List of people from Florida

|Businesswoman; founder and owner of SpanxFlorida State University

|Businessman; chief executive officer and president of Sbarro

|Lives in Boynton Beach

|Businessman; founder of Blockbuster Video, AutoNation, Waste Management, Inc.; owner or co-owner of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, and the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball

|Graduated from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale in 1956; Founded Waste Management, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale in 1971

|Businessman; founder of Raymond James Financial, an S&P 500-listed financial services company headquartered in St. Petersburg

|Founded Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg in 1962

|Businessman; chairman of Raymond James Financial, an S&P 500-listed financial services company headquartered in St. Petersburg

|Lives in St. Petersburg; graduated from Stetson College of Law in St. Petersburg

|Businessman; founder of Publix

|Founded Publix in Winter Haven in 1930 and resided in Lakeland until his death in 1996

|President of Rose Art Industries, owner of Maccabi Haifa, and owner of the Miami Midnites

|Owner of Miami Midnites

|Hedge fund manager

|Born in Cocoa{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2012/11/harvard_doctor_turned_hedge_fu.html|title=Harvard doctor turned hedge fund felon lured by ambition, riches|date=27 November 2012|website=nj.com}}

|Former governor of Florida (1999–2007); brother of former president George W. Bush

|Lived in Miami

| 46th governor of Florida (2019–)

|Born in Jacksonville

|Politician and educator

|Born in Celebration, lives in Orlando

| Florida State Representative (1999–2007)

| Lived in Naples

|Diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD

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|Former U.S. senator from Florida (2001–2019), former U.S. congressman from Florida (1979–1991), NASA administrator (2021–)

|Born in Miami

|U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001; first woman to serve as attorney general

|Born in Miami

|U.S. senator from Florida since 2011; unsuccessful candidate for president in 2016

|Born in Miami

|President of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–), businessman

|Lives in Palm Beach

| 29th U.S. national security advisor (2025), former U.S. congressman from Florida (2019–2025)

|Born in Boynton Beach

| Gambling industry executive, U.S. congressman from Florida (2025–)

|Film and television actress

|Born in Ocala{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Lived in St. Petersburg

|Film and television actor, producer, philanthropist

|Born in Tallahassee{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Grew up in Miami{{cite web|url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=103706905 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714103553/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=103706905 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Steven Bauer's official MySpace profile |publisher=MySpace |access-date=September 21, 2011 }}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Winter Park{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Reporter and anchor for Fox News

|Grew up in Tallahassee{{cite web|url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/09/ex-local-tv-reporter-finds-new-life-fox-news/news-breaking/ |title=Former Tampa TV reporter finds new life at Fox News |publisher=Tampa Bay Online |access-date=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826053425/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/09/ex-local-tv-reporter-finds-new-life-fox-news/news-breaking/ |archive-date=August 26, 2009 }}

|Television actress

|Born in Orlando{{cite web|url=http://www.colonialhigh.ocps.net/alumni/1974.htm |title=Colonial High School Class of 1974 Alumni |publisher= colonialhigh.net |access-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207025821/http://www.colonialhigh.ocps.net/alumni/1974.htm |archive-date=December 7, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Television actor (NBC's Boone)

|Born in Philippine Islands; raised in Florida{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress

|Born in West Palm Beach{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Lives in Miami Beach

|Actor and model

|Born in Miami

|Film and television actor

|Born in Plantation

|Film director, screenwriter, and producer

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/199005 |title=Merian C. Cooper Biography |publisher= hollywood.com |access-date=January 4, 2007}}

|Film actor

|Lived in Miami

|Television and film actress

|Born in Gainesville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film actor

|Born in Tallahassee

|Film actor

|Raised in Miramar{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/johnny_depp |title=Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs – Johnny Depp |magazine= People.com |access-date=March 9, 2011}}

|Film and television actor

|Lived in Holly Hill{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Actor from Holly Hill pleads not guilty to eating ex's pet rabbit |url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2015/01/02/tv-actor-former-holly-hill-resident-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-eating-ex-lovers-pet-rabbit/30698793007/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=The Daytona Beach News-Journal}} and Daytona Beach{{Cite web |last=Linton |first=Caroline |date=April 25, 2020 |title=Actor Dimitri Diatchenko, featured on "Sons of Anarchy," has died at age 52 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dimitri-diatchenko-died-character-actor-dead-age-52-cause-of-death-unclear-2020-04-25/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=CBS News}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Sebring{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Academy Award-winning actress

|Born in Bascom{{cite web|url=http://www.amctv.com/article?CID=1398-1--0-10-EST |title=Faye Dunaway Biography |publisher= amctv.com |access-date=December 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426193146/http://www.amctv.com/article?CID=1398-1--0-10-EST |archive-date=April 26, 2006 }}

|Film and television actress

|Born and raised in Coral Gables{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film, television, and stage actor

|Born in Miami{{cite news| url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/08/2629618/raul-esparza-to-perform-at-arsht.html |title=Raul Esparza to perform at Arsht Center |newspaper= The Miami Herald|access-date=April 19, 2012}}

|Film actor and comedian

|Born in Key West{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400096763&view=excerpt |title=Excerpt of Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry |publisher= randomhouse.com |access-date=December 30, 2006}}

|Television actress

|Lived in Melbourne Beach

|Film and television actress

|Partly raised in St. Petersburg{{cite web |url=http://www.popcrunch.com/megan-fox-yearbook-pictures/ |title=Megan Fox High School Yearbook Picture |publisher=PopCrunch.com |access-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115104345/http://www.popcrunch.com/megan-fox-yearbook-pictures/ |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

|Film actor, comedian, and singer best known for voicing Olaf from Frozen

|Born in Hollywood

|Film and television actor

|Born in Tallahassee{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television actor

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film actor

|Born in Cuba; raised in Miami

|Film and television actress

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actor

|Born in Gainesville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Palm Beach County{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Coral Gables{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Jacksonville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Sarasota{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Tallahassee{{cite web|url=http://www.usanetwork.com/series/ctrl/theshow/characterprofiles/stuart/bio.html |title=CTRL -Cast Bio: Tony Hale |publisher= USANetwork.com |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011105810/http://www.usanetwork.com/series/ctrl/theshow/characterprofiles/stuart/bio.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 }}

|Comedian from Saturday Night Live; actor

|Born in Melbourne{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/bios/Darrell_Hammond.shtml |title=Cast Bios: Darrell Hammond |publisher= nbc.com |access-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225144359/http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/bios/Darrell_Hammond.shtml |archive-date=December 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Television and film actress

|Born in Winter Park{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film actress

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/129/Wanda++Hendrix/ |title=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen: Wanda Hendrix |publisher=glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com |access-date=January 4, 2007}}

|Soap opera actress

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite web |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/catherinehickland/ |title=Soap Star Stats: Catherine Hickland |publisher=soapoperadigest.com |access-date=December 30, 2006}}

|Actress

|Born in Miami Beach{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

|Soap opera actress

|Born in Clearwater{{cite web|url=http://www.crystalhunt.net/about_bio.php |title=Biography |publisher= crystalhunt.net |access-date=December 31, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204032839/http://www.crystalhunt.net/about_bio.php |archive-date=February 4, 2007 }}

|Actor

|Born in Orlando{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Winter Springs{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress, singer

|Born in Hollywood{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film director and screenwriter

|Born in Miami{{cite web

|url=https://www.starwars.com/themovies/episodev/news20100318.html

|title=Empire Interview: Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan

|publisher=StarWars.com

|access-date=May 1, 2010

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322194316/http://www.starwars.com/themovies/episodev/news20100318.html

|archive-date=March 22, 2010

}}

|Film and televistion actress

|Born in Winter Park{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542294 |title=Catherine Keener Biography |publisher=biography.com |access-date=December 31, 2006}}

|Writer and actor

|Born in Miami

|Film and television actress

|Grew up in Winter Park{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-01-13-9801120091-story.html|title=Spice Girl|work=Sun-Sentinel|date=January 13, 1998|first=Tyler|last=Gray|access-date=May 20, 2020}}

|Singer and actress

|Lived in Miami

|Television actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Raised in Orlando{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film actor

|Born in Miami

|Film and television actor

|Born in Stuart{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Model and actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress and singer

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television actress

|Born in Rockledge{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Character-Actor-Returns-to-His-Miami-Roots-118017319.html |title=Character actor Returns to His Miami Roots: Julio Mechoso back in South Florida for "Magic City Memoirs" |date=March 15, 2011 |publisher=NBCMiami.com |access-date=June 7, 2011}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Marco Island{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film actress

|Born in Miami

|Film and television actress

|Born in Pensacola{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress and singer-songwriter

|Grew up in Longwood{{cite web

|url=http://www.seminolemagazine.com/MandyMooreD07webed.htm

|title=Mandy Moore Interview: Catching Up with Mandy Moore

|publisher=Seminole Magazine

|access-date=October 10, 2009

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080509190321/http://www.seminolemagazine.com/MandyMooreD07webed.htm

|archive-date=May 9, 2008

|df=mdy

}}

|Soap opera actress

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/bios/Jessica_Morris.html |title=One Life to Live Cast Bios: Jessica Morris |publisher=abc.com |access-date=December 31, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112035817/http://www.abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/bios/jessica_morris.html |archive-date=November 12, 2006 }}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Tattoo artist and subject of TLC's Miami Ink

|Born in Miami Beach{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film director

|Born in DeLand{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film, stage and television actress

