FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM FLORIDA
The phrase "Famous People From Florida" can be nothing but subjective. It is my opinion as to who is famous and who is not. Some of the people on this list were born in Florida. Others spent a lot of time here as long term visitors or residents. I'm sure there are deserving people that didn't make my list. I invite you to submit your candidates using the contact form elsewhere on this website. Famous People From Florida According To Florida Backroads Travel. - Cannonball Adderley, jazz saxophonist
- Red Barber, journalist and broadcaster
- Dave Barry, author
- Larry Bird, Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
- Pat Boone, singer and actor
- Bobby Bowden, Florida State University football coach
- Edna Buchanan, author
- Jimmy Buffett, musician and author
- Steve Carlton, baseball player
- Ray Charles, musician
- Bo Diddley, the father of Rock n Roll
- Mike Ditka,Hall of Fame football player and coach
- Faye Dunaway, actress
- Gloria Estefan, singer
- Ralph Evinrude, outboard motor manufacturer
- Stepin Fetchit, actor
- Mel Fisher, treasure hunter
- Doc Ford, fictional marine biologist
- Jackie Gleason, entertainer
- Dwight Gooden, baseball player
- Ernest Hemingway, author
- Carl Hiassen, author
- Zora Neale Hurston, author
- Daniel James, U. S. Air Force General
- James Weldon Johnson, author and educator
- Jack Kerouac, author
- Frances Langford, actress and singer
- Rush Limbaugh, talk show host and conservative icon
- John D. MacDonald, author
- Madonna, entertainer
- Dan Marino, Hall of Fame Miami Dolphin quarterback
- Travis McGee, fictional salvage consultant
- Butterfly McQueen, actress
- Urban Meyer, University of Florida football coach
- Jim Morrison, singer
- Greg Norman, professional golfer
- Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player
- Osceola, Seminole Indian leader
- Tom Petty, Singer/songwriter
- Sidney Poitier, actor
- A. Philip Randolph, labor leader
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author
- Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman, actor
- Burt Reynolds, actor
- Charles and John Ringling, circus entrepreneurs
- Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, stock car driver
- Don Shula, NFL coach
- Steve Spurrier, Heisman Winning Gator Quarterback
- Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, U.S. Army General
- Tim Tebow, Heisman Winning Gator Quarterback
- Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- James A. Van Fleet, U.S. Army General
- Ben Vereen, actor
- Randy Wayne White, author
- Danny Wuerffel, Heisman Winning Gator Quarterback
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Famous people from Florida who are authors.
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