This is a list of notable people from
Tampa, Florida.
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Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...
(1928–1975), saxophone player
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Nat Adderley (1931–2000), cornet player
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Doug Allen
Doug Allen (born February 22, 1956) is an American underground cartoonist, illustrator, and musician. Best known for his long-running comic strip ''Steven'', Allen has over the years collaborated with long-time friend Gary Leib on music, anima ...
(born 1951), football player
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T.D. Allman
Timothy D. Allman (born 1944) is an American author, historian, and journalist. "In 1968, at age twenty-three, T.D. Allman broke his first big story: the CIA's 'secret war,' against the Communists in Laos. He accomplished this by listening to loc ...
(born 1944), writer, foreign correspondent, historian, author
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Geronimo Allison
Geronimo John Allison (born January 18, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL. He played college football at Illinois, and was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2016 as an undrafted free agent. After four s ...
(born 1994), professional football player
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Aric Almirola
Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 10 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing. A graduate of Hillsborough High School in T ...
(born 1984), stock car driver
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Pete Alonso (born 1994), professional baseball player
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Jose Alvarez (born 1956), professional baseball player
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Erin Andrews (born 1978), sports anchor
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Gilbert Arenas (born 1982), professional basketball player
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Mike Awesome (1965–2007), professional wrestler
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Jeff Baisley
Jeffrey Scot Baisley (born December 19, 1982) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics in 2008.
College career
A native of Tampa, Florida, Baisley attended the U ...
(born 1982), professional baseball player
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George F. Baughman (1915–2004), first president of
New College of Florida
New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known simply as New College, spent several years merged into the University of South Florida, and in 2001 became an aut ...
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Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
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Butch Benton
Alfred Lee "Butch" Benton (born August 24, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed catcher. He was selected sixth overall in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets.
Early years
Benton played both football and bas ...
(born 1957), professional baseball player
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Dan Bilzerian
Daniel Brandon Bilzerian (born December 7, 1980) is an Armenian-American poker player, businessman, and social media influencer.
Early life
Bilzerian was born on December 7, 1980, in Tampa, Florida, the son of corporate takeover specialist Pa ...
(born 1980), professional poker player, personality
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Sheila Bleck
Sheila R. Bleck (born October 14, 1974) is an American retired professional female bodybuilder.
Early life and education
Bleck was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, along with her identical twin sister, Sherry. Their mother, Rebecca, was young and unma ...
(born 1974), professional bodybuilder
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Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900–2001), Ybor business pioneer
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William Brennan (born 1963), professional baseball player
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Evelyn Brent (1899–1975), actress
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Corey Brown (born 1985), professional baseball player
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Bob Buckhorn, politician
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Mike Bynum (born 1978), professional baseball player
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CADE (born 1996), singer/songwriter, musician
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Cody Carson (born 1989), singer
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Aaron Carter (1987–2022), actor/singer
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Jeff Carter (born 1964), professional baseball player
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Leslie Carter (1986–2012), singer
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Nick Carter (born 1980), singer of the
Backstreet Boys
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Rick Casares (1931–2013), professional football player
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Kevin Cash (born 1977), professional baseball player
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Celph Titled
Victor Mercer (born November 16, 1980), better known by his stage name Celph Titled, is an American rapper and record producer who is a member of the hip hop supergroup Army of the Pharaohs, as well as the Demigodz along with Connecticut rapper ...
, rapper, record producer
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John Cena (born 1977), professional wrestler, actor, rapper, television presenter
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Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues and pops singer, pianist
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Jordan Clarkson
Jordan Taylor Clarkson (born June 7, 1992) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two seasons with Tulsa before transferring to Missou ...
(born 1992), professional basketball player for the
Utah Jazz
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Barry Cohen (attorney) (1939–2018), criminal defense attorney
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Nardi Contreras (born 1951), professional baseball player
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Ron Crawford
Ron Crawford (born October 11, 1945 in Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tam ...
(born 1945), actor and artist
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Tim Crews (1961–1993), professional baseball
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Cr1TiKaL
Charles Christopher White Jr. (born August 2, 1994), better known as MoistCr1TiKaL (pronounced "moist critical") or simply Cr1TiKaL, is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and musician who is known for his commentary videos on YouTube, as w ...
(born 1994), YouTuber, streamer, musician
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Matthew Cox (born 1969), former mortgage broker and fraudster. Most Wanted by Secret Service in 2006.