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

|Film director

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/515424%7c0/Kimberly-Peirce/ |title=Overview for Kimberly Peirce |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=March 15, 2011}}

|Television actor and singer

|Born in Weston{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Miami Beach{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actress and model

|Born in Winter Park{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actor

|Born and raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Academy Award-winning actor

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9443345 |title=Sidney Poitier Biography |publisher=biography.com |access-date=December 31, 2006}}

|Film and music video director

|Born and raised in Miami Beach{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television actress

|Born in St. Petersburg{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Pornographic actress

|Born in Miami Beach

|Television actress

|Born in Sarasota{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Co-anchor of CBS's The Early Show

|Born in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_early_show/cast/maggie-rodriguez/ |title=The Early Show Cast: Maggie Rodriguez on CBS |publisher=CBS |access-date=October 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004225435/http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_early_show/cast/maggie-rodriguez/ |archive-date=October 4, 2010 }}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Sarasota{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television presenter and artist

|Born in Daytona Beach{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9464216|title=Bob Ross Biography|publisher=biography.com|access-date=July 27, 2008}}

|Film actor

|Raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Born in Gainesville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Host of CNN's Rick's List

|Grew up in Hialeah{{cite web |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2000-06-01/news/rick-sanchez-godless-communist/5/ |title=Rick Sanchez Godless Communist |publisher=BrowardPalmBeach.com |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818164741/http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2000-06-01/news/rick-sanchez-godless-communist/5/ |url-status=dead }}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Lakeland{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actor and film producer

|Born in Orlando{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television actress

|Born in Orlando{{cite web |url=http://www.kirstenstorms.com/default.asp?s=194 |title=Biography |publisher=kirstenstorms.com |access-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-date=March 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305060252/http://www.kirstenstorms.com/default.asp?s=194 |url-status=dead }}

|Television actress

|Born in Hollywood, Florida{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Television comedian

|Born in Germany; raised in Titusville{{cite web |url=http://www.danieltosh.com/bio.html |title=Comedian Daniel Tosh bio |publisher=www.danieltosh.com |access-date=March 1, 2012 |archive-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606043901/http://www.danieltosh.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}

|Film and television actor

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Film and television actress

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Actor, dancer and singer

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542361 |title=Ben Vereen Biography |publisher=biography.com |access-date=December 31, 2006}}

|Film and television actress

|Lives in Miami

|Television home improvement personality

|Born in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.bobvila.com/Global/About.html |title=All About Bob: Bob Vila Biography |publisher=bobvila.com |access-date=December 31, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231033417/http://www.bobvila.com/Global/About.html |archive-date=December 31, 2006 }}

|Stand-up comedian

|Born in Miami{{cite news |date=2012-06-12 |title=Best Comedian: Dave Williamson |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2012/arts-and-entertainment/best-comedian-6403026 |work=Miami New Times |location=Miami, Florida |access-date=2020-05-26 }}

|Film director

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Exposed CIA secret involvement with the war in Laos and interviews with world figures; historian author of Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State and Miami: City of the Future

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

|Fiction author and essayist; her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, was a New York Times bestseller

|Born, raised, and lives in Orlando{{cite news|url=https://www.papermag.com/kristen-arnett-mostly-dead-things-interview-2638895516.html |title=Kristen Arnett on Florida, Queerness, and 7-Eleven |newspaper=Paper |date=June 17, 2019 |publisher=papermag.com |access-date=June 17, 2019 }}

|Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and best-selling author

|Lives in Miami{{dead link|date=July 2015}} {{cite web|url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/ |title=Dave Barry |publisher=miami.com |access-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231051725/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/ |archive-date=December 31, 2006 }}

|Best-selling author of 31 books including Kosher Sex and Kosher Jesus, Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host

|Lived in Miami{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/features/shmuel-boteach-interview-1.489939|title='I come from a pretty broken place' - Shmuel Boteach, self-styled 'America's rabbi' and friend of celebrities, opens up |website=www.thejc.com}}

|Author of Alas, Babylon

|Lived in Tangerine{{cite web |url=http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1226500 |title=Alas, Babylon: Mount Dora, Florida |publisher= everything2.com |access-date=December 30, 2006}}

|Carl Hiaasen (1953–)

|Journalist and novelist

|Born in Plantation{{cite web |url=http://archive.salon.com/people/lunch/2000/01/31/hiaasen/index.html |title=Salon People:Carl Hiaasen |work=salon.com |access-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211091947/http://archive.salon.com/people/lunch/2000/01/31/hiaasen/index.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

|Author and folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance

|Raised in Eatonville{{cite web |url=http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/zora_hurston/ |title=Zora Neale Hurston, the WPA in Florida, and the Cross City Turpentine Camp |publisher=The Florida Memory Project |access-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103090708/http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/zora_hurston/ |archive-date=January 3, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

|Author, poet, and civil rights activist

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2380 |title=James Weldon Johnson |publisher=Literary Encyclopedia |access-date=January 1, 2007}}

|Author of Palmetto Country and civil rights activist

|Lived in Jacksonville and St. Augustine

|Author of Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida

|Lives in St. Augustine

|Novelist and short story writer

|Lived in Cross Creek, the setting for most of her work{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/wom/2007/rawlings.htm|title=Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yard, Women's History Month 2007--A National Register of Historic Places Feature|first=Jeff|last=Joeckel|date=March 1, 2007|website=www.nps.gov}}

|Author and social critic

|Born in Jasper{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-463 |title=Lillian Smith |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-date=December 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217032139/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-463 |url-status=dead }}

|Poet

|Born in Tallahassee, Florida{{cite book|last=Tardy|first=Mary T.|title=The Living Female Writers of the South|chapter=Florence D. West|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAxXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA565|year=1872|publisher=Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger}}

|Superintendent, United States Coast Guard Academy: Commandant, US Coast Guard

|Born in Burnsville, West Virginia;

|lived in Plant City{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/people/CRBenderBio.asp |title=Chester R. Bender |publisher=uscg.mil |access-date=January 2, 2007}}

|First United States secretary of transportation

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9317913 |title=Boyd

|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=January 2, 2007}}

|Marine Corps 4-star general during World War II

|Born in Middleburg{{cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/750:0/1/Roy_Stanley_Geiger.htm |title=Roy Stanley Geiger Biography |publisher=thebiographychannel.co.uk |access-date=December 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001609/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/750%3A0/1/Roy_Stanley_Geiger.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}

|Aviation and space flight pioneer

|Born in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006518 |title=Colonel Joe Kittinger Jr. |publisher=Air Force Link |access-date=December 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219102439/http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006518 |archive-date=February 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Navy fighter pilot and NASA Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle astronaut

|Raised in Orlando{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/young.html |title=Astronaut Bio: John W. Young |publisher=NASA |access-date=August 6, 2007}}

|Rapper

|Born in Orlando

|Reggaetón artist

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adassa-p486708 |title=Adassa Biography |publisher=AllMusic.com |access-date=December 31, 2010}}

|DJ

|Born in Miami

|Rap artist

|Lived in Miami Beach

|Musician

|Born in Pompano Beach

|Singer and songwriter

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.tsimon.com/bonds.htm |title=Gary U.S. Bonds |publisher=tsimon.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|1950s rock and roll singer

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.tsimon.com/boone.htm |title=Pat Boone |publisher=tsimon.com |access-date=December 30, 2006}}

|Rapper

|Born in West Palm Beach

|Rap artist

|Born in Opa-locka

|Singer-songwriter

|Born in Tallahassee, raised in Perry

|Pop singer

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jo ann campbell|bio=true}} |title=Biography:Jo Ann Campbell |magazine=Billboard.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|R&B singer

|Born in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=863490 |title=Luther Campbell |publisher=MUSICMATCH.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005006/http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=863490 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Singer

|Born in Tampa{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Backstreet Boys singer

|Lives in Tampa

|Songwriter; singer; Songwriter's Hall of Fame

|Born in Gainesville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Rap record producers and songwriters

|Born or raised in Miami

|Country music singer

|Born in Trenton{{cite web|url=http://www.ct40.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333:easton-corbin-a-little-more-country-than-that&catid=24:song-spotlight-archive&Itemid=34 |title=Easton Corbin – A Little More Country Than That |publisher=Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 |access-date=August 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121192051/http://ct40.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333%3Aeaston-corbin-a-little-more-country-than-that&catid=24%3Asong-spotlight-archive&Itemid=34 |archive-date=November 21, 2010 }}

|R&B artist; lead singer of Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose

|Born in Dania{{cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Cornelius-Brothers-and-Sister-Rose.html |title=Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose Biography|publisher=Oldies.com |access-date=February 17, 2007}}

|Pop rock singer-songwriter and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 11

|Born in Orlando

|Rapper

|Born in Miami

|Singer-songwriter and actor

|Lives in Miami{{Cite news|url=https://presspasslatino.com/5-things-you-dont-know-about-christian-daniel/|title=5 Things You Don't Know about Christian Daniel|last=Calavia-Robertson|first=Daysi|date=2015-03-06|work=Press Pass Latino|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en-US}}

|Big band singer and actor

|Born in Jacksonville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Country singer and writer

|Born in Panama City{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Pop and R&B singer

