List of people from Gainesville, Florida

Notable people that live or have lived in Gainesville, Florida include:

Individuals

Musicians

• Jeremy McKinnon, singer/songwriter^[1]

• Aslyn, singer/songwriter^[1]
• Charles Bradley, singer ^[2]
• Beverly Crawford, gospel songwriter/singer^[3]
• Bo Diddley, musician (lived in nearby Archer)^[4]
• Tay Dizm, musician^[5]
• Don Felder, musician^[6]
• Laura Jane Grace, lead singer and songwriter of Against Me!^[7]
• Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes^[8]
• Bernie Leadon, musician^[9]
• Benmont Tench, musician^[10]
• Marce, musician^[11]
• Tom Petty, musician^[12]
• Minnie Riperton, musician^[13]
• Stephen Stills, musician^[14]
• John Vanderslice, musician^[15]

Actors, performers

• Todd Barry, actor, comedian^[16]
• Merritt Butrick, actor^[17]
• Brittany Daniel, actress^[18]
• Cynthia Daniel, actress^[19]
• Faye Dunaway^[20]
• Buddy Ebsen, actor^[21]
• Malcolm Gets^[22]
• Darrell Hammond, comedian^[23]
• Robert Hoffman, actor^[24]
• Tom Miller, performance artist^[25]
• Joaquin Phoenix, actor^[26]
• River Phoenix, actor^[27]
• Stephen Root, actor^[28]
• Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian^[29]
• Tyra Sanchez, drag queen, reality television personality^[30]
• Bob Vila, home renovation authority^[20]
• Casey Calvert (actress)

Athletes

• Corey Brewer, basketball player, NBA (Minnesota Timberwolves)^[31]
• Lyubov Denisova, marathon runner^[32]
• Doug Dickey, football coach, Hall of Fame member (University of Florida, University of Tennessee)^[33]
• Taurean Green, basketball player, NBA (Denver Nuggets)^[34]
• Udonis Haslem, basketball player, NBA (Miami Heat)^[35]
• Clay Helton, football head coach, University of Southern California
• Al Horford, basketball player, NBA (Atlanta Hawks)^[36]
• Darrell Jackson, football player, NFL (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers)^[37]
• Chris Leak, football player, NFL (Chicago Bears)^[38]
• Marty Liquori, Olympic track athlete, TV announcer, jazz guitarist^[39]
• Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer^[40]
• Roger Maris, baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees)^[41]
• Vernon Maxwell, basketball player (Houston Rockets)^[42]
• Andrew Miller, baseball player (Detroit Tigers)^[43]
• Heather Mitts, soccer player (United States women's national soccer team)^[44]
• Rodney Mullen, professional skateboarder^[45]
• Joakim Noah, basketball player, NBA (Chicago Bulls)^[46]
• Clinton Portis, football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins)^[47]
• Chris Richard, basketball player, NBA (Minnesota Timberwolves)^[48]
• Ian Scott, professional football player, NFL
• Emmitt Smith, professional football player, NFL (Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals)^[49]
• Steve Spurrier, football player and coach (University of Florida, Washington Redskins, and University of South Carolina)^[50]
• Tim Tebow, professional football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, New York Jets, New England Patriots)^[51]
• Abby Wambach, soccer player, United States women's national soccer team^[52]
• Bernard Williams, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist^[53]
• Jordan Williams, NFL player
• Jack Youngblood, football player/Hall of Fame member, NFL (Los Angeles Rams)^[54]

Writers

• Ange Mlinko, poet, critic, editor, and tenured poetry professor at UF^[55]
• Joel Achenbach, newspaper staff writer and book author^[56]
• Kiki Carter, environmental activist, organizer, musician, writer^[57]
• Michael Connelly, multiple-bestselling thriller/mystery writer^[58]
• Harry Crews, Southern Gothic author^[59]
• Mike Dupee, author of How to Get on Jeopardy! and Win^[60]
• Nancy Yi Fan, children's book author^[61]
• Joe Haldeman, science fiction author^[62]
• Andrew Knowlton, food writer^[63]
• David Leavitt, author, editor, and English professor at UF^[64]
• Tom Meek, newspaper columnist and writer^[65]

Other notable individuals

• Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist^[66]
• Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville
• Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade^[67]
• Scott Camil, activist^[68]
• Jamie Dupree, radio news reporter and Washington correspondent^[69]
• Bob Graham, Governor and U.S. Senator^[70]
• Terry Jones, gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Qur'ans
• William R. Maples, forensic anthropologist^[71]
• Charles R. Perry, philanthropist and businessman^[72]
• Maggie Taylor, artist^[73]
• John Thompson, mathematician, Fields medalist^[74]
• Jerry Uelsmann, fine art photographer^[73]
• Bridget Carey, CNET Senior Editor

Music groups

• Against Me!^[75]
• Aleka's Attic^[27]
• As Friends Rust^[76]
• The Draft^[77]
• For Squirrels ^[78]
• Holopaw^[79]
• Hot Water Music^[80]
• Less Than Jake^[81]
• Mudcrutch^[82]
• Rehasher^[83]
• Sister Hazel^[84]

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