List of people from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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The following people were born, or have lived in, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Sports figures
Actors and models
Musicians
- Cory Asbury, Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective
- Melvin LaThomas Brimm, singer-songwriter, vocal producer, dancer-choreographer, and actor
- David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, singer and actor from the Partridge Family, died there
- Sabrina Claudio, singer
- Ian Grushka, bassist and founder of band New Found Glory (Coral Springs)
- Guitar Nubbit, blues musician{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| page=420 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}
- Marilyn Manson, musician{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001504/bio |title=Marilyn Manson-Biography |publisher=IMDb |access-date=2007-06-26}}
- Dude Mowrey, country music artist{{cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Dude-Mowrey.html |title=Dude Mowrey biography |access-date=2008-05-24 |work=Oldies.com}}
- Damien Moyal, vocalist and musician, notably of As Friends Rust, Morning Again and Shai Hulud
- Nonpoint, musical group{{cite web|url=http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/aug/11nonpoint.htm |title=Tour is band's 'meat & potatoes' |author=Darrow, Bob |publisher=Traverse City Record-Eagle |date=11 August 2006 |access-date=2007-07-03 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20071026041841/http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/aug/11nonpoint.htm |archive-date=26 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}
- Jaco Pastorius, influential jazz bassist{{cite web|url=http://www.jacotheearlyyears.com/news/jazziz0403.asp |title=Portrait of Jaco: in the news |publisher=Holiday Park Records |access-date=2007-06-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212103628/http://www.jacotheearlyyears.com/news/jazziz0403.asp |archive-date=2007-02-12 |url-status=dead}}
- Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz), former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson{{cite web |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2004-04-15/news/manson-family-feud/4 |title=Manson Family Feud |author=Jeff Stratton |date=15 April 2004 |publisher=New Times Broward-Palm Beach |access-date=2007-06-27}}
- Puya, rock band{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p350639/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Puya > Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=2008-07-18}}
- Reggie Sears, R&B/soul artist, former child prodigy blues guitarist{{cite news|last=Tatangelo|first=Wade|title=Stalling Dawn, Poco, Chubby Checker|url=http://cltampa.com/tampa/stalling-dawn-poco-chubby-checker/Content?oid=2029320#.UgkyT5I3tdc|access-date=December 20, 2014|newspaper=Creative Loafing|date=January 2, 2008}}
- Archie Shepp, free jazz saxophonist{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9000200/Archie-Shepp |title=Archie Shepp |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2007-07-27}}
- Nadine Sierra, opera singer{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/05/soprano-nadine-sierra-wins-top-prize-in-zachary-national-vocal-competition.html |title=Soprano Nadine Sierra wins top prize in national vocal competition |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |last=Wada |first=Karen |date=May 24, 2010 |access-date=2012-03-25}}
- Ski Mask the Slump God (Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne), rapper
- XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), rapper
- Mark Zeltser, concert pianist
Other notable people
- Edward Buchanan, Wyoming Secretary of State and former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/52728/edward-buchanan |title=Edward 'Ed' A. Buchanan's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
- James A. "Jimmie" Dallas, Sr., educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader{{cite news |title=James Dallas Sr., Lured Jazz Giants Here|author=Lewis, Gregory|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=April 15, 2004|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004-04-15/news/0404141539_1_rep-alcee-hastings-fraternity-school-teacher|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090102/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004-04-15/news/0404141539_1_rep-alcee-hastings-fraternity-school-teacher|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2014|access-date=August 17, 2014}}
- Fred DeLuca, founder and CEO of Subway{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/fred-deluca/ |title=Profile:Fred DeLuca |magazine=Forbes |date=March 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
- Arnold Denker, Chess Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946{{cite news|last=McClain|first=Dylan Loeb|title=Arnold Denker, 90, Champion And a Chronicler of Chess|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60617FB395D0C778CDDA80894DD404482|access-date=April 2, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 4, 2005}}
- Eddie Egan, detective and actor{{cite news |url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951106/NEWS/311069973&cid=sitesearch |title=Eddie Egan, Cop, Inspired 'French Connection' Film |newspaper=South Coast Today |agency=Associated Press |date=November 6, 1995}}
- Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer{{cite web | last =Files | first =Lolita |url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors/lolita-files/ |title=Lolita Files at Hachette Book Group | date =27 June 2017 | publisher =Hachette Book Group}}
- Brian Patrick Flynn, interior designer
- Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO; philanthropist{{cite web |url=http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/alumni/founders.cfm |title=NSU Law Founders |publisher=Nova Southeastern University |access-date=2007-06-27}}
- Wayne Huizenga, business/civic leader{{cite web |url=http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/About/HWayneHuizenga_more.cfm |title=About H. Wayne Huizenga |publisher=Nova Southeastern University |access-date=2007-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910000227/http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/About/HWayneHuizenga_more.cfm |archive-date=2006-09-10 |url-status=dead}}
- Travis Jeppesen, author{{cite web |url=http://www.books.blatt.cz/ |title=Travis Jepperson |publisher=Blatt Books |access-date=2007-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702035011/http://www.books.blatt.cz/ |archive-date=2007-07-02 |url-status=dead}}
- Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article259259734.html|title=A collector, granddad: Five things you may not know about FIU’s Interim President Ken Jessell|website=Miami Herald|access-date=30 March 2023|date=15 April 2022|author=Jimena Tavel}}
- D. James Kennedy, televangelist, author{{cite web|url=http://www.coralridge.org/about_djk.htm |title=About Dr. D. James Kennedy |publisher=Coral Ridge Ministries |access-date=2007-06-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618032458/http://www.coralridge.org/about_djk.htm |archive-date=2007-06-18 |url-status=dead}}
- Todd Kohlhepp, serial killer
- Paul Miller, white supremacist internet personality, troll, and boxer{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Accused White Supremacist Sentenced to Prison on Firearms Offenses |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/accused-white-supremacist-sentenced-to-prison-on-firearms-offenses/2561876/ |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=WTVJ}}
- Chesley V. Morton, businessman, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Fan Noli, Albanian scholar and politician{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4wx7kQp4bgC&dq=%22fan+noli%22+%22fort+lauderdale%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA621 |title=Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy, 1945-99 |last=Pearson |first=Owen |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2006 |page=621|isbn=9781845111052 }}
- James Randi, magician, skeptic, and author{{cite web |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/about-the-foundation.html |title=About the Foundation |author=Jeff Wagg |website=Randi.org|date=10 July 2007 |access-date=31 August 2009}}
- Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative and former Governor of South Carolina
- Theodore Swinarski, Illinois state legislator'Ex-legislator Swinarski,' Daily Herald Suburban Chicago, July 26, 1992
- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2002/01/08/companies/wendys_obit/ |title=Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dead at 69 |date=8 January 2002 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2007-06-27}}
- Marion Wells, activist and president of the Marion G. Wells Foundation
- Dick Wells, businessman and philanthropist{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Jaime |date=2003-09-04 |title=Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-obituary/161502762/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |newspaper=Sun Sentinel |language=en}}
Fictional characters
- Kenny, video game character from Telltale's The Walking Dead