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://urbanmecca.net/news/?p=12783 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619214504/http://urbanmecca.net/news/?p=12783 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2010 |title=Jason Derulo Makes History on Pop Songs Chart |publisher=UrbanMecca.net |access-date=June 1, 2010 }}

| DJ and producer; co-creator and lead member of Major Lazer

| Born in Mississippi; attended University of Central Florida, as well as residing in Florida for years{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Lead singer of Limp Bizkit

|Born in Jacksonville{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Drummer for Everclear

|Born in Jacksonville{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Singer

|Born in Cuba; raised in Miami

|Rapper and actor

|Born in Opa-Locka{{cite web |url=http://www.officialflo.com/ |title=Flo Rida: Biography |publisher=officialflo.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219083833/http://www.officialflo.com/ |url-status=dead }}

|Pop singer

|Born/raised in Ruskin{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Singer, songwriter, and actress

|Born and raised in Boca Raton{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Rap artist

|Moved to Carol City at age 10

|Vocalist, musician, actress, and lead singer of the new wave band Blondie

|Born in Miami{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Singer and songwriter

|Born in Tarpon Springs{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Singer and rapper

|Born/Raised in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://www.brookehogansmusic.com/biography.html |title=Biography |publisher=Brooke Hogan official website |access-date=July 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704222236/http://www.brookehogansmusic.com/biography.html |archive-date=July 4, 2007 }}

|Rapper

|Born in Port St. Lucie, raised in Deerfield Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/ace_hood/artist.jhtml |title=Ace Hood |publisher= MTV.com |access-date=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616021602/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/ace_hood/artist.jhtml |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}

|Brothers Kodiyakredd (Franky Venegas) and Flyysoulja (Alex Venegas), a hip hop duo who gained notoriety via the video sharing platform TikTok

|Based in South Florida{{Cite web |last1=Colombo |first1=Charlotte |last2=Bergman |first2=Sirena |date=12 February 2022 |title=Meet 'The Island Boys,' the controversial TikTokers who keep feuding with social media stars and celebrities |url=https://www.insider.com/island-boys-feuds-controversies-jake-logan-paul-bryce-hall-2021-12 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jawnson |first=Kershaw St |date=November 26, 2021 |title=The Island Boys Booed At Club LIV |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/the-island-boys-booed-liv/ |website=AllHipHop}}

|Rap artist

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.jacki-o-music.com/ |title=About Jacki |publisher=jacki-o-music.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Singer of Fifth Harmony

|Born and raised in Miami{{cite news|url=http://www.laopinion.com/2015/03/06/lauren-jauregui-talks-fifth-harmony-and-her-latina-roots | title=Lauren Jauregui talks Fifth Harmony and her Latina roots| newspaper=La Opinión| date=March 6, 2015| access-date=August 24, 2016}}

|Composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=11949 |title=J. Rosamond Johnson |publisher=IBDB.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

| Country music singer

|Born in Lakeland{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Indianapolis-based Soul singer-songwriter and winner of NBC's The Voice season 6

|Born and raised in Sarasota until age 13

|DJ rap artist

|Raised in Miami

|Rap artist

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/khia/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021226191041/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/khia/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 26, 2002 |title=Khia:Biography |publisher=VH1.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Reggae fusion singer and rapper

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kingston_sean/artist.jhtml |title=Sean Kingston |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=June 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425032826/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kingston_sean/artist.jhtml |archive-date=April 25, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}

|Big Band singer and movie actress

|Born in Lakeland{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

|Rapper

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.playtymemag.com/?p=259 |title=Dj Laz – Real Recognizes Real |publisher= PlayTymeMag.com |access-date=December 31, 2010}}

|Rap artist

|Born in Miami

|Rap artist

|Lived in Miami Beach

|Bass guitarist

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesmacdonough.net/biography.html |title=Biography |publisher=jamesmacdonough.net |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106215934/http://www.jamesmacdonough.net/biography.html |archive-date=January 6, 2007 }}

|Country music singer-songwriter

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/malo_raul/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611144014/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/malo_raul/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2004 |title=Raul Malo |publisher=CMT.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Latin pop singer

|Lived in Miami Beach

|Rap artist

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mase/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030218063426/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mase/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 18, 2003 |title=Mase:Biography |publisher=VH1.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Singer

|Born in West Palm Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.ajmcleanonline.com/ |title=Biography |publisher=AJ McLean Online |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629020942/http://www.ajmcleanonline.com/ |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |url-status=dead }}

|Singer and guitarist of Sonic Youth

|Born in Coral Gables

|Singer, songwriter, and poet

|Born in Melbourne{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarsite.com/JimMorrison.htm |title=Jim Morrison |publisher= guitarsite.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

| Country music artist

|Born in Vero Beach{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Jazz bassist, former member of Weather Report

|Raised in Fort Lauderdale until his deathhttp://www.jacotheearlyyears/news/jazziz0403.asp {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|Musician

|Born in Gainesville{{cite web|url=http://tompetty.com/index2.htm |title=Biographies |publisher= tompetty.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119022328/http://tompetty.com/index2.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2007 |df=mdy }}

|Rap artist and actor

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/pitbull_2_/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503215303/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/pitbull_2_/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 3, 2007 |title=Pitbull:Biography |publisher=VH1.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Singer

|Raised in Broward

|Rap artist

|Born in Fort Myers

|Rap artist

|Born in Carol City{{cite web|url=http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_bio.php?artist_id=607 |title=Biography |publisher=defjam.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203101800/http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_bio.php?artist_id=607 |archive-date=February 3, 2007 }}

|Singer-songwriter

|Lives in Miami{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/miami/yo-me-inspiro-en-dios-en-el-amor-en-cosas-positivas-santaye|title=Santaye se inspira en Dios y en el amor|date=2012-02-17|website=Univision|language=es|access-date=2018-07-12}}

|DJ

|Lives in Miami{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Singer

|Lives in Miami

|Rapper

|Born in Fort Lauderdale

|Rock band

|Lives in Orlando

|Rap artist

|Born in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/nowhearthis/nht_smitty.html |title=Biography |publisher=okayplayer.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017181129/http://www.okayplayer.com/nowhearthis/nht_smitty.html |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Rap artist

|Moved to Miami at age 3

|Bass player for Rude Squad and Trust for Liars

|Born and lives in Saint Petersburg{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Rapper

|Born in Miami

|Rapper

|Born in Jacksonville

|Singer and songwriter

|Born in Orlando{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Rap artist

|Born in Miami

|Rap artist

|Born in Tallahassee{{cite web|url=http://www.t-pain.net/ |title=Bio |publisher=t-pain.net |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107214835/http://www.t-pain.net/ |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |df=mdy }}

|DJ

|Lived in Miami{{Cite web|url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tia-stos-house/view/google/|title=Tiësto's House in Miami, FL (Google Maps)|date=October 14, 2014|website=Virtual Globetrotting}}

| Country music singer and songwriter

|Born in Dover{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

| Country music singer and songwriter

|Born in Plant City{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Singer and songwriter

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnytillotson.com/page3.html |title=Johnny Tillotson-Biography |publisher= johnnytillotson.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117205432/http://johnnytillotson.com/page3.html |archive-date=November 17, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Rap artist

|Born in Sarasota{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/trick_daddy/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809132710/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/trick_daddy/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2002 |title=Trick Daddy: Biography |publisher=VH1.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Rap artist

|Born in Miami

|Drummer of the Allman Brothers Band

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/ar-313247-bio--The-Allman-Brothers-Band |title=The Allman Brothers Band: Biography |publisher= Yahoo Music |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911095000/http://music.yahoo.com/ar-313247-bio--The-Allman-Brothers-Band |archive-date=September 11, 2007 }}

|DJ rap artist

|Born in Miami

|Lead singer of .38 Special

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/van_zant/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507073534/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/van_zant/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 7, 2005 |title=Biography:Van Zant |publisher=CMT.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd after his brother

|Born in Jacksonville

|Lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com/rvzbio.html |title=Ronnie Vanzant |publisher=lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-date=February 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219041941/http://www.lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com/rvzbio.html |url-status=dead }}

|Rap artist

|Moved to Miami at 16; lives in Wellington{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Lead singer of Cold

