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

Scottie Wilbekin

• 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]

Music groups

• Against Me! ^[83]
• Aleka's Attic ^[24]
• As Friends Rust ^[84]
• Cyne ^[85]
• Damien Done ^[86]
• The Draft ^[87]
• For Squirrels ^[88]
• Holopaw ^[89]
• Hot Water Music ^[90]
• Less Than Jake ^[91]
• Mudcrutch ^[92]
• Rehasher ^[93]
• Sister Hazel ^[94]

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