Art, Literature, Humanities, and Entertainment
- Don Addis, long-time newspaper columnist and syndicated comic strip artist for the St. Petersburg Times
- Chris Adrian, novelist and shirt-story writer who wrote Gob's Grief
- Lauren Anderson, American model
- Chris Bachelder, novelist, short-story writer, and e-book pioneer
- Todd Barry, stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
- Joseph Beckham, frequent writer on the topic of legal problems in education, winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a professor of education leadership at Florida State University
- Wayne Besen, former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, and gay rights advocate
- Mike Bianchi, sports columnist for the Orlando Sentinel
- Matt Borondy, publisher for Identity Theory Online Magazine
- Langdon Bosarge, notable comic and radio personality
- Edward L. Bowen, notable horse racing historian
- Wendy Brenner, author and professor; Phone Calls From the Dead, Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories
- William C. Bradford, Apache writer, professor, and legal scholar
- Leland Brewsaugh, Sculptor, designer, and painter
- Jenn Brown, television producer, host, and fashion model
- Rita Mae Brown, author and famous activist
- Alan Burnett, television producer and writer
- Mike Burns, songwriter and music producer
- Al Burt, Miami Herald and Atlanta Journal writer
- Kevin Canty, author; Into the Great Wide Open, Nine Below Zero, and Winslow in Love
- Kelly Carrington, model
- Debbie Cenziper, journalist with the Washington Post, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- Jean Chance, chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, professor of journalism at the University of Florida
- Peter Christopher, author, Campfires of the Dead
- Paul Cootner, economist, author of The Random Character of Stock Market Prices
- Harry Crews, novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- Michael Connelly, best-selling author
- Mark Curtis, journalist, author, and political analyst
- Jeff Darlington, current sportswriter for the Miami Herald
- Jonathan Demme, motion picture director, won Academy Award for directing for The Silence of the Lambs
- Karen DeYoung, Pulitzer Prize recipient, The Washington Post associate editor
- Kate DiCamillo, award-winning children's novelist and screenwriter
- Micki Dickoff, television director and producer, winner of multiple Emmy Awards
- Brian Doherty, senior editor of Reason magazine, author
- Gregg Doyel, sports writer for CBSSports.com
- Louann Fernald, model and actress
- Robert W. Fichter, notable photographer
- Rich Fields, announcer of The Price Is Right, meteorologist, radio personality, voice actor
- Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Jesse Hill Ford, writer and screenwriter
- Michael France, screenwriter for Golden Eye, The Hulk, and Punisher
- Robert Fulton, award-winning writer and naturalist
- Alan Gallay, American historian, and winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- Michael Gannon, military historian and Catholic priest
- Leslie Yalof Garfield, current editor of the Journal of Court Innovation and professor at Pace Law School
- Alan Gassman, notable legal author and tax attorney
- Merrill Gerber, author
- Norman Gilliland, author, WERN host
- MaryAnne Golon, picture editor for Time magazine
- Philip Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post
- Richard Grayson, writer and political activist
- Edwin Granberry, long-time writer of the comic strip "Buz Sawyer"
- GloZell Green, comedienne and YouTube Vlogger
- Rebecca Greer, Woman's Day editor
- James Grippando, novelist and lawyer
- Israel Gutierrez, Miami Herald columnist, former Palm Beach Post columnist
- Robert J. Haiman, St. Petersburg Times executive editor, Poynter Institute president
- Darren Heitner, writer for Forbes business magazine and attorney
- Carl Hiaasen, novelist, Miami Herald columnist, also won the Newbery Honor
- Shere Hite, author of the Hite Report, she is also a sex educator & feminist
- Noy Holland, author of What Begins With Bird and Spectacle of the Body
- Judith Ivory, best-selling author of historical romance novels
- Jarrod Jablonski, pioneering technical diver and record setting cave diver
- Eberhard Jäckel, German historian
- Jamali, notable Indian-American painter and sculptor
- Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Indian columnist and consultant
- Clint Johnson, American historian and author
- Madison Jones, notable American novelist and former professor at Auburn University
- Steven J. Kachelmeier, current editor of The Accounting Review, and professor at the University of Texas
- Stetson Kennedy, award-winning author and human rights activist
- Eliot Kleinberg, author and writer for the Palm Beach Post