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.spreadthecold.com/bio.html |title=Biography |publisher=Spread The Cold |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230052449/http://www.spreadthecold.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}

|Singer

|Born in Bradenton{{cite web |url=http://danielle-white.com/index.php?go=static&page=dmw_profile |title=About Danielle |publisher= Danielle White Online |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Rapper

|Born in Jacksonville

|Rapper

|Raised in Palm Beach

|Singer

|Lived in Miami

|Rapper, singer, and songwriter

|Born in Plantation

|Rapper

|Born in Gifford

|Chemist and material scientist; discoverer of persistent carbene

|Born in Tampa{{cite journal | author = A. J. Arduengo | title = Looking for Stable Carbenes: The Difficulty in Starting Anew | year = 1976 | journal = Accounts of Chemical Research | volume = 32 | issue = 11 | pages = 913–921 | doi = 10.1021/ar980126p}}

|Molecular and clinical geneticist

|Born and raised in southern Florida{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-wendy-chung/|title=309: Dr. Wendy Chung: Hunting Down Genes that Cause Human Disease|date=2015-09-11|website=People Behind the Science Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-01}}

|Led the development of the IBM Personal Computer

|Born in Jacksonville; lived and worked in Boca Raton{{cite web|url=http://networkingsmallbusiness.com/columnists/2004/122004tolly.html |title=The IBM PC father: Remembering Don Estridge |publisher= NetworkWorld.com |access-date=January 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108203014/http://networkingsmallbusiness.com/columnists/2004/122004tolly.html |archive-date=January 8, 2007 }}

| Inventor of mechanical cooling

| Lived and worked in Apalachicola from 1833–onward{{cite web|url=http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~ihas/gorrie/fridge.htm |title=Gorrie's fridge |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=June 20, 2020}}

|Astrophysicist and cosmologist; recipient, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics

|Born in Yukon{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1236666/George-F-Smoot |title=George F. Smoot (American physicist) |publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia |access-date=March 6, 2011}}

|Theoretical physicist

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076752/John-Archibald-Wheeler |title=John Archibald Wheeler |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=January 4, 2007}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Jacksonville

|Professional football safety

|Born in Fort Myers{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13257/nate-allen |title=Nate Allen Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Miami

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Tampa{{Cite web|title=Driver Aric Almirola Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Aric_Almirola|access-date=2020-09-30|website=racing-reference.info}}

|Professional baseball shortstop

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/6414/robert-andino |title=Robert Andino Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2011}}

|Professional wrestler

|Born in Pensacola

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Tampa

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/29537/jp-arencibia |title=J. P. Arencibia Stats |work= ESPN.com |access-date=June 22, 2011}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9819/devin-aromashodu |title=Devin Aromashodu Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 3, 2010}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Key West{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4416/bronson-arroyo |title=Bronson Arroyo Stats, News, Photos |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 30, 2011}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Orlando{{cite web|url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ATKINCH01 |title=Chucky Atkins |publisher= databasebasketball.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203164443/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ATKINCH01 |archive-date=February 3, 2007 }}

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Hialeah{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avilaal01.shtml |title=Alex Avila Statistics and History |publisher= baseball-reference.com |access-date=August 19, 2010}}

|Racing driver

|Born in Miami{{Cite web|url= https://worldofeuronascar.wordpress.com/2019/11/07/get-to-know-the-drivers-participating-in-the-2020-nwes-drivers-recruitment-program-november-test-day/|access-date=2021-01-17|title=Get to Know the Drivers Participating in the 2020 NWES Drivers Recruitment Program's November Test Day|date=November 7, 2019}}

|Professional football defensive end

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10577/antwan-barnes |title=Antwan Barnes Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 24, 2010}}

|Professional golfer

|Born in Plantation{{Cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tour-insider/2014/05/28/Daniel-Berger-follows-fathers-footsteps-in-becoming-a-pro-athlete.html |title=Daniel Berger follows father's footsteps in becoming a pro athlete |access-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507085717/https://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tour-insider/2014/05/28/Daniel-Berger-follows-fathers-footsteps-in-becoming-a-pro-athlete.html |url-status=dead }}

|Professional tennis player; highest world ranking # 7

|Lived in Key Biscayne and Jupiter{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/prescup17/story/_/id/20819620/presidents-cup-confident-daniel-berger-custom-fit-match-play|title=Confident Berger custom fit for match play|date=September 27, 2017|website=ESPN.com}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://sheilableck.net/bio.html |title=Sheila Bleck Bio |publisher=sheilableck.net |access-date=April 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401001412/http://sheilableck.net/bio.html |archive-date=April 1, 2014 }}

|Senior VP of the Tampa Bay Rays

|Lives in St. Petersburg

|Professional baseball player

|Lives in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/includes/2005_Inductees/inductees_boggs.htm |title=Wade Boggs |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=January 7, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in St. Petersburg{{cite web|url=http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28459 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125120022/http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28459 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |title=Boof Bonser Stats, New, Photos—Boston Red Sox |work= ESPN.com |access-date=April 21, 2010 }}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Altamonte Springs, played at UCF and for the Jacksonville Jaguars

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Miami

|Racing driver

|Lives in St. Petersburg

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=BOW091822 |title=Dwayne Bowe |website=NFL.com |access-date=October 10, 2009}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4828/antonio-brown |title=Antonio Brown Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 28, 2011}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|Four-time Olympic fencer

|Lived in Sarasota{{Cite web|url=https://usobit.com/obituaries-2019/02/alice-bukantz-2019/|title = Alice Bukantz 2019, death notice, USA|date = February 2, 2019}}

|Professional football defensive tackle

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9600/brodrick-bunkley |title=Brodrick Bunkley Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Orange Park{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/6396/billy-butler |title=Billy Butler Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=July 8, 2011}}

|Professional football offensive tackle

|Born in Palm Beach Gardens{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9675/rashad-butler |title=Rashad Butler Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 10, 2010}}

|Professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Wilton Manors{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dayanacadeau|title=Dayana Cadeau}}

|Major League Baseball outfielder

|Raised in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cansejo01.shtml |title=Jose Canseco |access-date=August 3, 2012}}

|Major League Baseball pitcher

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.stevecarlton.com/pages/bio.html |title=Steve "Lefty" Carlton |publisher= stevecarlton.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909070316/http://stevecarlton.com/pages/bio.html |archive-date=September 9, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Oviedo{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ryan-carpenter-8477846|title=Ryan Carpenter Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Daytona Beach{{cite web|url=http://www.vincecarter15.com/aboutVince/default.sps |title=About Vince |publisher=vincecarter15.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101134630/http://www.vincecarter15.com/aboutVince/default.sps |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/kevin-cash.shtml |title=Kevin Cash Batting Statistics |publisher= The Baseball Cube |access-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627053514/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Kevin-Cash.shtml |archive-date=June 27, 2010 }}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Fort Pierce{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13337/jamar-chaney |title=Jamar Chaney Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|College basketball coach

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Chaney.htm |title=John Chaney Biography |publisher= hoophall.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030043633/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Chaney.htm |archive-date=October 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Alva{{Cite web|title=Driver Ross Chastain Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Ross_Chastain|access-date=2020-09-30|website=racing-reference.info}}

|Professional ice hockey defenceman

|Born in Boca Raton{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jakob-chychrun-8479345|title=Jakob Chychrun Stats and News|publisher= nhl.com |access-date=June 24, 2016}}

|Professional football tight end

|Born in Bartow{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/1932/desmond-clark |title=Desmond Clark Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 3, 2010}}

|Professional tennis player

|Born in Plantation{{Cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/news/2016/6/30/211045690.aspx|title=Audra Cohen Named OU Women?s Tennis Coach|website=University of Oklahoma}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional football player

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5107 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103024200/http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5107 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |title=#87 Laveranues Coles |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Professional tennis player

|Born in Sanford{{cite web |url=http://www.tennis.com/players/player_info.aspx?player_name=Jim+Courier |title=Jim Courier (USA) |publisher=tennis.com |access-date=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424234725/http://www.tennis.com/players/player_info.aspx?player_name=Jim+Courier |archive-date=April 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lived in Miami[http://www.flexonline.co.uk/news-features/article/3-features/125/an-arresting-development AN ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151058/http://www.flexonline.co.uk/news-features/article/3-features/125/an-arresting-development |date=July 14, 2014 }}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Ocala{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4659 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021212125916/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4659 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2002 |title=#8 Daunte Culpepper |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|Professional soccer player

|Lived in Crystal River{{Cite web|title=Jeff Cunningham At A Glance|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2005/01/30/jeff-cunningham-at-a-glance/ |access-date=August 13, 2022 |last=Reiss |first=Dawn |date=January 30, 2005 |website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}

|Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder

|Grew up in Orlando{{cite web

|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/baseball/johnny-damon-PESPT008463.topic |title=Johnny Damon News and Photos |publisher= OrlandoSentinel.com |access-date=April 2, 2010}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Lake Wales{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daviswa01.shtml |title=Wade Davis Statistics and History |website= Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=April 11, 2010}}

|Professional baseball shortstop

|Born in Sarasota

|Professional football defensive tackle

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/12947/antonio-dixon |title=Antonio Dixon Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Fort Lauderdale

|Competitive swimmer; 2016 and 2020 Olympian

|Born in Green Cove Springs{{Cite web|title=Caeleb Dressel Bio|url=https://swimswam.com/bio/caeleb-dressel/|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=SwimSwam|language=en-US}}

|Professional wrestler

|Born in Fort Lauderdale

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/elvisdumervil/profile?id=DUM179959 |title=Elvis Dumervil |website= NFL.com |access-date=October 19, 2009}}

|Professional golfer

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=115 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103005022/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=115 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |title=David Duval |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Professional ice hockey defenceman and head coach

|Born in Dade City{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dallas-eakins-8456153|title=Dallas Eakins Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional pitching coach

|Born in Dade City{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eilanda01.shtml |title=Dave Eiland |publisher= Baseball-reference.com

