Notable Residents
Former and current residents include:
- Hervey Allen, author of Anthony Adverse
- Leo Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite
- William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State
- Neal Colzie, NFL cornerback
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist
- Frank Gore, San Francisco 49ers running back
- Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society
- LeBron James, basketball player, Miami Heat.
- Peter Lewis, businessman
- Madonna, 1992–2000
- Mia Michaels, television star
- Kirk Munroe, author of children's books
- Ralph Middleton Munroe, American yacht designer, builder of the oldest house in Miami, Florida, now The Barnacle Historic State Park; 1886–1933
- Ric O'Barry, Dolphin Activist; star of movie/documentary The Cove
- Winston E. Scott, (Captain, USN, Ret.); NASA Astronaut (former)
- Sylvester Stallone 1993–1999
- Sepy Dobronyi, 1963–2010, Sculptor, Movie Producer, Jeweler
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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or residents:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)