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Helen Davis
Helen Gordon Davis (December 25, 1926 – May 18, 2015) was an American drama teacher, actress, and politician. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Davis received her bachelor's degree in theatre from Brooklyn College. In 1948, Davis and her husband ...
(1926–2015), Florida state legislator
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Jules Dervaes Jules C. Dervaes, Jr. (1947 – December 2016) was an urban farmer and a proponent of the urban homesteading movement. Dervaes and his three adult children operated an urban market garden in Pasadena, California, as well as other websites and online ...
(1947–2016), urban farmer and environmentalist
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Nancy Davis (born c. 1977), American investor, businessperson
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Toney Douglas
Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. He played college basketball for Auburn for one year, eventually becoming frustrated with his role on t ...
(born 1986), basketball player for
Hapoel Eilat of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
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Cory Doyne
Michael Cory Doyne (born August 13, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles.
Height 5’8
Career highlights
He spent most of the season with the Triple-A Norf ...
(born 1981), professional baseball player
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Sam Dyson (born 1988), professional baseball player
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Ryan Davis Ryan Davis may refer to:
*Ryan Davis (defensive end) (born 1989), American football defensive end
*Ryan Davis (wide receiver) (born 1997), gridiron football wide receiver
*Ryan Davis (Australian footballer) (born 1989), Australian rules footballer ...
(born 1989), professional football player
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Marco Antonio Escobar (born 1982), YouTube personality, actor, camera operator, film editor, businessman
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Carl Everett (born 1971), professional baseball player
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Lenny Faedo
Leonardo Lago Faedo (born May 13, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played all or parts of five seasons in the majors, from until , for the Minnesota Twins. In 1978, he won the Tony Saladino Award, which went yearly to the to ...
(born 1960), professional baseball player
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David Fagen
David Fagen (born 1875, date of death unknown) was an African-American soldier who defected during the Philippine–American War. He acquired the rank of captain in the Philippine Revolutionary Army.
Service
A native of Tampa, Florida, Fagen se ...
(1870– date of death unknown),
Buffalo Soldier,
anti-imperialist
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Ernest Ferlita (1927–2015), Jesuit priest and playwright
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Mike Figga (born 1970), professional baseball player
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Leo Gallagher
Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (July 24, 1946 – November 11, 2022), known mononymously as Gallagher, was an American comedian who became one of the most recognizable comedic performers of the 1980s for his prop and observational routine that includ ...
(born 1947), better known as Gallagher, watermelon-smashing comedian
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Robert Gant
Robert Gant (born Robert John Gonzalez; July 13, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ben Bruckner on the Showtime series '' Queer as Folk''.
Early life and education
At age ten, Gant began acting in television commercial ...
(born 1968), actor
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Joanna Garcia (born 1979), actress
* Steve Garvey (born 1948), professional baseball player
* Walter Lee Gibbons (1928–2015), pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Minor Leagues
* Mychal Givens (born 1990), MLB pitcher
* Graham Godfrey (born 1984), professional baseball player
* Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967), Luis Gonzalez (born 1967), professional baseball player
* Dwight Gooden (born 1964), professional baseball player
* Arjun Gupta (actor), Arjun Gupta (born 1986), actor
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* Bob Hall (Texas politician), Bob Hall (born 1942), member of Texas State Senate
* Denny Hamlin (born 1980), professional stock car driver
* Garry Hancock (1954–2015), professional baseball player
* Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor/reporter
* Eric Hayes (American football), Eric Hayes (born 1967), football player
* Mike Heath (born 1955), professional baseball player
* Jaclyn Hill (born 1990), American entrepreneur and internet personality
* Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler
* Melissa Howard (born 1977), actress/comedian
* Rodney Howard-Brown, Christian evangelist and pastor of River Church
* John Hudek (born 1966), professional baseball player
* Gary Huff (born 1951), professional football player
* Lauren Hutton (born 1943), supermodel, actress
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* Paul D. Irving (born 1957), Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
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* Rick Jacobson, The grouper king of Tampa
* Carter Jenkins (born 1991), actor
* Matt Joyce (baseball), Matt Joyce (born 1984), professional baseball player
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* Kamelot (formed 1991), power metal band
* Jill Kelley (born 1975), philanthropist and advocate
* Tarence Kinsey (born 1984), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C, Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier League
* KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian rapper
* Ryszard Kukliński, Polish soldier and CIA agent
* Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer
* Bert Kreischer, comedian
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* Tony LaRussa (born 1944), professional baseball player
* Tony Little (born 1956), fitness equipment pitchman
* Al López (1908–2005), professional baseball player
* Vance Lovelace (born 1963), professional baseball player
* Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), businessman, civic leader, National Guard commander and segregationist political figure
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* Dave Magadan (born 1962), professional baseball player
* Matt Mantei (born 1973), professional baseball player
* Sam Marsonek (born 1978), professional baseball player
* Test (wrestler), Andrew Martin (1975–2009), Canadian professional wrestler, died in Tampa
* Robert Martinez (born 1934), politician, former Governor of Florida
* Tino Martinez (born 1967), professional baseball player
* Billy Mays (1958–2009), TV commercial pitchman
* Eugene McCaslin (born 1977), professional football player
* Lance McCullers (born 1964), professional baseball player
* Tom McEwen (sportswriter), Tom McEwen (1923–2011), sportswriter
* Fred McGriff (born 1963), professional baseball player
* Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), actress, ''Gone with the Wind''
* Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American soccer player and coach
* Jason Michaels (born 1976), professional baseball player
* Sam Militello (born 1969), professional baseball player
* Rich Monteleone (born 1963), professional baseball player
* Aaron Murray, professional football player
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* Gene Nelson (baseball), Gene Nelson (born 1960), professional baseball player
* Maxey_Dell_Moody_III#Family, Andrew R. Nicholas (born 1989), historian and author
* Leslie Nicholas Jr. (1927–2007), businessman
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* Ralph Onis (1908–1995), professional baseball player
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* VoiceoverPete (Pete Accetturo) (born 1959), Internet personality
* Ferdie Pacheco (1927–2017), physician, boxing analyst
* Sarah Paulson (born 1974), Emmy Award-winning actress
* Lou Piniella (born 1943), professional baseball player
* Peter Polansky, tennis player
* Rich Puig (born 1953), professional baseball player
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* Ryan Raburn (born 1981), professional baseball player
* John Ramos (born 1965), professional baseball player
* Chris Ray (born 1982), professional baseball player
* John Reaves (1950–2017), professional football player
* Jody Reed (born 1962), professional baseball player
* Roy Roberts (1906–1975), actor
* Shane Robinson (baseball), Shane Robinson (born 1984), professional baseball player
* Todd Rogers (gamer), Todd Rogers (born 1964), electronic sports player
* Jason Romano (born 1979), professional baseball player
* Calvin Royal III, ballet dancer
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* Tony Samuels (1954–2001), gridiron football player
* David Sanborn (born 1945), musician (saxophonist)
* Stephanie Moulton Sarkis (born 1974), psychotherapist and author
* Randy Savage (1952–2011), professional wrestler
* Lauren Kaye Scott, known as Dakota Skye (actress) (1994–2021), pornographic actress
* Gary Sheffield (born 1968), professional baseball player
* Amber Smith (born 1971), actress and model
* Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
* Matthew Stafford (born 1988), professional football player
* George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), philanthropist, principal owner of New York Yankees
* Stephen Stills (born 1945), singer/songwriter, musician
* Steve Swindal, businessman, chairman of the Port Tampa Bay
* John H. Sykes, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Sykes Enterprises
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* Channing Tatum (born 1980), actor
* Owen Teague (born 1998), actor
* Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr. (1924–1945), United States Marine, Marine, one of six who raised first flag on Mount Suribachi at Battle of Iwo Jima
* Randolph W. Thrower (1913–2014), former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
* Mel Tillis (1932–2017), country-western singer-songwriter and musician; Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1976
* Santo Trafficante Jr. (1914–1987), American Mafia, Mafia boss
* Kyle Tucker (born 1997), Major League Baseball (MLB) player
* Preston Tucker (baseball), Preston Tucker (born 1990), MLB player
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* David E. Vogt III, politician
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*Cr1TiKaL, Charles White Jr. (Cr1TiKaL) (born 1994), YouTuber, streamer, actor, voice actor, podcast host, musician, businessman and writer
* Dreama Walker (born 1986), actress
* Sharon Webb (1936–2010), science fiction writer
* Dan White (actor) (March 25, 1908–July 7, 1980), American actor in vaudeville, theater, film and television
* John White (tight end), John White (born 1935), football player
* Slim Whitman (1923–2013), country music and western music singer
* Paul Wight (Big Show) (born 1972), professional wrestler and actor
* Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1984), Mike Williams (born 1984), professional football player
* Charles R. Wilson (judge), Charles R. Wilson (born 1954), federal judge
* Ted Washington (born 1968), professional football player
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* Tony Zappone (born 1947), journalist, broadcaster, author
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