|access-date=September 25, 2009}}

|Professional wrestler

|Lived in Miami

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional tennis player

|Born in Fort Lauderdale

|Professional wrestler

|Lives in Central Osceola/Polk County

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Jacksonville{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-ferlin-8476363|title=Brian Ferlin Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional wrestler

|Lives in Kissimmee

|Professional golfer

|Lives in the Palm Beach Gardens area{{Cite web |url=https://www.maccabiusa.com/about/legends/bruce-fleisher/ |title="Bruce Fleisher" – Maccabi USA |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232819/https://www.maccabiusa.com/about/legends/bruce-fleisher/ |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

|Professional defensive tackle

|Born in Homestead{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/11631/eric-foster |title=Eric Foster Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=September 19, 2010}}

|Freestyle wrestler at 2012 Summer Olympics

|Born in Miami, grew up in Clearwater{{cite news|last=Putnam |first=Bob |date=July 13, 2012 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/olympics/olympic-dream-within-reach-for-former-countryside-high-wrestler-jared/1226552/ |title=Olympic dream within reach for former Countryside High wrestler Jared Frayer |work=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=February 6, 2021}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Titusville{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7800 |title=Jeff Fulchino – Houston Astros |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=June 11, 2010}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Tallahassee{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10613/william-gay |title=William Gay Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 28, 2011}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Riviera Beach{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/shayne-gostisbehere-8476906|title=Shayne Gostisbehere Stats and News|publisher=nhl.com|access-date=April 24, 2017}}

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Plantation{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/blake-geoffrion-8473608|title=Blake Geoffrion Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Winter Park{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/bio/_/id/41221/logan-gilbert|title = Logan Gilbert Bio |publisher=ESPN }}

|Gymnast

|

|Equestrian

|Born in Wellington

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Hialeah{{cite web

|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gonzagi01 |title=Gio González Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac

|access-date=April 21, 2010}}

|Professional baseball outfielder

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gonzalu01 |title=Luis Gonzalez Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=July 15, 2010}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/goodedw01.shtml |title=Dwight Gooden Statistics |publisher= baseball-reference.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/player/24491/richard-goodman |title=Richard Goodman – San Diego Chargers |publisher=SportingNews.com |access-date=October 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203132943/http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/player/24491/richard-goodman |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Avon Park{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gordoto01.shtml |title=Tom Gordon Statistics and History |publisher=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 5, 2012}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Miami, Florida

|Professional ice hockey defenceman

|Born in Pembroke Pines{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/shayne-gostisbehere-8476906 |title=Shayne Ghostisbehere Stats and News |publisher= nhl.com/player |access-date=April 18, 2016}}

|World No. 3-ranked singles and No. 2-ranked doubles tennis player

|Lives in Ponte Vedra{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=15 |title= Gottfried, Brian : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203125/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=15 |url-status=dead }}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Pensacola

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Orlando{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=greinza01 |title=Zack Greinke Stats |publisher=baseball-almanac.com |access-date=September 11, 2009}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in New Port Richey{{cite web|url=http://www.coletteguimond.com/|title=Colette Guimond, Female Bodybuilder|publisher=Colette Guimond|access-date=May 9, 2014}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Pompano Beach{{cite web|url=http://www.alharrissite.com/bio.php |title=Al Harris – biography |publisher=Official website of Al Harris |access-date=November 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323032851/http://www.alharrissite.com/bio.php |archive-date=March 23, 2010 }}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HASLEUD01 |title=Udonis Haslem |publisher=basketballreference.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015024/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HASLEUD01 |archive-date=February 5, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Naples{{Cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=75018|title=Garnet Hathaway|website=Elite Prospects|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Track and field athlete and professional football player

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.state.fl.us/myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/robert_l_hayes.html |title=Robert Lee Hayes |publisher= State of Florida website |access-date=January 7, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born and raised in Greenville{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/kickin-back-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers-linebacker-geno-hayes/1043078 |title=Kickin' back with Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes |publisher=TampaBay.com |access-date=November 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014055219/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/kickin-back-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers-linebacker-geno-hayes/1043078 |archive-date=October 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional football offensive tackle

|Born in Lehigh Acres{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/8345/ |title=Mario Henderson – Stats, Bio – Oakland Raiders |publisher=SI.com |access-date=November 26, 2009 |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815061607/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/8345/ |url-status=dead }}

|Professional football running back

|Born in Yulee{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2015/12/27/alabama-derrick-henry-heisman-trophy-dodge-challenger-playoff/77922762/ |title=Meet the people (and car) behind Derrick Henry's success| author=Josh Peter |publisher=USA Today |access-date=October 26, 2022}}

|Baseball umpire

|

|Professional football wide receiver and punt returner

|Born and raised in Riviera Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/devinhester/profile?id=HES267217 |title=Devin Hester/#23/WR |website=NFL.com |access-date=November 22, 2009}}

|Professional ice hockey forward and assistant coach

|Born in Leesburg{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dan-hinote-8465175|title=Dan Hinote Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional wrestler and television star

|Raised in Tampa

|Professional baseball first baseman

|Born in South Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30993/eric-hosmer |title=Eric Hosmer Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=July 8, 2011}}

|Professional hockey player

|Born in Orlando{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-hughes-8481559 |title=Jack Hughes Stats and News |publisher= NHL.com}}

|Professional hockey player

|Born in Orlando{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/quinn-hughes-8480800 |title= Quinn Hughes Stats and News |publisher= NHL.com}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/eric-hurley.shtml |title=Eric Hurley Pitching Statistics |publisher= The Baseball Cube |access-date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809075209/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Eric-Hurley.shtml |archive-date=August 9, 2010 }}

|Professional football player

|Born in Fort Lauderdale

|Professional football center

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/jamaaljackson/profile?id=JAC220057 |title=Jamaal Jackson – No. 67 – C |website= NFL.com |access-date=November 8, 2009}}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Pompano Beach{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JackLa00.htm |title=Lamar Jackson Stats |website= pro-football-reference.com |access-date=September 5, 2022}}

|Major League Soccer player

|

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Miami

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Ocala{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/val-james-8452154|title=Val James Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional football guard

|Born in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/player48.html |title=Player Bio |publisher=PhiladelphiaEagles.com |access-date=November 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108140723/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/player48.html |archive-date=January 8, 2009 }}

|Professional football player

|Grew up in Bradenton{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090929/BREAKING/909299955?Title=NFL-player-from-Bradenton-donates-cleats-to-high-school-team |title=NFL player from Bradenton donates cleats to high school team |publisher=HeraldTribune.com |access-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605103836/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090929/BREAKING/909299955?Title=NFL-player-from-Bradenton-donates-cleats-to-high-school-team |url-status=dead }}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/andrejohnson/profile?id=JOH056462 |title=Andre Johnson/#80/WR |website= NFL.com |access-date=November 23, 2009}}

|Professional water polo goalie; 2016 and 2020 Olympian

|Born in Miami{{Cite web|first=Amanda |last=Plasencia |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Water Polo Goalie Ashleigh Johnson Hopes to Bring Home Gold Again for Team USA|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/water-polo-goalie-ashleigh-johnson-hopes-to-bring-home-gold-again-for-team-usa/2491774/|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=WTVJ|language=en-US}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Live Oak{{cite web|url=http://www.giants.com/team/player489.html |title=Player – Bruce Johnson |publisher=giants.com|access-date=October 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909230705/http://www.giants.com/team/player489.html |archive-date=September 9, 2009 }}

|Professional football running back

|Born in Orlando{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/523490/chrisjohnson |title=Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans, NFL |work=CBSSports.com |access-date=November 23, 2009}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional wrestler and actor

|Lives in Miami{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/therock/profile/ |title=The Rock |publisher=wwe.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105121333/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/therock/profile/ |archive-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Professional football running back

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/12507/gartrell-johnson |title=Gartrell Johnson Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=August 19, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Clearwater{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=johnsho01 |title=Howard Johnson Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=June 20, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in DeLand{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5164 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103072356/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5164 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |title=#10 Chipper Jones |work=ESPN.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Palm Beach Gardens{{cite web |url=http://www.soxprospects.com/players/jones-hunter.htm |title=#62 Hunter Jones |publisher=soxprospects.com |access-date=September 25, 2009}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2009/james-jones |title=James Jones Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com |access-date=October 31, 2010}}

|Former boxing champion

|Born in Pensacola{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Eustis{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/1113163/solomon-jones |title=Solomon Jones, Indiana Pacers, NBA |work=CBSSports.com |access-date=April 10, 2010}}

|Professional baseball outfielder

|Born in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://mattjoycebaseball.com/biography |title=Matt Joyce Biography |publisher= mattjoycebaseball.com |access-date=April 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714045907/http://mattjoycebaseball.com/biography |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}

|Professional wrestler

|Born in Jacksonville

|Professional golfer

|Lives in Windermere{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01619.skip-kendall.html|title=Skip Kendall PGA TOUR Champions Profile - News, Stats, and Videos|website=PGATour}}

|Professional baseball second baseman

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=435062 |title=Howard Kendrick Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights |publisher=losangeles.angels.mlb.com |access-date=October 16, 2009}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=keppije01 |title=Jeff Keppinger Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=June 12, 2010}}

|Professional baseball first baseman

|Born in St. Petersburg{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/5918/casey-kotchman |title=Casey Kotchman Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2010}}

|Fencer, NCAA champion; two-time Pan Am gold medalist; two-time Olympian; two-time Maccabiah Games gold medalist

|

|Professional baseball manager

|Born and raised in Tampa{{cite web |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6591974/ |title=Tony La Russa on his animal rescue fundraiser |publisher=abclocal.go.com |access-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604050230/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=view_from_the_bay%2Fpuppies_kittens&id=6591974 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live }}

