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Florida
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Floridians have played distinctive roles.
Born in Florida
| Famous Floridians | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley
Saxophonist, Teacher |
Born: | September 15, 1928 | Tampa | |||
| Died: | August 8, 1975 | Gary, Ind. | ||||
| Cedric Donald "C.D." Adkins
Inventor |
Born: | September 7, 1913 | Winter Haven | |||
| Died: | June 3, 2000 | Winter Haven | ||||
| Wallace Amos
Entrepreneur |
Born: | July 1, 1937 | Tallahassee | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Charles Eugene Patrick "Pat" Boone
Singer, Actor |
Born: | June 1, 1934 | Jacksonville | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Fernando Bujones
Ballet dancer |
Born: | March 9, 1955 | Miami | |||
| Died: | November 10, 2005 | Miami | ||||
| Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
Politician |
Born: | April 19, 1857 | Duval County | |||
| Died: | October 1, 1910 | Jacksonville | ||||
| Steven Norman Carlton
Baseball player |
Born: | December 22, 1944 | Miami | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr.
Politician |
Born: | April 3, 1930 | Lakeland | |||
| Died: | December 12, 1998 | Tallahassee | ||||
| Bessie Lee Pittman (Jacqueline Cochran)
Pioneering aviatrix |
Born: | May 11, 1906 | Muscogee | |||
| Died: | August 9, 1980 | Indio, Calif. | ||||
| Thomas LeRoy Collins
Governor |
Born: | March 10, 1909 | Tallahassee | |||
| Died: | March 12, 1991 | Tallahassee | ||||
| Howard Dwayne Dorough (Howie D)
Musician, Singer |
Born: | August 22, 1973 | Orlando | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Dorothy "Faye" Dunaway
Actress |
Born: | January 14, 1941 | Bascom | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Dwight Eugene Gooden
Baseball player |
Born: | November 16, 1964 | Tampa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham
Politician |
Born: | November 9, 1936 | Coral Gables | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Ben Hill Griffin Jr.
Citrus magnate, Politician |
Born: | October 20, 1910 | Tiger Bay near Fort Meade | |||
| Died: | March 1, 1990 | Avon Park | ||||
| Spessard Lindsey Holland
Politician |
Born: | June 10, 1892 | Bartow | |||
| Died: | November 6, 1971 | Bartow | ||||
| Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
Air Force General, Fighter pilot |
Born: | February 11, 1920 | Pensacola | |||
| Died: | February 25, 1978 | Colorado Springs, Colo. | ||||
| James Weldon Johnson
Author, Poet, Journalist, Civil rights activist |
Born: | June 17, 1871 | Jacksonville | |||
| Died: | June 26, 1938 | Wiscasset, Me. | ||||
| Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Seminole leader |
Born: | 1922 | Indiantown near Lake Okeechobee | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Frances Newbern Langford
Singer, Actress |
Born: | April 4, 1913 | Lakeland | |||
| Died: | July 11, 1005 | Jensen Beach | ||||
| Alexander James "A.J." McLean
Musician, Singer |
Born: | January 9, 1978 | West Palm Beach | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen
Actress |
Born: | January 8, 1911 | Tampa | |||
| Died: | December 22, 1995 | Augusta, Ga. | ||||
| James Douglas "Jim" Morrison
Singer, Songwriter, Poet |
Born: | December 8, 1943 | Melbourne | |||
| Died: | July 3, 1971 | Paris, France | ||||
| Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry
(Stepin Fetchit) Actor, Comedian |
Born: | May 30, 1902 | Key West | |||
| Died: | November 19, 1985 | Woodland Hills, Calif. | ||||
| Sidney Poitier
Actor, Director, Social activist |
Born: | February 20, 1927 | En route to Miami | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Asa Philip Randolph
Labor leader |
Born: | April 15, 1889 | Crescent City | |||
| Died: | May 16, 1979 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Janet Reno
Lawyer, Attorney General |
Born: | July 21, 1938 | Miami | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| David Maurice Robinson
Basketball player |
Born: | August 6, 1965 | Key West | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Edmund Kirby Smith
Army officer, Educator, Confederate General |
Born: | May 16, 1824 | St. Augustine | |||
| Died: | March 28, 1893 | Sewanee, Tenn. | ||||
| Joseph Warren Stilwell
Army General |
Born: | March 19, 1883 | Palatka | |||
| Died: | October 12, 1946 | San Francisco, Calif. | ||||
| Norman Earl Thagard
Astronaut, Marine pilot, Doctor |
Born: | July 3, 1943 | Marianna | |||
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