- Michael Koretzky, journalist, editor, and writer
- Allan J. Kuethe, historian of Latin America
- Victoria Lancelotta, current editor of the Georgetown Review, author
- Charlotte Laws, author, talk show host, and community activist
- Will Ludwigsen, writer of horror, mystery, and science fiction
- C. J. Lyons, American physician and writer of medical suspense novels
- Moss Mabry, costume designer, and nominated for four Academy Awards
- Ron Magill, renown photographer and wildlife expert
- Thomas E. Mann, author and political pundit for the Brookings Institute
- Gabriel Martinez, Cuban-American artist
- Frances Mayes, author of best-selling book Under the Tuscan Sun
- Andrew McClurg, legal humor writer for the American Bar Association Journal
- Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune
- Jon McKenzie, notable author and essayist, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Tom Meek, columnist and author of Another Day In Cyberville, Reflections On Media, and The Video Audio Overdose Galore
- Louis A. Meyer, writer and painter
- Sam Michel, author of Under the Light and Lecturer at University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Jessel Miller, notable American watercolor artist and children's writer
- Andrew Mondshein, nominated for an Oscar for his film editing
- Robert Morris, notable American novelist
- Rodney Mullen, entertainer and one of the most influential skateboarders in the sport
- Lorraine Murray, author of Why Me, Why Now?, and Grace Notes
- Lee Ann Newsom, famous anthropologist, named a MacArthur Fellow for 2002
- Patricia O'Connor, top scholar of Spanish theater and literature
- Ivan Osorio, columnist and editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Mike Papantonio, prominent trial lawyer, and co-hosts of Ring of Fire
- Jeff Parker, novelist and short story writer
- John Parker Jr., prominent American writer
- David Penzer, current professional wrestling ring announcer for the WWE
- Kay Picart, notable author, artist, radio host, and producer
- Sam Proctor, one of the world's foremost scholars of Florida history
- Imad Rahman, author who wrote I Dream of Microwaves
- Jeff Randall, former business editor of BBC News
- Marc Randazza, current editor of The Legal Satyricon
- Charlie Reed, current journalist with Stars and Stripes
- James Rizzi, prominent American pop artist
- Edward G. Roberts, Jr., pioneer race car drivers of NASCAR
- Alan G. Rogers, gay rights activist, and U.S. Army major who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Thane Rosenbaum, novelist, essayist, and professor of law at Fordham University
- Scott Sanders, Emmy Award and Tony Award winning television producer
- Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, American investigative journalist and attorney
- Paul Shyre, director and playwright who won a Tony Award and an Emmy Award
- Eugene Sledge, biologist and university professor; author of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
- Rick Smith, notable American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker
- George Solomon, former sports editor and columnist for The Washington Post, and the first ombudsman for ESPN
- Julian Sprung, American writer
- Randall J. Stephens, author, editor, and historian of American religion
- Howard Stelzer, composer and performer of electronic music
- Craig Symonds, distinguished American Civil War historian and former Professor at the United States Naval Academy
- Angie Swindell, contestant on Big Brother 10
- Maggie Taylor, digital imaging artist
- Janet Todd, Welsh-born author on books about women's literature, and Professor at the University of Aberdeen
- Kendra Todd, real estate businesswoman and winner of The Apprentice 3 reality TV show
- Natasha Tsakos, performing artist and conceptual director
- Dale Van Sickel, former president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
- Claudio Véliz, Chilean author, historian, and Sociologist
- Robert Venditti, notable American comic book writer
- Tarita Virtue, Trinidadian-American private detective, investigator, and model
- Sterling Watson, writer, Weep No More My Brother, The Calling, and Blind Tongues
- Bill Whittle, American blogger, political commentator, director, screenwriter, editor, pilot, and author
- Edward Walton Wilcox, American painter and sculptor
- Andrew Wilkow, conservative political talk radio host on Sirius Satellite Radio
- Hugh Wilson, Famous director, writer, and actor
- Kevin Wilson, notable American writer
- Eric Wu, creator of the website Eric Conveys an Emotion
- Edward Yang, Taiwanese film-maker, winner of Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi yi
- Hugo Zacchini, entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"
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