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional baseball first baseman

|Born in Port Charlotte{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/1520596/matt-laporta |title=Matt LaPorta, Cleveland Indians, MLB |publisher= cbssports.com |access-date=July 29, 2010}}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Jupiter{{Cite web|url=https://jupiterfitness.com/personal-training/|title=Personal Training – Jupiter Fitness|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225223923/https://jupiterfitness.com/personal-training/|url-status=dead}}

|Professional tennis player

|Lives in Boca Raton{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptennis.com/en/news/2007/delray_wednesday.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221053129/http://www.atptennis.com/en/news/2007/delray_wednesday.asp|url-status=dead|title="College Freshman Continues Charge at Delray Beach," ATPtennis.com, 1/31/07, accessed 11/25/07|archive-date=February 21, 2008}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Bartow; lived in Lakeland{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3542 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021212125702/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3542 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2002 |title=#52 Ray Lewis |work=ESPN.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Gymnast; 2012 Olympic silver medalist, men's all-around

|Raised in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/gymnastics/story/_/id/8099894/2012-summer-olympics-danell-leyva-gymnast-artist-entertainer |title=Danell Leyva |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2012}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Pinellas Park{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/28764/jesse-litsch |title=Jesse Litsch Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com |access-date=July 4, 2010}}

|(Ryan Lochte) 1984- Swimmer-12x Olympic Medalist-Raised in Daytona Beach

|Sid Luckman (1916–1998)

|NFL Hall of Fame football player

|Lived in Aventura{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/06/sports/sid-luckman-star-for-the-bears-dies-at-81.html|title=Sid Luckman, Star for the Bears, Dies at 81 (Published 1998)|first=William N.|last=Wallace|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 6, 1998}}

|Soccer player

|Born in St. Petersburg{{Cite web|url=http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208125880|title=Zac MacMath Bio|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232807/http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208125880|url-status=dead}}

|Professional baseball outfielder

|Lives in Coral Springs{{Cite web |url=http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2010/07/28/today-i-am-a-baseball-bat/ |title=A switch-hitter's conversion: Elliott Maddox remembers the pride (and prejudice) as baseball honors Jews' role in America's pastime |access-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123043234/http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2010/07/28/today-i-am-a-baseball-bat/ |archive-date=November 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Dave-Magadan.shtml |title=Dave Magadan Batting Statistics |publisher= thebaseballcube.com |access-date=August 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810233143/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/dave-magadan.shtml |archive-date=August 10, 2010 }}

|Professional football placekicker

|Born in Hollywood{{cite web

|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/1170/olindo-mare |title=Olindo Mare Profile – Seattle Seahawks |work= ESPN.com|access-date=November 1, 2009}}

|Competitive swimmer; 2016 Olympian

|Born in Clearwater{{cite news|last=Moore |first=Deanna |date=September 8, 2016 |url=https://www.wfla.com/daytime/getting-to-know-olympic-medalist-melanie-margalis/ |title=Getting to Know Olympic Medalist: Melanie Margalis |work=WFLA |access-date=July 22, 2021}}

|Professional surfer; Olympian

|Raised in Melbourne Beach{{Cite web|last=Azzi|first=Alex|date=2021-06-16|title=How surfer Caroline Marks learned to love her body|url=https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/16/how-surfer-caroline-marks-learned-to-love-her-body/|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=On Her Turf|publisher=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=4545 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021209040544/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=4545 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2002 |title=#25 Tino Martinez

|work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Fort Myers{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/denisemasino|title=Denise Masino (denisemasino) on Myspace|website=Myspace|date=April 7, 2014 }}

|Professional football defensive tackle

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13411/ricardo-mathews |title=Ricardo Mathews Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=September 19, 2010}}

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Marianna{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mathije01 |title=Jeff Mathis Baseball Stats |publisher= baseball-almanac.com |access-date=October 16, 2009}}

|Former WWE wrestler

|Born and lives in Palatka

|Professional golfer

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/golf/2006/players/48/ |title=Mark McCumber |publisher=SI.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-date=May 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522090020/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/golf/2006/players/48/ |url-status=dead }}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Hollywood{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/8476/bryant-mcfadden |title=Bryant McFadden Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 28, 2011}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6359 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810034458/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6359 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2003 |title=#21 Willis McGahee |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Bartow{{cite web|url=http://www.t-mac.com/tmac2/main.html |title=Home Life |publisher= t-mac.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102131428/http://www.t-mac.com/tmac2/main.html |archive-date=January 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Wauchula

|Professional ice hockey defenceman

|Born in Plantation{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jaycob-megna-8477034|title=Jaycob Megna Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional ice hockey forward

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jayson-megna-8477126|title=Jayson Megna Stats and News|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-25}}

|Professional baseball outfielder

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=michaja01 |title=Jason Michaels Baseball Stats |publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date=June 12, 2010}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13423/joshua-moore |title=Joshua Moore Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 3, 2010}}

|Professional football safety

|Born in Riviera Beach{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/11316/dajuan-morgan |title=DaJuan Morgan Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=September 19, 2010}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=30078§ion=bio |title=Santan Moss No. 89 |publisher=nflplayers.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-date=May 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522132840/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=30078§ion=bio |url-status=dead }}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9630/sinorice-moss |title=Sincorice Moss Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Miami

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Bradenton{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=murphy029joh |title=John Ryan Murphy Minor League Statistics & History |publisher=baseball-reference.com/ |access-date=August 2, 2015}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in St. Petersburg{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/9388/ |title=Louis Murphy – Stats, Bio – Oakland Raiders |publisher=SI.com |access-date=November 26, 2009 |archive-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216002928/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/9388/ |url-status=dead }}

|Competitive swimmer; 2016 and 2020 Olympian

|Grew up in Jacksonville{{Cite web|first=Amanda |last=Plasencia |title=While Preparing for Tokyo, Olympic Swimmer Ryan Murphy Pushes for Water Safety|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/while-preparing-for-tokyo-olympic-swimmer-ryan-murphy-pushes-for-water-safety/2465574/|access-date=July 22, 2021 |date=June 3, 2021 |website=WTVJ |language=en-US}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/5017/brett-myers |title=Brett Myers No. 39 SP |work= ESPN.com |access-date=November 1, 2009}}

|Professional football lineman

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/8614/chris-myers |title=Chris Myers Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 10, 2010}}

|Professional wrestler

|Born in Sanford

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Hollywood{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=napolmi01 |title=Mike Napoli Baseball Stats |publisher= baseball-almanac.com |access-date=October 16, 2009}}

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Naples{{Cite web|title=Driver Joe Nemechek Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Joe_Nemechek|access-date=2020-09-30|website=racing-reference.info}}

|Professional NFL All-Pro football quarterback

|Lived in South Florida{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/04/sports/harry-newman-90-who-led-giants-to-title-game-as-rookie.html|title=Harry Newman, 90, Who Led Giants to Title Game as Rookie (Published 2000)|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 4, 2000}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1169/Stephen_Nicholas |title=Stephen Nicholas Profile |publisher=sbnation.com/ |access-date=October 27, 2009 |archive-date=November 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106221729/http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/1169/Stephen_Nicholas |url-status=dead }}

|Professional football player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5483 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013134219/http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5483 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |title=#85 Chad Johnson |work= ESPN.com |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=odayda01 |title=Darren O'Day Baseball Stats |publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date=April 16, 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Orlando

|Professional golfer

|Lives near Orlando{{cite magazine |url=http://golfweek.com/2017/02/13/pga-tour-rob-oppenheim-pebble-beach-genesis-riviera/ |title=On to Los Angeles: Pebble performance earns Rob Oppenheim start at Riviera |magazine=Golfweek |first=Jeff |last=Babineau |date=February 13, 2017}}

|College basketball player and Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star; WNBA president

|Lives in Jacksonville Beach{{Cite web |url=https://www.maccabiusa.com/about/legends/donna-orender/ |title=Donna Orender | Maccabi USA |access-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019023401/https://www.maccabiusa.com/about/legends/donna-orender/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Miami Beach{{cite web|url=http://yaxeni.com/about/biography/|title=Biography|website=yaxeni.com|access-date=September 29, 2013|archive-date=October 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023160032/http://yaxeni.com/about/biography/|url-status=dead}}

|Professional football safety

|Born in Gainesville{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13433/akwasi-owusu-ansah |title=Akwasi Owusu-Ansah Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Grew up in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Jonathan+Papelbon/articles/17/Papelbon+brothers+late+innings+covered |title=Papelbon brothers "would have the late innings covered" |publisher=zimbio.com |access-date=October 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927071215/http://www.zimbio.com/Jonathan+Papelbon/articles/17/Papelbon+brothers+late+innings+covered |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Orlando{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7516 |title=Dimitri Patterson-Philadelphia Eagles |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=November 22, 2009}}

