List of Famous people born in Florida, United States of America
Robert A. Mandell
Robert A. "Bobby" Mandell is an American attorney and businessman who also served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2011 to 2016.
Logan Allen
Logan Shane Allen is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Diego Padres.
Jayron Kearse
Jayron Kearse is an American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Tony Bradley
Tony Lee Bradley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina (UNC). A 6'10 center, Bradley was a primary substitute for the Tar Heels' 2017 NCAA championship team. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 28th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft, but traded to the Utah Jazz.
Gary Nicklaus
Gary Nicklaus is an American professional golfer. He spent three years as a member of the PGA Tour from 2000-2003. After an 11 year stint in the amateurs, Nicklaus returned to pro ranks on PGA Tour Champions in January 2019, 10 days after his 50th birthday. He is best known as the son of golfer Jack Nicklaus.
Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted sixteenth overall by the Coyotes at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
Marlon Byrd
Marlon Jerrard Byrd is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. He was suspended twice for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Alex McGough
Alex McGough is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida International.
Madeline Rogero
Madeline Anne Rogero is an American politician who served as the 68th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, elected in 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the Big Four cities in Tennessee. Before entering politics, Rogero worked as a community development director, non-profit executive, urban and regional planner, and community volunteer. She served on the Knox County Commission from 1990 to 1998, and first ran for mayor in 2003, losing to the later Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam. While Knoxville municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, Rogero is known to be a Democrat.
Jason Kennedy
Jason Kennedy is an entertainment journalist and the host of E! News, at E! Networks, where he covers national celebrity news. Kennedy joined E! on air in 2005 and is a contributor to NBC's Today Show. and host of the E! series, Live from E!