List of people from Pensacola, Florida

This list of people from Pensacola, Florida includes people who were born or lived there for a nontrivial amount of time. Note that Pensacola natives are referred to as Pensacolans/Pensacolians.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Politics, law, and military

• Reubin O'Donovan Askew - politician; 37th governor of Florida, 1971–1979
• Alexander Butterfield - deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon, 1969–1973
• Derrill M. Daniel - US Army major general ^{[1] [2]}
• Samuel Gibbs French (1818–1910) - military officer
• Harry B. Harris Jr. - diplomat and former U.S. Navy officer
• Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. - first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces
• Fred Levin - lawyer
• Stephen Mallory (1812–1873) - politician
• Carol McCain - director of the White House Visitors Office during the Reagan administration
• Charles H. Percy
• Joe Scarborough
• George O. Van Orden
• Craig Waters
• Virginia Bass Wetherell
• Vince Whibbs
• Charles R. Wilson
• Emmett Wilson

Religion

• Paula Ackerman
• Chuck Baldwin
• Paul Jennings Hill
• Martin Holley
• Kent Hovind
• Peter Ruckman
• Katharine Jefferts Schori

Sports

Emmitt Smith

• Jon Akin – soccer player
• Doug Baldwin
• Jay Bell
• Derrick Brooks
• Bryce Callahan
• Adron Chambers
• Tom Cheek
• Josh Donaldson
• Joe Durant
• Dave Elder
• Martin Emerson
• Reggie Evans
• Trinity Fatu
• Cortland Finnegan
• Travis Fryman
• Derrick Gainer
• Graham Gano
• Justin Gatlin
• Nick Green
• Tyronne Green
• Michael Hayes
• Kim Helton
• Horace Jones
• Roy Jones Jr.
• Alec Kessler
• Jonathan Little
• Johanna Long
• Max Macon
• Jason McKie
• Alfred Morris
• Winchester Osgood
• Jerry Pate
• Loucheiz Purifoy
• Damarious Randall
• Roman Reigns
• Trent Richardson
• Rikishi
• Fred Robbins
• Mitchell Robinson
• Shorty Rollins
• Addison Russell
• Darrell Russell
• Buck Showalter ^[3]
• Josh Sitton
• Heath Slocum
• Emmitt Smith
• Michelle Snow
• Ron Stallworth
• Omar Stoutmire
• Don Sutton
• Lawrence Tynes
• Mark Whiten
• Devon Witherspoon

Music, media, and art

• Christopher Andersen
• Alfons Bach ^[4]
• Ashley Brown
• Larry Butler
• Austin Carlile
• Joe Dallesandro
• Nancy Dussault
• Michael Edwards
• Mark Gormley
• Robert Graysmith
• Gigi Gryce - jazz composer and musician
• Bill Kurtis
• Matt Maiellaro
• Rob and Amber Mariano
• Gwen McCrae
• Mike McCready
• Georgie A. Hulse McLeod
• Katy Mixon
• Joshua Moon
• Dot Moore
• Joan Perry
• Bob Rasmussen
• John Schwab
• Peggy Scott-Adams
• Don Shirley - jazz and classical pianist, subject of the 2018 film Green Book
• This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
• Peter Thomas, narrator known for Forensic Files
• Aaron Tippin

Other

• John David Roy Atchison (1954–2007) - Assistant US Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide in prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a 5-year-old girl
• James Edward Wood (1947–2004) - child murderer and suspected serial killer ^[5]

References

1. "Retired General Heads Martin Red Cross Drive". The Palm Beach Post . Palm Beach, Florida. January 3, 1968. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Obituary, Major General Derrill M. Daniel". Pensacola News Journal . Pensacola, Florida. July 26, 1986. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
3. Showalter won't return
4. Pace, Eric (August 23, 1999). "Alfons Bach, 95, Designer of Tubular Furniture". Arts. The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
5. "Idaho death-row killer dies in prison". February 3, 2004.