List of Famous people born in Florida, United States of America
Pavin Smith
Pavin Joe Smith is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Spectacular Smith
Spectacular Blue Smith, known by his stage name Spectacular, is an American entertainer, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, television personality, author, and philanthropist. He is the Chairman and CEO of Adwizar Inc and founder of the record label Mula Music Group. Black Enterprise estimated his net worth is $65 million, making him one of the five most influential entrepreneurs at the intersection of music and tech, and is the mastermind behind the viral Grumpy Cat brand.
Marreese Speights
Marreese Akeem Speights is an American professional basketball player for the Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, where he was a freshman member of their NCAA national championship team in 2007. The Philadelphia 76ers selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
A. J. Cole
Andrew Jordan Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Toronto Blue Jays.
Fletcher Magee
Fletcher Magee is an American basketball player for Studentski centar of the Montenegrin Basketball League. He played college basketball for Wofford College. While playing for the Terriers, he was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's media in consecutive years and set the NCAA record for made three point shots in a career, surpassing JJ Redick and Stephen Curry.
Jack Leiter
Jack Thomas Leiter is an American college baseball pitcher for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Robert Graysmith
Robert Graysmith is an American true crime author and former cartoonist. He is known for his work on the Zodiac killer case.
Jennifer Sky
Jennifer Sky is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Webber in General Hospital (1997–1998) and Cleopatra, the title character in the science fiction series Cleopatra 2525 (2000–2001).
Edwin Hodge
Edwin Martel Basil Hodge is an American actor. He is recognized for portraying Dante Bishop in The Purge film series, and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films.
Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. Upon winning Idol, he was signed to Arista Records, under which his self-titled major label debut was released on December 12, 2006.