|Professional baseball outfielder

|Born in Tallahassee{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=patteer01 |title=Eric Patterson Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=April 21, 2010}}

|Professional football safety

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/11265/kenny-phillips |title=Kenny Phillips Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Professional football nose tackle

|Born and raised in Zephyrhills{{cite web|url=http://www.packers.com/team/players/pickett_ryan/ |title=NT RYAN PICKETT No. 79 |publisher= packers.com |access-date=November 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905063807/http://www.packers.com/team/players/pickett_ryan/ |archive-date=September 5, 2009 }}

|Professional football defensive end

|Born in Deerfield Beach{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13256/jason-pierre-paul |title=Jason Pierre-Paul Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Professional baseball catcher

|Raised in Orlando{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/sports/baseball/a.j.-pierzynski-PESPT008366.topic |title=A.J. Pierzynski |publisher=orlandosentinel.com |access-date=April 10, 2010}}

|Professional baseball third baseman

|Born in Pensacola{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/1503/jim-presley |title=Jim Presley Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2011}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Tampa{{cite web

|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/6124/ryan-raburn |title=Ryan Raburn Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com

|access-date=August 19, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Sanford{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml |title=Tim Raines |publisher=baseball-reference.com |access-date=January 6, 2007}}

|Professional football nose tackle

|Born in St. Petersburg{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/jayratliff/profile?id=RAT586227 |title=Jay Ratliff |website=NFL.com |access-date=November 1, 2009}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=6319 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124102327/http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=6319 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |title=Chris Ray Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com |access-date=April 16, 2010 }}

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Zephyrhills{{Cite web|title=Driver David Reutimann Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/David_Reutimann|access-date=2020-09-30|website=racing-reference.info}}

|Football defensive end

|Played for Florida State University

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional baseball player

|Partly raised in Miami{{cite web |url=http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp |title=About Arod |publisher=arod.mlb.com |access-date=June 8, 2009 |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301035001/http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp |url-status=dead }}

|Professional baseball second baseman

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/players/cards/?pl_id=38280 |title=Sean Rodriguez |publisher=baseballamerica.com |access-date=April 11, 2010}}

|Professional football free safety

|Born in Homestead{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/8423/antrel-rolle |title=Antrel Rolle Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player; MLB four-time All-Star; MVP; two-time home run champion

|Lived in Miami[http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article14716358.html Baseball lifer Al Rosen had close ties to UM | Miami Herald]

|Professional basketball player

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Lakeland{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30948/chris-sale |title=Chris Sale Stats, News, Photos |work=ESPN.com |access-date=August 29, 2010}}

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in West Palm Beach{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7939 |title=Jarrod Saltalamacchia – Texas Rangers |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=April 16, 2010}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4578/asante-samuel |title=Asante Samuel Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|Professional football cornerback

|Born in Fort Myers

|Professional football player

|Born in Orlando{{cite web |url=http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=22532 |title=Warren Sapp |publisher=NFLPLAYERS.com |access-date=March 28, 2007 |archive-date=November 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125203225/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=22532 |url-status=dead }}

|Basketball player who scored the first basket in NBA history

|Lived in Florida{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/oscar-ossie-schectman-dies-at-94-scored-first-nba-basket/2013/07/31/6f3a6568-f9f5-11e2-9bde-7ddaa186b751_story.html|title=Oscar 'Ossie' Schectman dies at 94; scored first NBA basket|first=Tim|last=Reynolds|date=July 31, 2013|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in DeLand{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/6229/luke-scott |title=Luke Scott Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2011}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Pompano Beach{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10579/clint-session |title=Clint Session Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=September 19, 2010}}

|Professional tennis player

|Lives in Bradenton{{cite web |url=http://www.maria-sharapova.org/biography |title=Maria Sharapova – Tennis Princess |access-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417182042/http://www.maria-sharapova.org/biography |archive-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Orlando{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1782925641.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+20%2C+2005&author=JOHN+DENTON&pub=Florida+Today&desc=Lopez%27s+diary+comments+have+Magic+coach+upset&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724233158/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1782925641.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+20%2C+2005&author=JOHN+DENTON&pub=Florida+Today&desc=Lopez%27s+diary+comments+have+Magic+coach+upset&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |work=Florida Today |first=John |last=Denton |title=Lopez's diary comments have Magic coach upset |date=October 20, 2005 |access-date=February 12, 2013}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Coral Gables{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13453/darryl-sharpton |title=Darryl Sharpton Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=October 10, 2010}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web|url=http://www.lito26sheppard.com/ |title=Meet Lito |publisher=lito26sheppard.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321000016/http://www.lito26sheppard.com/ |archive-date=March 21, 2007 }}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/174746/scot-shields |title=Scot Shields, Los Angeles Angels |work=CBSSports.com |access-date=April 15, 2010}}

|Competitive swimmer; 2016 and 2020 Olympian

|Born in Panama City{{Cite web|title=Tom Shields Bio|url=https://swimswam.com/bio/tom-shields/|access-date=2023-01-01|website=SwimSwam|language=en-US}}

|Professional baseball manager

|Born in DeFuniak Springs{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/managers/_/id/13 |title=Buck Showalter Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2011}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Daytona Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/brandonsiler/profile?id=SIL247433 |title=Brandon Siler-#59-LB |website=NFL.com |access-date=November 8, 2009}}

|Professional football linebacker

|Born in Tallahassee{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9595/ernie-sims |title=Ernie Sims Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=November 19, 2010}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Orlando{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10523/mike-sims-walker |title=Mike Sims-Walker Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=October 31, 2010}}

|Professional surfer

|Born in Cocoa Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.worldchampionsofsurfing.com/kelly-slater-biography/ |title=World Champions of Surfing, Kelly Slater Biography |publisher=worldchampionsofsurfing.com |access-date=March 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130161215/http://www.worldchampionsofsurfing.com/kelly-slater-biography/ |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

|Professional football player

|Born in Pensacola{{cite web|url=http://www.emmittsmith.com/ssp/bio/ |title=Bio |publisher=emmittsmith.com |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223123612/http://www.emmittsmith.com/ssp/bio |archive-date=February 23, 2007 |df=mdy }}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Miami{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/sports/ncaafootball/geno-smith-and-the-art-of-football-at-west-virginia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=West Virginia Displays Art of Quarterbacking | work = The New York Times |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=August 21, 2014|last1=Rohan |first1=Tim }}

|Professional football running back

|Born in Miami{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8841 |title=Kevin Smith – Detroit Lions |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=November 15, 2009}}

|Professional football head coach

|Born in Daytona Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantafalcons.com/People/Coaches/Mike_Smith.aspx |title=Atlanta Falcons – People – Mike Smith |publisher=atlantafalcons.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428072759/http://www.atlantafalcons.com/People/Coaches/Mike_Smith.aspx |archive-date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2013}}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13459/rusty-smith |title=Rusty Smith Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=October 24, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in North Miami{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6937 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211072557/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6937 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 11, 2003 |title=Bio |publisher=ESPN |access-date=May 7, 2007}}

|Professional tennis player, ranked No. 5 in the world

|Lives in Fort Lauderdale{{cite news | url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/harold-solomon/s065/bio | title=Harold Solomon | Bio | ATP World Tour | Tennis | newspaper=Atp World Tour }}

|Professional baseball player

|Lived in Miami{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WpcMAQAAMAAJ&q=mose+solomon+miami|title = Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series|last1 = Downs|first1 = Winfield Scott|year = 1934}}

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/29087/denard-span

|title=Denard Span Stats, News, Photos |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 7, 2009}}

|Olympic weightlifter; 1948 gold medal, 75 kg

|Lived in Gulf Breeze{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

|Football player and coach

|Born in Miami Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Spurrier/Spurrier_bio.html |title=Steve Spurrier |publisher=jockbio.com|access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Tampa{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/matthewstafford/profile?id=STA134157 |title=Matthew Stafford-#9-QB |website=NFL.com |access-date=November 15, 2009}}

|Professional basketball player

|Born in Lake Wales{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3607 |title=Amar'e Stoudemire |work=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=April 16, 2010}}

|Professional NFL football player

|Born in Miami{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TannSt20.htm|title=Steve Tannen Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}

|Professional boxer

|Born in Tampa{{cite web

|url=http://www.antonio-tarver.com/

|title=Antonio Tarver Bio

|publisher=antonio-tarver.com

|access-date=September 21, 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429174747/http://www.antonio-tarver.com/

|archive-date=April 29, 2010

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|UFC fighter

|Lives and trains in Port St. Lucie{{cite web|url=http://www.americantopteam.com/fighters.php|title=Fighters|publisher=americantopteam.com|access-date=July 14, 2007|archive-date=March 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331200641/http://www.americantopteam.com/fighters.php|url-status=dead}}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Fort Lauderdale{{Cite web|url=https://www.wb270.com/fl.htm|title=Florida Female Wrestlers|website=www.wb270.com}}

|Professional CFL football player

|Born in Belle Glade

|Professional baseball player

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/29439/danny-valencia |title=Danny Valencia Profile |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 9, 2010}}

