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List of people from Gainesville, Florida
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Notable people who live or have lived in Gainesville, Florida include:
Individuals
Musicians
- Charles Bradley, singer[1]
- Beverly Crawford, gospel singer-songwriter[2]
- Tay Dizm, musician[3]
- Don Felder, musician[4]
- Laura Jane Grace, lead singer and songwriter of Against Me![5]
- Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes[6]
- Timothy Kirkpatrick, drummer[citation needed]
- Bernie Leadon, musician[7]
- Stan Lynch, musician[citation needed]
- Linda Lyndell, singer[8]
- Vivek Maddala, musician, composer[citation needed]
- Marce, musician[9]
- Jeremy McKinnon, singer-songwriter[10]
- Damien Moyal, singer[citation needed]
- Tom Petty, musician[11]
- Chuck Ragan, singer-songwriter[citation needed]
- Minnie Riperton, musician[12]
- Joseph Simmons, musician[citation needed]
- Kaleb Stewart, singer-songwriter[citation needed]
- Stephen Stills, musician[13]
- Benmont Tench, musician[14]
- John Vanderslice, musician[15]
- Chris Wollard, singer-songwriter, musician[citation needed]
Actors, performers
- Merritt Butrick, actor[16]
- Casey Calvert, actress[citation needed]
- Brittany Daniel, actress[17]
- Cynthia Daniel, actress[18]
- Malcolm Gets[19]
- Darrell Hammond, comedian[20]
- Robert Hoffman, actor[21]
- Tom Miller, performance artist[22]
- Joaquin Phoenix, actor[23]
- River Phoenix, actor[24]
- Stephen Root, actor[25]
- Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian[26]
- Tyra Sanchez, drag queen, reality television personality[27]
- Thomas Sanders, actor, singer and Vine & YouTube comedian[28]
Athletes
- Kenny Bynum, football player (San Diego Chargers)[citation needed]
- Lyubov Denisova, marathon runner[29]
- Doug Dickey, football coach, Hall of Fame member (University of Florida, University of Tennessee)[30]
- Chris Doering, football player, NFL, and ESPN Analyst[31]
- Joel Embiid, basketball player, NBA (Philadelphia 76ers)[32]
- Taurean Green, basketball player, NBA (Denver Nuggets)[33]
- Nigel Harris, football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)[34]
- Udonis Haslem, basketball player, NBA (Miami Heat)[35]
- Clay Helton, football head coach, University of Southern California[36]
- Al Horford, basketball player, NBA (Boston Celtics)[37]
- Darrell Jackson, football player, NFL (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers)[38]
- Chris Leak, football player, NFL (Chicago Bears)[39]
- Marty Liquori, Olympic track athlete, TV announcer, jazz guitarist[40]
- Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer[41]
- Noah Lyles (born 1997), 100/200m runner - olympic bronze medalist and world champion
- Roger Maris, baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees)[42]
- Vernon Maxwell, basketball player (Houston Rockets)[43]
- Andrew Miller, baseball player (Detroit Tigers)[44]
- Heather Mitts, soccer player (United States women's national soccer team)[45]
- Rodney Mullen, professional skateboarder[46]
- Clinton Portis, football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins)[47]
- Chris Richard, basketball player, NBA (Minnesota Timberwolves)[48]
- Phoenix Sanders (born 1995), baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization[49]
- Ian Scott, professional football player, NFL (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers)[citation needed]
- Ben Shelton (tennis), professional tennis player [50]
- Emmitt Smith, professional football player, NFL (Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals)[51]
- Steve Spurrier, football player and coach (University of Florida, Washington Redskins, and University of South Carolina)[52]
- Steve Tannen, NFL defensive back with the New York Jets (1970, first round pick)[citation needed]
- Tim Tebow, professional football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, New York Jets, New England Patriots)[53]
- Chris Thompson, football player[citation needed]
- Abby Wambach, soccer player, United States women's national soccer team[54]
- Scottie Wilbekin (born 1993), Turkish-American basketball player in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi, playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)
- Bernard Williams, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist[55]
- Jordan Williams, NFL player (New York Giants)[56]
Writers
- Joel Achenbach, newspaper staff writer and book author[57]
- Kiki Carter, environmental activist, organizer, musician, writer[58]
- Harry Crews, Southern Gothic author[59]
- Nancy Yi Fan, children's book author[60]
- Lauren Groff, novelist and short story author[61]
- Joe Haldeman, science fiction author[62]
- Rebecca Heflin, romance novelist[63]
- Andrew Knowlton, food writer[64]
- David Leavitt, author, editor, and English professor at UF[65]
- Tom Meek, newspaper columnist and writer[66]
- Ange Mlinko, poet, critic, editor, and tenured poetry professor at UF[67]
Other notable individuals
- Anthony James Barr, programming language designer (SAS), software engineer, inventor, and businessman[68]
- Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville[citation needed]
- Gus Bilirakis, U.S. representative for Florida[69]
- Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade[70]
- Scott Camil, activist[71]
- Kat Cammack, U.S. representative for Florida[72]
- David A. Christian, retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[73]
- Jamie Dupree, radio news reporter and Washington correspondent[74]
- Will Frazer, former coach of the Buchholz High School math team and current director of The Frazer School in Gainesville.
- Terry Jones, gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Qur'ans[75]
- William R. Maples, forensic anthropologist[76]
- Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook and Asana[77]
- Charles R. Perry, philanthropist and businessman[78]
- Scott Ritter, former United Nations Weapons Inspector and convicted sex offender[79]
- Maggie Taylor, artist[80]
- John Thompson, mathematician, Fields medalist[81]
- Jerry Uelsmann, fine art photographer[80]
- Blake R. Van Leer, university president, dean of University of Florida, inventor, civil rights advocate[citation needed]
- Jarvis Johnson, YouTuber and former software engineer[82]
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