Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Colangelo is an American businessman and sports executive. He formerly owned the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League, and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was also instrumental in the relocation of the original Winnipeg Jets team in the NHL to Phoenix to become the Phoenix Coyotes. In 2014, Grand Canyon University renamed its Christian based school of business after Jerry Colangelo, replacing Ken Blanchard's namesake. From December 2015 to April 2016, Colangelo served as chairman of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers, before serving as a special advisor to the team until December 2018.

20 November 1939

Born on the same birth date (20 November 1939): Copi • Dick Smothers • Jan Szczepański (boxer)

Born on the same birth day (20 November): Dele Aiyenugba • Delia Gonzalez • Dick Smothers • Dominique Dawes • Gina Stechert • Helena Westermarck • Ji Yun-nam • Karl Friedrich Eichhorn • Kristian Ghedina • Kéné Ndoye • Kévin Hecquefeuille • Louis-Alexandre Berthier • Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan • Maya Plisetskaya • Mylène Lazare • Paulos Faraj Rahho • Piero Gherardi • Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym • Selma Lagerlöf • Tim Simona • Wayne Maki • Ye Li

Born in the same month (November 1939): Betty Everett • Emil Constantinescu • John Gummer • Leonardo Quisumbing • Meco • Michael Schwerner • Mulayam Singh Yadav • Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones • Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde • Richard Zare • Tommy Facenda