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List of people from Gainesville, Florida
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Notable people who live or have lived in
Gainesville, Florida
include:
Contents
Individuals
Musicians
Actors, performers
Athletes
Writers
Other notable individuals
Music groups
References
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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.
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the original
on June 20, 2013
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2013
.
↑
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.
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. Retrieved
June 1,
2011
.
↑
Birchmeier, Jason.
"Tay Dizm:Biography & History"
.
AllMusic
. Retrieved
April 6,
2016
.
↑
"Don Felder-Biography"
.
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July 19,
2007
.
↑
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.
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.
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.
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"Tom Laughon/Maundy Quintet"
.
↑
Richards, Glenn (November 18, 2017).
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.
WUFT
. Retrieved
June 8,
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"She's a folk singer on a mission"
.
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.
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.
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2007
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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. Retrieved
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2007
.
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"Chris Doering"
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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2007
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.
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2007
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.
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