | |
| Mitch Richmond | m | 2014 | basketball | (Mitchell, James) | |
| Morgan Wootten | m | 2000 | basketball | | |
| Moses Malone | m | 2001 | basketball | | |
| Nat Holman | m | 1964 | basketball | | |
| Nate Archibald | m | 1991 | basketball | (Nathaniel) | |
| Nate Thurmond | m | 1984 | basketball | (Nathaniel) | |
| Neil Johnston | m | 1990 | basketball | (Donald) | |
| Nikos Galis | m | 2017 | basketball | (Nikolaos) | |
| Nolan Richardson | m | 2014 | basketball | | |
| Oscar Robertson | m | 1979 | basketball | (Palmer) | |
| Oscar Schmidt | m | 2013 | basketball | | |
| Pat Riley | m | 2008 | basketball | (Patrick) | |
| Patrick Ewing | m | 2008 | basketball | (Aloysius) | |
| Pau Gasol | m | 2023 | basketball | | |
| Paul Arizin | m | 1977 | basketball | | |
| Paul Endacott | m | 1971 | basketball | | |
| Paul Pierce | m | 2021 | basketball | (Anthony) | |
| Paul Westphal | m | 2019 | basketball | | |
| Pedro Ferrándiz | m | 2007 | basketball | | |
| Pete Maravich | m | 1987 | basketball | (Peter) | |
| Phil Jackson | m | 2007 | basketball | (Philip) | |
| Radivoj Korać | m | 2022 | basketball | | |
| Ralph Sampson | m | 2012 | basketball | | |
| Ray Allen | m | 2018 | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Reece "Goose" Tatum | m | 2011 | basketball | | |
| Reggie Miller | m | 2012 | basketball | (Reginald, Wayne) | |
| Richie Guerin | m | 2013 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Rick Barry | m | 1987 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Rick Pitino | m | 2013 | basketball | (Richard) | |
| Robert "Ace" Gruenig | m | 1963 | basketball | (Ace) | |
| Robert Hughes | m | 2017 | basketball | | |
| Robert "Lute" Olson | m | 2002 | basketball | | |
| Robert Parish | m | 2003 | basketball | | |
| Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier | m | 1974 | basketball | | |
| Roger Brown | m | 2013 | basketball | | |
| Roy Williams | m | 2007 | basketball | | |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | m | 2020 | basketball | (Rudolph) | |
| Sam Jones | m | 1983 | basketball | (Samuel) | |
| Sandro Gamba | m | 2006 | basketball | (Alessandro) | |
| Šarūnas Marčiulionis | m | 2014 | basketball | (Raimondas) | |
| Scottie Pippen | m | 2010 | basketball | (Scotty, Maurice) | |
| Sergei Belov | m | 1992 | basketball | (Alexandrovich) | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | m | 2016 | basketball | (Shaq, Rashaun) | |
| Sidney Moncrief | m | 2019 | basketball | | |
| Slater Martin | m | 1981 | basketball | | |
| Spencer Haywood | m | 2015 | basketball | | |
| Steve Nash | m | 2018 | basketball | (Stephen) | |
| Tex Winter | m | 2011 | basketball | (Morice, Fredrick) | |
| Thomas Barlow | m | 1980 | basketball | | |
| Tim Duncan | m | 2020 | basketball | (Timothy, Theodore) | |
| Tim Hardaway | m | 2022 | basketball | (Timothy, Duane) | |
| Tom Gola | m | 1975 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Heinsohn | m | 1986 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Heinsohn | m | 2015 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Izzo | m | 2016 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Tom "Satch" Sanders | m | 2011 | basketball | (Thomas) | |
| Toni Kukoč | m | 2021 | basketball | | |
| Tony Parker | m | 2023 | basketball | (William, Anthony) | |
| Tracy McGrady | m | 2017 | basketball | | |
| Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | m | 2010 | basketball | (Bira) | |
| Van Chancellor | m | 2007 | basketball | | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | m | 1995 | basketball | (Arild, Verner) | |
| Vic Hanson | m | 1960 | basketball | (Victor) | |
| Vlade Divac | m | 2019 | basketball | | |
| Walt Bellamy | m | 1993 | basketball | (Walter, Jones) | |
| Walt Frazier | m | 1987 | basketball | (Walter) | |
| Wayne Embry | m | 1999 | basketball | | |
| Wes Unseld | m | 1988 | basketball | (Westley) | |
| William "Pop" Gates | m | 1989 | basketball | | |
| William "Skinny" Johnson | m | 1976 | basketball | | |
| Willis Reed | m | 1981 | basketball | | |
| Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain | m | 1978 | basketball | (Wilton, Norman) | |
| Wyatt "Sonny" Boswell | m | 2022 | basketball | (Sonny) | |
| Zelmo Beaty | m | 2016 | basketball | |