David Bluthenthal (Hebrew: דייוויד בלות'נטל‎; born July 18, 1980, in Los Angeles) is a 6' 7" American-Israeli professional basketball player who returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2007-08 season.

Samuel "Sam" Balter, Jr. (October 15, 1909 – August 8, 1998) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches.

Balter played college basketball at UCLA and later provided radio commentary for UCLA basketball and football games.

Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew:טלבוט "טל" ברודי ;born August 30, 1943 in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.) is a former basketball player. He is considered a star of European and Israeli basketball.

Height: 1.87 m (6' 1½"). Position: Shooting guard.

Brody spent most of his career with the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club. In Israel he is widely recognized as a national hero and a symbol of the young country's achievements, not only in basketball. His famous remark "We are on the map" became a part of Israeli culture and is often used in various situations and contexts, from political speeches to National Lottery commercials.

Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) was a coach in the National Basketball Association.

He has been a college and professional basketball coach since 1975. He has won over 1,000 professional games in the ABA and the NBA and is the only coach in NBA history to lead seven different teams to the playoffs. He is 1,285-853 in his career. He is also the only coach in history to win both an NCAA National Championship (Kansas 1988) and an NBA Championship (Detroit 2004).

Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 27, 2002.

Shay Doron (Hebrew: שי דורון‎) (born April 1, 1985) is a basketball player playing shooting guard for the WNBA's New York Liberty and the Israeli league's Elitzur Ramle. Previously, Doron starred for the Maryland women's basketball team.

Doron was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to Yuda and Tamari Doron. She now claims both Ramat Hasharon and Great Neck, New York, as her hometowns.

Lior Eliyahu (Hebrew: לִיאוֹר אֱלִיָּהוּ ;born 9th September 1985, in Ramat Gan, Israel) is an Israeli basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. At 6'2" (1.88 m) and 180 lb (82 kg), he was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team.

Max "Marty" Friedman (July 12, 1889 in New York, New York - January 1, 1986) was a pro basketball player and coach.

He played almost 20 years of pro basketball (1908-1927), while being mostly known for playing with the New York Whirlwinds.

Tamir Goodman (born January 18, 1982), dubbed by Sports Illustrated Magazine as the "Jewish Jordan," is an Orthodox Jewish basketball player.

Gerald (Jerry) Greenspan (born November 22, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey) is a retired American basketball player.

Greenspan, who was 6' 5", played forward.

Ernest (Ernie) Grunfeld (born April 24, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He served as general manager of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1999, and as the Bucks' general manager from 1999-2003, at which time he became the President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.

Yotam Halperin (Hebrew:יוֹתָם הַלְפֶּרִין ;born January 24, 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli basketball player currently playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Yotam grew up in Tel Aviv and was the basketball star of Metrowest High School in Ra'anana. He declared himself eligible for the 2006 NBA Draft, and the Seattle SuperSonics selected him in the second round, with the 53rd overall pick.

Arthur Bruce Heyman (born June 24, 1941 in New York, New York) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman starred for Duke University in the early 1960s, where he scored 1,984 career points and averaged 25.1 points per game. As a senior in 1963, he earned the AP National Player of the Year award, the ACC Player of the Year award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award (even though Loyola University Chicago actually won the tournament).

Nat Holman (b. October 19, 1896 in New York, NY–d. February 12, 1995 in Bronx, New York) was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators.

William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.

Louis Herman "Red" Klotz was an American NBA point guard with the original Baltimore Bullets, who is best known for forming the teams that play against and tour with the Harlem Globetrotters; the Washington Generals and the New York Nationals.

Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso (born November 11, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York – died July 10, 2004, in Los Angeles, California) was an American 6' 7" 5-time National Basketball Association All-Star.

Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman (born July 1, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former standout collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently a women's basketball TV analyst and coach. She is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball.

In 2000, she was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Donna Orender is a sports executive and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is the current president of the WNBA. She grew up in Long Island, New York and was a five-sport athlete in high school, lettering in basketball, field hockey, volleyball, softball, and tennis. She is currently married to M.G. Orender and has two children, Zachary and Jacob.

Gary Dean Plummer (born February 21, 1962 in Highland Park, Michigan), is a 6'9" former American professional basketball player.

He played for Osborn High School in Detroit, Michigan, and Boston University. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'9" forward-center from Boston University, Plummer played in two NBA seasons. He played for the Warriors and Denver Nuggets.