List of people from Sarasota

The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Sarasota, Florida.

Carl Abbott, architect
Erik Arroyo, former mayor of Sarasota and lawyer^[1]
Doug Band, assistant to Bill Clinton and businessman. Helped found the Clinton Global Initiative and assisted with the Clinton Foundation after his presidency
Freddie Bartholomew, 1930s child actor
Roy Basler (1906–1989), historian
Dickey Betts (1943–2024), guitarist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band
Duane Betts, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and member of The Allman Betts Band
Vern Buchanan (born 1951), U.S. representative^[2]
Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008), Olympic fencer
Eugene A. Burdick, North Dakota Fifth Judicial District judge and surrogate judge for the North Dakota Supreme Court
William J. Burns, Director of the Bureau of Investigation, later the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Flossie M. Byrd, home economist and academic
Lincoln Child, author of techno-thriller and horror novels
Barber Conable, New York state senator, U.S representative from New York, and World Bank President under President Ronald Reagan
Giorgio Berardi, Architect
Marlow Cook, U.S. senator from Kentucky

Eric Curran, racing driver
Vincent D'Autorio, Two-time Olympic gymnast^[3]
Ian Desmond, professional baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
Lois Duncan, writer, novelist, poet, and journalist
Gil Elvgren, painter of pin-up models
Richard Floethe, printmaker and illustrator
Sonia Pressman Fuentes, lawyer; author and co-founder of National Organization for Women
Jackie Gerlich, dwarf actor and circus entertainer
Brian Gottfried (born 1952), tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977
Carla Gugino (born 1971), actress
Dalton Guthrie (born 1995), Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
James A. Haley, U.S. representative from Florida and member of the Florida House of Representatives. Vice-president and later president of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952, 1956, and 1960^[4]
Denver David Hargis, U.S. representative from Kansas
Forest Harness, U.S representative from Indiana and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
Ian Hornak, founding artist of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements. Owned a winter home in Sarasota from 1985 to 2001.^[5]^[6]
Tim Jaeger, artist
Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC
Mackinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize winning author
Josh Kaufman, soul singer and singer-songwriter
Margaret Kerry, actress, radio host, and model for Tinker Bell in the 1953 Walt Disney film Peter Pan^[7]
Stephen King, author
David Lawrence, publisher; founded what would later become U.S. News & World Report
La Norma Fox, trapeze artist in RBB Circus and Sarasotan from 1949 onwards
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, professional tennis player
Victor Lundy, architect
Jes Macallan, actress
John D. MacDonald, crime novelist
Marlon Mack, running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League
Myka Meier, etiquette coach and writer
Noelia Voigt, Miss USA 2023 winner
Eric Minkin (born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player
Daniel Myrick, director of horror films
Bello Nock, daredevil and circus performer
Carol Perkins, fashion model
Jack Perkins, reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman
Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith
Guy Peterson, architect
Paul Reubens, actor known for creating and portraying Pee-wee Herman
Michael Rey, abstract painter
Charles Edward Ringling, one of the Ringling Brothers
Stephen Root, actor, voice actor, and comedian
Milton Rubenfeld (1919–2004), pilot and one of five founding pilots of Israeli Air Force
Randy Savage (1952–2011), professional wrestler
Tim Seibert, architect
Monica Seles, former no.1 tennis player
Sam Shields, cornerback in the National Football League
George Snyder, Maryland state senator and majority leader
Kyle Snyder, Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach
Dick Smothers, actor, comedian, composer, and musician
Syd Solomon, American artist
Jerry Springer, television personality
Ben Stahl (artist)
Alex Steinweiss, graphic artist, credited with being the inventor of album cover art.^[8]
Greg Steube (born 1978), U.S. representative and former Florida senator and Florida representative^[9]
Mildred Ladner Thompson, journalist and writer
Ralph Twitchell, architect
Dick Vitale, college basketball coach and broadcaster
Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer
Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera
Nik Wallenda, tightrope walker
Iain Webb, Director of The Sarasota Ballet and former dancer with The Royal Ballet
Scott Weiss, venture capitalist
Hoyt Wilhelm, MLB pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
George Howard Williams, U.S Senator from Missouri
Geoff Wilson, entrepreneur, investor, and sports card collector
Jack West, architect
Robert Windom, former Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan
Linda Winikow, politician and New York State Senator
Roger Zare, composer and pianist
Bridgett Zehr, ballet dancer with the English National Ballet

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