Notable Natives and Residents
- Jack Albright, MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Mike Alstott, retired professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Rolando Arrojo, former baseball player; one of the first free agents signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- B5, boy group
- Lynn Barry, basketball player
- Angela Bassett, actress
- Bubba the Love Sponge, radio personality
- Al Capone, Prohibition-era gangster
- Spencer Chamberlain, lead singer of Underoath
- Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins band member
- Charlie Crist, former governor of Florida
- Linda Crockett aka Christina Crockett, writer
- Jeff D'Amico, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians
- Deicide, death metal band
- Megan Fox, actress
- Michael France, film screenwriter
- Hobart Freeman, author and charismatic preacher
- Ernest Givins, former football player
- Dwight Gooden, baseball player
- Nicole Haislett, Olympic gold medalist in swimming
- Jack Hardy, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Jack Kerouac, leading figure of the beat generation
- Kipkay, Television and Internet video star
- Bobby Kline, MLB shortstop for the Washington Senators
- Casey Kotchman, MLB first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Indians
- Ben Kozlowski, MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers
- Sierra Kusterbeck, singer of VersaEmerge
- Jeff Lacy, professional boxer
- Al Lang, former mayor of St. Petersburg (died 1960)
- John Loftus, former U.S. Justice Department Nazi war crimes prosecutor, the president of the Florida Holocaust Museum, and terrorism expert
- Gordon Mackenzie, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
- Nick Masset, MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds
- Alexis Mateo, female impersonator and contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
- Mark Mendelblatt, yachtsman, silver medalist at 1999 Pan American Games and 2004 Laser World Championships
- Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay
- Johnny Nee, baseball scout
- Dan O'Brien, MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Nate Oliver, MLB second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs
- Ron Plaza, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
- Ray Robson, a young chess master
- Charles Roser, cookie maker, real estate developer, and philanthropist
- Mark Rotella, writer, author of Stolen Figs and Amore
- George Smith, MLB second baseman for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox
- Roy Smith, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
- Marreese Speights, NBA playerfor plays for the Memphis Grizzlies
- Special Generation, boy band, singing group that started at Lakewood Senior High in the 1980s
- Elmo Tanner, whistler, singer, big-band leader
- Casey Turner, Big Brother 11 contestant
- Doug Waechter. MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder
- Sean Waltman, professional wrestler
- Dan Wheldon, Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011)
- Ernest Vincent Wright, author of Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogram
- Winky Wright, professional boxer
- Omali Yeshitela, civil rights activist
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, natives 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)
“The partridge and the rabbit are still sure to thrive, like true natives of the soil, whatever revolutions occur. If the forest is cut off, the sprouts and bushes which spring up afford them concealment, and they become more numerous than ever. That must be a poor country indeed that does not support a hare. Our woods teem with them both.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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)