Notable People from Florida

James Atkinson

American bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s

Luther Dixon

American songwriter, record producer, singer, conductor (1931-2009)

Gladys Horton

American singer (1945–2011)

Butch Trucks

American drummer (1947–2017)

Tim Wakefield

American professional baseball pitcher (1966–2023)

Frank Watkins

American musician (1968-2015)

Davey Allison

American racecar driver (1961–1993)

Gigi Gryce

American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator (1925–1983)

Fireball Roberts

American racecar driver (1929-1964)

Lew Allen

American Air Force general (1925-2010)

Alfred Ellis

American saxophonist (1941–2021)

Bruce Langhorne

American musician

Jack Sheldon

American trumpeter, singer, and actor (1931–2019)

Susan Hiller

American/British conceptual artist

Joseph Dube

American weightlifter

Larry Reinhardt

American guitarist (1948–2012)

Luther Burden

American basketball player (1953-2015)

Eddie Johnson

American basketball player (1955-2020)

Casey Johnson

socialite (1979-2010)

Napoleon B. Broward

American politician (1857-1910)

Junior Cook

American saxophonist (1934-1992)

Mary Stuart

American actress (1926-2002)

Sam Gibbons

American politician (1920–2012)

Hank Herring

American boxer (1922–1999)

Alan M. Lovelace

NASA administrator (1929-2018)

John Price

American competitive sailor, born 1920

Chris Robinson

American actor

Joan Murrell Owens

American marine biologist (1933-2011)

Lee Weaver

American actor

Douglas C. Kenney

American writer, co-founder and editor of National Lampoon (1946-1980)

Gwen McCrae

American soul musician and singer

Jackie Moore

American musician (1946–2019)

Paul Rabinow

American anthropologist (1944-2021)

Davey Johnson

American baseball player and manager (1943–2025)

Paul Jennings Hill

American minister and anti-abortion extremist convicted of murdering doctor (1954-2003)

Elizabeth Kemp

American actress

Anthony Addabbo

American actor (1960-2016)

Trayvon Martin

African-American teenager shot in 2012, which was followed by a debate and protests regarding racism in the US (1995–2012)

Charles O. Andrews

American politician (1877–1946)

Nathan Philemon Bryan

United States federal judge (1872-1935)

William Luther Hill

American politician (1873–1951)

David Holt

American actor, songwriter (1927–2003)

Idrees Sulieman

American musician (1923-2002)

Daniel James, Jr.

United States Air Force general

Thalmus Rasulala

American actor (1939-1991)

Deacon Jones

American football player (1938-2013)

Joe Lala

American musician

Red Robbins

American basketball player (1944-2009)

Danny Joe Brown

American rock singer (1951–2005)

Ray Fernandez

American professional wrestler (1956–2004)