List of people from Orlando, Florida
This is a list of notable people including natives and residents of Orlando, Florida:
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A[]
- AK1200 - musician/record producer
- Maurice Allen (golfer) - professional golfer
- Cody Allen - MLB pitcher
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat - professional golfer
- Chucky Atkins - National Basketball Association player
- Adam Scherr - WWE professional wrestler
- Ayo the Producer - Grammy Award Winning Producer
B[]
- Lance Bass - singer, member of boy band 'N Sync
- Billy Beane - MLB player and executive
- Giselle Bellas - singer-songwriter (Originally from Miami, Florida)
- Suzy Berhow - animator, member of Game Grumps
- Bo Bichette - MLB player
- Kerry Blackshear Jr. (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Kerlin Blaise - NFL player
- Alexa Bliss - Professional Wrestler (Originally from Columbus, Ohio)
- Blood on the Dance Floor - punk rock band
- Stephanie Borowicz - Pennsylvania State Representative
- Wayne Brady - actor, singer, comedian, and television personality[citation needed]
- Jenn Brown - sportscaster (Originally from Gainesville, Florida)
- Lynda Lyon Block - murderer known as the first woman executed in Alabama
- Delta Burke - television and film actress[citation needed]
C[]
- Raymond Cassagnol (born September 20, 1920), Haitian-born member of the Tuskegee Airmen[1][2]
- Brian Patrick Clarke - film actor
- Caskey - rapper
- Talia Castellano - 13-year-old YouTuber who died from cancer in 2013
- Ha Ha Clinton-Dix - professional football player
- Choo-Choo Coleman - MLB catcher 1961-66
D[]
- Dream, a Minecraft YouTuber[3]
- Johnny Damon - MLB outfielder[4]
- Marquis Daniels - professional basketball player
- Teahna Daniels - Olympic athlete, sprinter
- DJ Magic Mike - Miami Bass artist
- Sarah E. Daniels - actress[5] (Originally from Tallahassee, Florida)
- Darryl Dawkins - professional basketball player
- Juan Debiedma - professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player
- Paul DeJong - MLB infielder
- Neil Divine - stellar and planetary astrophysicist
- Howie Dorough - member of Backstreet Boys
- Ericka Dunlap - Miss America 2004
- Buddy Dyer - mayor of Orlando
- Detox Icunt, drag queen; best known for competing on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and being a runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
E[]
- Buddy Ebsen - actor[6]
- Charles McArther Emmanuel - son of Liberian leader Charles Taylor[7][8]
F[]
- Joey Fatone - singer and member of boy band 'N Sync
G[]
- GlokkNine - rapper
- Drew Gooden - YouTuber
- Zack Greinke - MLB pitcher[9]
- Eric Griffin (born 1990) - basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League[10]
H[]
- Ashlyn Harris - professional soccer player, two times World Cup Champion (Originally from Satellite Beach, Florida)
- Adam Haseley - professional baseball player
- Sally Hogshead - author and professional speaker[11]
- Glenda Hood - mayor of Orlando 1993–2003 (Originally from Kissimmee, Florida)
- Rod Houison - musician, producer, and sound engineer
- Jack Hughes - professional hockey player
- Quinn Hughes - professional hockey player
- Zora Neale Hurston - black author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
I[]
- Augustus Invictus - politician
J[]
- Chris Johnson (basketball, born 1990) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Chris Johnson (running back) - former NFL running back
- Davey Johnson - MLB player and manager
- Karl Joseph - professional football player
K[]
- Brian Kendrick - professional wrestler[citation needed]
- Jack Kerouac - author, poet and painter
- Chad Kessler - football player
- Paul John Knowles - serial killer and rapist
- Lydia Ko - professional golfer
- Ali Krieger - professional soccer player, two-time World Cup Champion
L[]
- Michael Lockley - professional football player
- Audrey Long - actress
- Erickson Lubin - professional boxer
M[]
- Stacey Mack - former NFL running back played for Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans
- Tony McCoy - professional football player
- Charlotte McKinney - model and actress
- A.J. McLean - member of the Backstreet Boys
- Brad Miller - Philadelphia Phillies infielder
- Johnny David Mollings - better known as "DJ Nasty", one half of the Grammy Award winning producing duo, the Nasty Beatmakers.
- Leonardo V. Mollings - better known as "LVM", one half of the Grammy Award winning producing duo, the Nasty Beatmakers.
- Mandy Moore - actress (Originally from Nashua, New Hampshire)
- Jan Mulder – pianist, composer, and conductor
N[]
- Naomi - wrestler (Originally from Sanford, Florida)
- Kathryn Newton - actress
- Nate Newton - professional football player
- Tim Newton - professional football player
- Marshall Warren Nirenberg - Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and geneticist
O[]
- Sean O'Neal - actor
- Rob Oppenheim (born 1980) - professional golfer
P[]
- Robert Pierre - Christian singer/songwriter
- A. J. Pierzynski - MLB catcher[12]
- Rene Plasencia - Florida House of Representatives
R[]
- Dot Richardson – softball Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer
- Jean Rodríguez – Latin musician, songwriter, producer
S[]
- Bryana Salaz, American singer and actress
- Tyra Sanchez - drag performer, winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race
- Warren Sapp - professional football player[13]
- Chuck Schuldiner - "godfather of death metal", frontman of the metal band Death
- Derrick Sharp - American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Brandon Siler - professional football player
- Mike Sims-Walker - professional football player
- Sleeping with Sirens - rock band
- Wesley Snipes - film actor and producer
- Smilez and Southstar - rap duo
- Scott Stapp - rock musician
- Miriam Stockley - South African-born British singer
- Amar'e Stoudemire - professional basketball player
T[]
- Antonio Tarver - professional boxer
- There For Tomorrow - rock band
- Daniel Tosh - comedian, host of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central
- Trivium - heavy metal band
- Frances Tiafoe - tennis player
V[]
- Jayy Von Monroe - rock musician and ex-lead singer of Blood in the Dance Floor
W[]
- Turner Ward - MLB player and coach
- Chris Warren - professional basketball player[14]
- Darius Washington, Jr. - professional basketball player
- Jemile Weeks - MLB infielder
- Cosmo Wilson - concert lighting designer
- Paul Wilson - MLB pitcher
- Will Hunt - Evanescence Drummer
Y[]
- Rachel York - actress
References[]
- ^ U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency. "Tuskegee memories: Raymond Cassagnol's Tuskegee training helped start the Haitian air force." https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tuskegee+memories%3a+Raymond+Cassagnol%27s+Tuskegee+training+helped+start...-a083791613
- ^ CAF Rise Above. "Raymond Cassagnol." https://cafriseabove.org/raymond-cassagnol/
- ^ "Dream - Unboxing Minecraft Memes". YouTube. DreamXD. June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Johnny Damon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5918550/
- ^ Boedeker, Hal. "Orlando star Buddy Ebsen gets TCM tribute". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Ex-prisoner: Taylor's son laughed at torture Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine." CNN. September 30, 2008.
- ^ Weimar, Carrie. "Liberian torture case traces back to Orlando." St. Petersburg Times. February 6, 2007.
- ^ "Zack Greinke Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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- ^ Gordon, Mark. "Mesmerizing Appeal". Entrepreneurs. Business Observer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "A. J. Pierzynski Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Warren Carlos Sapp". databaseFootbal.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Chris Warren". The Official Site of the Ole Miss Rebels. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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