|Professional baseball player

|Grew up in Longwood{{cite web |url= http://sawxblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/jason-varitek.html |title=Red Sox Nation: Jason Varitek |publisher= sawxblog.blogspot.com |access-date= September 27, 2009}}

|Professional NFL football player

|Raised in part in Miami{{Cite news|url=https://www.aish.com/sp/so/48916972.html|title=Life after the Super Bowl|first=Bayla Sheva|last=Brenner|date=January 27, 2007|website=aishcom}}

|IFBB professional bodybuilder

|Lives in Miami Beach{{Cite web|url=https://amg-lite.net/betty_viana/|title=Betty Viana - AMG Lite version 3.3|website=amg-lite.net}}

|Professional football player

|Born in Coral Gables

|Professional basketball player

|Lived in Miami

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Melbourne{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/4906 |title=Tim Wakefield-Boston Red Sox-MLB |work= Yahoo! Sports |access-date=April 21, 2010}}

|Professional basketball player

|

|Professional NBA basketball player

|Raised in Florida

|Professional football running back

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7866 |title=Leon Washington – New York Jets |work= Yahoo! Sports |access-date=January 17, 2010}}

|Professional football fullback

|Born in Melbourne{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7481 |title=Leonard Weaver – Philadelphia Eagles |work= Yahoo! Sports |access-date=November 8, 2009}}

|Professional football wide receiver

|Born in Daytona Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/ericweems/profile?id=WEE551877 |title=Eric Weems – No. 14 – WR |website=NFL.com |access-date=October 26, 2009}}

|Racing driver

|Born in England; lived in St. Petersburg

|Professional wrestler

|Lives in Tampa

|Professional basketball player

|)Vince Wilfork (1981)-Professional Football Nose Tackle 2x Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots-Born and Raised in Boynton Beach, Florida

|Professional baseball catcher

|Born in Dunedin{{cite web|url=http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=29115 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124132947/http://espndb.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=29115 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |title=Bobby Wilson Stats, News, Photos |work= ESPN.com |access-date=April 15, 2010 }}

|Professional football safety

|Born in Miramar{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13307/major-wright |title=Major Wright Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=October 3, 2010}}

|NASCAR driver

|Born in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=yarbrle01 |title=LeeRoy Yarbrough |publisher=racing-reference.info |access-date=January 7, 2007}}

|Professional football quarterback

|Born in Coral Springs{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13496/sam-young |title=Steve Young Profile |work=ESPN.com |access-date=September 12, 2010}}

|Florida Republican Party state chairman (c. 1952–1964)

|Resided in Fort Myers{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html|title=Alexander, G. Harold|website=The Political Graveyard|access-date=June 4, 2014}}

|Assistant U.S. Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide in prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a five-year-old girl

|Resided in Gulf Breeze

|Prop comedian

|Born in Cocoa Beach{{cite web |url=http://www.carrottop.com/newcarrot/bio/index.html |title=Bio |publisher=carrottop.com |archive-date=December 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202211720/http://www.carrottop.com/newcarrot/bio/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 12, 2013}}

|Youngest chess grandmaster in United States history

|Born in Miami

|Radio personality

|Born in Jacksonville

|Early supermodel

|Born in Hollywood{{cite web |url=http://v64.com/bio.html |title=The Edited Version of a Biography by Janice Dickinson |publisher=v63.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015154456/http://v64.com/bio.html |archive-date=October 15, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}

|Playboy Playmate of the Year (2005)

|Born in Fort Lauderdale{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/200412.html |title=Tiffany Fallon: Miss December 2004 Playboy Playmate Pic and Data Sheet |magazine=Playboy |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122131902/http://playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/200412.html |archive-date=January 22, 2007 }}

|Businessman and Florida's first African-American millionaire{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

|Born in Madison{{cite web|url=http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/bios/abraham_lewis.html |title=Abraham Lincoln Lewis |publisher=myflorida.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225000251/http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/bios/abraham_lewis.html |archive-date=December 25, 2005 }}

|Founder of WriteAPrisoner.com

|Lives and works in Edgewater{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700024762/Wont-you-be-a-prison-pen-pal.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215201108/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700024762/Wont-you-be-a-prison-pen-pal.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |title=Won't you be a prison pen pal? |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=January 1, 2013}}

|Founder of Merrill Lynch

|Born in Green Cove Springs{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/merrill.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818002257/http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/merrill.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |title=Builders & Titans: Charles Merrill |magazine=Time |access-date=January 6, 2007 |first=Joseph |last=Nocera |date=December 7, 1998}}

|Playboy Playmate of the Year (2006)

|Born in Lakeland{{cite web |url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/200506.html |title=Kara Monaco: Miss June 2005 Playboy Playmate Pic and Data Sheet |publisher=playboy.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211101819/http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/200506.html |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |access-date=February 12, 2013}}

|Supermodel

|Born in Fort Walton Beach{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

|Sportscaster

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/broadcasters/chris-myers.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215191321/http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/broadcasters/chris-myers.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 15, 2010 |title=Chris Myers Speaker, Chris Myers Appearance, Chris Myers Endorsement |publisher=Premiere Global Sports Corporate Division |access-date=August 7, 2010}}

|Syndicated columnist

|Grew up in Winter Haven

|Civil rights activist

|Born in Crescent City

|Twitch streamer

|Born in Boca Raton

|Aviator, flight instructor

|Lives in Ocala

|Model

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.krissy.com/_top.html |title=A Brief Biography |publisher=Krissy Taylor Memorial Website |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-date=December 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206011211/http://krissy.com/_top.html |url-status=dead }}

|Model

|Born in Miami{{cite web |url=http://www.krissy.com/_top.html |title=Sisters |publisher=Krissy Taylor Memorial Website |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-date=December 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206011211/http://krissy.com/_top.html |url-status=dead }}

|NASA astronaut

|Lives and works in Tallahassee{{cite web |url=http://www.normanthagard.com/ |title=Dr. Norman Earl Thagard |publisher=normanthagard.com |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-date=May 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503150637/http://www.normanthagard.com/ |url-status=dead }}

|Record-breaking solo sailor

|Born in Florida; lived in Homestead{{cite book |last=Vihlen |first=Hugo |title=April Fool, or, How I Sailed from Casablanca to Florida in a Six-foot Boat |year=1971 |publisher=Follett |location=Chicago |oclc=146985}}

|Founding member of the Wikimedia Foundation

|Resided in St. Petersburg{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/Open-sourcing+the+news/2008-1025_3-5515166.html |title=Newsmaker: Open-sourcing the news |publisher=CNET.com News |access-date=January 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712004520/http://news.cnet.com/Open-sourcing-the-news/2008-1025_3-5515166.html |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

|Higher education administrator, president of Laredo Community College and chancellor of Southern Arkansas University Tech{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.leg.state.ar.us/bills/2005/WinWord/HR1015.rtf |title=Commending Dr. Roger Worsley for His Contributions to Education and His Dedication and Achievements as Chancellor of Southern Arkansas University Tech |publisher=ark.leg.state.ar.us |date=2005 |access-date=August 5, 2015 }} {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|Resident of The Villages in Sumter County since 2011{{cite web|url=http://flvoters.com/by_number/1187/24570_roger_lewis_worsley.html|title=Roger Lewis Worsley|publisher=flvoters.com|access-date=August 3, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706233711/http://flvoters.com/by_number/1187/24570_roger_lewis_worsley.html|archive-date=July 6, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

|Competitive swimmer; 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympian

|Born in Jamaica, partly raised in and lives in Pembroke Pines{{cite web|last=Berg |first=Aimee |date=November 20, 2018 |url=https://www.fina.org/news/1908979/alia-atkinson-jamaicas-tour-de-force |title=Alia Atkinson: Jamaica's Tour de Force |website=FINA |access-date=July 22, 2021}}

|Singer and former member of Fifth Harmony

|Born in Cuba and raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Television actor and husband of Kelly Ripa

|Born in Spain and lived in Tampa{{cite web|url=http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/missing/cast/missing_cast_consuelos.html |title=MISSING – Meet the Cast |publisher= lifetimetv.com |access-date=February 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304203954/http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/missing/cast/missing_cast_consuelos.html |archive-date=March 4, 2007 }}

|Grammy Award-winning singer

|Born in Cuba and raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|Professional baseball pitcher

|Born in Cuba and later moved to Tampa

|Popular television personality from Telemundo

|Born in Chile and lives in Miami

|Pop singer-songwriter and son of Spanish music legend Julio Iglesias

|Born in Spain and raised in Miami{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

|U.S. representative from North Carolina (2013–2020) and White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021)

|Born in France and raised in Brandon

|Professional baseball outfielder and former football quarterback

|Born in the Philippines and raised in Jacksonville{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerid=183484 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516022718/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=183484 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2006 |title=Tim Tebow Stats, Splits, News, Photos – Florida Gators – NCAA College Football |work= ESPN.com |access-date=October 17, 2010}}

|Singer

|Born in Cuba and moved to Miami at age 13{{Cite web|last=Malu|first=Trevejo|date=|title=What you don't know about Malu Trevejo|url=https://thenetline.com/people/malu-trevejo/|website=TheNetline}}

|Actor and singer known for his role as Cisco Ramon in the television series The Flash

|Born in Colombia and raised in Miami