Notable Residents
- Red "Galloping Ghost" Grange, NFL player, was living in Lake Wales when he died in 1991
- Amar'e Stoudemire, NBA player, born in Lake Wales
- Dominique Jones, NBA player, born and attended high school in Lake Wales
- Wade Davis, MLB player
- Pat Borders, 1992 World Series MVP, part time Lake Wales resident and Lake Wales High School Alumnus
- Mario Gosselin, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver/owner, lives and operates his race shop in Lake Wales
- Lorenzo Hampton was born in Lake Wales, Florida in 1962. He attended Lake Wales High School,and he played high school football for the Lake Wales Highlanders.
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