List of people from Key West, Florida
Vic Albury (1947–2017), Major League Baseball pitcherBronson Arroyo (born 1977), MLB baseball player[ 1] John James Audubon (1785–1851), naturalist, painter, ornithologist[ 2] Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), poet, short-story writer[ 3] Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023), singer-songwriter, musician, author, actor, businessman[ 4] Truman Capote (1924–1984), novelist, screenwriter, playwright, actor [ 5] Eric Carle (1929–2021), children's book author and illustrator most famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar [ 6] David Allan Coe (born 1939), musician[ 7] Tom Corcoran (1943–2023), authorSandy Cornish (1793–1869), farmer, businessperson, civic leader, former slave[ 8] Mark Gormley (1957–2024), musicianPaul Cotton (1943–2021), musicianJohn Dewey (1859–1952), philosopher, educational reformer, psychologist[ 9] John Dos Passos (1896–1970), novelist[ 10] Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985), vaudevillian, comedian, film actor[ 11] Mel Fisher (1922–1998), treasure hunter, best known for finding the 1622 wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha [ 12] Robert Fuller (born 1933), actor[ 13] Khalil Greene (born 1979), MLB shortstopErnest Hemingway (1899–1961), novelist, short-story writer, journalist, sportsman[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Winslow Homer (1836–1910), landscape painter , printmaker [ 17] Mike Leach (1961–2022), college football coach [ 18] Alison Lurie (1926–2020), Pulitzer Prize -winning novelist, academicStephen Mallory (1812–1873), U.S. senator[ 19] James Merrill (1926–1995), Pulitzer Prize -winning poetGeorge Mira (born 1942), football player[ 20] Diana Nyad (born 1949), author, journalist, motivational speaker, long-distance swimmer; famous for being the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West without the aid of a shark cage [ 21] Bettie Page (1923–2008), pin-up model [ 22] John Patterson (born 1967), MLB second basemanQuincy Perkins (born 1980), filmmaker[ 23] Boog Powell (born 1941), baseball player[ 24] [ 25] David Robinson (born 1965), basketball player[ 26] Thomas Sanchez (born 1943), authorShel Silverstein (1930–1999), author, cartoonist and musician[ 27] Shane Spencer (born 1972), MLB outfielderRandy Sterling (born 1951), MLB pitcherWallace Stevens (1879–1955), Pulitzer Prize -winning poetKeith Strickland (born 1953), musician, songwriter, founding member of The B-52s Michel Tremblay (born 1942), Canadian playwrightHarry S. Truman (1884–1972), U.S. president[ 14] Blake R. Van Leer (1893–1956), fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology , colonel, inventorDick Vermeil (born 1936), former Super Bowl Champion NFL Coach[ 28] Tony White (born 1979), defensive coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), author[ 15] David Wolkowsky (1919–2018), real estate developer, preservationist[ 29] Stuart Woods (1938–2022), novelist[ 30]
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