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Famous People from Florida
Florida
Biographies, Famous People from Florida
Alexander McGillivray
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Wallace Amos (1936 -
) Founder of Famous Amos
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Corporation; born in
Tallahassee.
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Fernando Bujones
(1955 - ) Praised as one of
the finest male ballet
dancers of the 20th century;
born in Miami.
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Steve "Lefty" Carlton
(1944 - ) Baseball
player, born in Miami.
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Jacqueline Cochran
(1910 - 1980) Pilot who
organized women pilots
during World War II; born in
Pensacola.
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Gloria Estefan (1957
- ) Cuban singer and
songwriter; raised in Miami.
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Dwight Gooden (1964 -
) Baseball pitcher, born in
Tampa.
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Harry T. Moore
(1905 - 1951) 1930-40's
Civil Rights worker; born in
Houston.
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Jim Morrison
(1943-1971) Famous rock
singer and leader of The
Doors; born in Melbourne.
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Osceola (c. 1804 -
1838) Seminole Indian
leader.
- Sidney Poitier
(1927 - ) First
African-American actor to
win an Oscar, which he won
for the movie "Lilies of the
Fields;" Born in Miami.
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A. Philip Randolph
(1889 - 1979) Labor leader;
born in Crescent City.
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Janet Reno (1938 - )
First woman Attorney General
of the United States of
America; born in Miami.
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Burt Reynolds (1936
- ) Actor made famous in
films like Hustle and
Smokey and the Bandit;
owns ranch in Jupiter.
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Charles Ringling
(1864 - 1926) and
John Ringling (1866
- 1936) Co-founders of
Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Circus, were born in
the late 1800s.
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David Robinson (1965
- ) Basketball player for
the San Antonio Spurs; born
in Key West.
More Famous Floridians:
- Julian Cannonball
Adderley jazz
saxophonist, Tampa
- Pat Boone singer,
Jacksonville
- Howie Dorough
singer, Orlando
- Fay Dunaway
actress, Bascom
- Stepin Fetchit
comedian, Key West
- Zora Neale Hurston
writer, Eatonville
- James Weldon Johnson
author, educator,
Jacksonville
- Frances Langford
singer, Lakeland
- A. J. McLean
singer, West Palm Beach
- Butterfly McQueen
actress, Tampa
- Joseph W. Stilwell
army general, Palatka
- Don Sutton
baseball player,
Pensacola
- Norman E. Thargard
astronaut
- Ben Vereen actor,
Miami
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