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List of people from Tampa, Florida
Notable people from Tampa, Florida This is a list of notable people from Tampa, Florida.
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- Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975), saxophone player
- Nat Adderley (1931–2000), cornet player
- Doug Allen (born 1951), football player
- Geronimo Allison (born 1994), professional football player
- T.D. Allman (born 1944), writer, foreign correspondent, historian, author
- Aric Almirola (born 1984), stock car driver
- Pete Alonso (born 1994), professional baseball player
- Jose Alvarez (born 1956), professional baseball player
- Erin Andrews (born 1978), sports anchor
- Gilbert Arenas (born 1982), professional basketball player
- Mike Awesome (1965–2007), professional wrestler
B
- Jeff Baisley (born 1982), professional baseball player
- George F. Baughman (1915–2004), first president of New College of Florida, rear admiral, USNR
- Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
- Butch Benton (born 1957), professional baseball player
- Big Show (born 1972), professional wrestler
- Dan Bilzerian (born 1980), professional poker player, personality
- Les Blank (1935 - 2013), documentary filmmaker
- Sheila Bleck (born 1974), professional bodybuilder
- Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900–2001), Ybor business pioneer
- Isaiah Bolden (born 1999), professional football player
- John Austin Branch (1908 - ?), Florida politician
- William Brennan (born 1963), professional baseball player
- Evelyn Brent (1895–1975), actress
- Corey Brown (born 1985), professional baseball player
- Bob Buckhorn, politician
- Mike Bynum (born 1978), professional baseball player
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- CADE (born 1996), singer/songwriter, musician
- Cody Carson (born 1989), singer
- Aaron Carter (1987–2022), actor/singer
- Jeff Carter (born 1964), professional baseball player
- Leslie Carter (1986–2012), singer
- Nick Carter (born 1980), singer of the Backstreet Boys
- Rick Casares (1931–2013), professional football player
- Kevin Cash (born 1977), professional baseball player
- Celph Titled, rapper, record producer
- John Cena (born 1977), professional wrestler, actor, rapper, television presenter
- Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues and pops singer, pianist
- Jordan Clarkson (born 1992), professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz
- Barry Cohen (1939–2018), criminal defense attorney
- Nardi Contreras (born 1951), professional baseball player
- Matthew Cox (born 1969), former mortgage broker and fraudster; Most Wanted by Secret Service in 2006
- Ron Crawford (born 1945), actor and artist
- Tim Crews (1961–1993), professional baseball
- Cr1TiKaL (born 1994), YouTuber, streamer, musician
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- Gallagher (1947–2022), watermelon-smashing comedian
- Robert Gant (born 1968), actor
- Joanna Garcia (born 1979), actress
- Steve Garvey (born 1948), professional baseball player
- Walter Lee Gibbons (1928–2015), pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Minor Leagues
- Mychal Givens (born 1990), MLB pitcher
- Graham Godfrey (born 1984), professional baseball player
- Luis Gonzalez (born 1967), professional baseball player
- Dwight Gooden (born 1964), professional baseball player
- Arjun Gupta (born 1986), actor
H
- Bob Hall (born 1942), member of Texas State Senate
- Denny Hamlin (born 1980), professional stock car driver
- Garry Hancock (1954–2015), professional baseball player
- Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor, reporter
- Eric Hayes (born 1967), football player
- Mike Heath (born 1955), professional baseball catcher
- Fallon Henley (born 1994), pro wrestler
- Jaclyn Hill (born 1990), entrepreneur and internet personality
- Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler
- Melissa Howard (born 1977), actress/comedian
- Rodney Howard-Brown, Christian evangelist and pastor of River Church
- John Hudek (born 1966), professional baseball pitcher
- Joe Hudson (born 1991), professional baseball catcher
- Gary Huff (born 1951), professional football player
- Dario Hunt (born 1989), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Lauren Hutton (born 1943), supermodel, actress
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- Paul D. Irving (born 1957), Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
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- Dave Magadan (born 1962), professional baseball player
- Matt Mantei (born 1973), professional baseball player
- Sam Marsonek (born 1978), professional baseball player
- Andrew Martin (1975–2009), Canadian professional wrestler, died in Tampa
- Robert Martinez (born 1934), politician, former Governor of Florida
- Tino Martinez (born 1967), professional baseball player
- Billy Mays (1958–2009), TV commercial pitchman
- Eugene McCaslin (born 1977), professional football player
- Lance McCullers (born 1964), professional baseball player
- Tom McEwen (1923–2011), sportswriter
- Fred McGriff (born 1963), professional baseball player
- Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), actress, Gone with the Wind
- Alex Mechanik (born 1986), filmmaker
- Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American soccer player and coach
- Jason Michaels (born 1976), professional baseball player
- Sam Militello (born 1969), professional baseball player
- Rich Monteleone (born 1963), professional baseball player
- Aaron Murray, professional football player
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- Gene Nelson (born 1960), professional baseball player
- Leslie Nicholas Jr. (1927–2007), businessman
- Reena Ninan (1979-Present), is an Indian American television journalist who is the founder of her own news company Good Trouble Productions.
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- Ralph Onis (1908–1995), professional baseball player
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- Ryan Raburn (born 1981), professional baseball player
- John Ramos (born 1965), professional baseball player
- Chris Ray (born 1982), professional baseball player
- John Reaves (1950–2017), professional football player
- Jody Reed (born 1962), professional baseball player
- Roy Roberts (1906–1975), actor
- Shane Robinson (born 1984), professional baseball player
- Todd Rogers (born 1964), electronic sports player
- Jason Romano (born 1979), professional baseball player
- Calvin Royal III, ballet dancer
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- Tony Samuels (1954–2001), gridiron football player
- David Sanborn (born 1945), musician (saxophonist)
- Stephanie Moulton Sarkis (born 1974), psychotherapist and author
- Randy Savage (1952–2011), professional wrestler
- Gary Sheffield (born 1968), professional baseball player
- Dakota Skye (1994–2021), pornographic actress
- Amber Smith (born 1971), actress and model
- Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
- Matthew Stafford (born 1988), professional football player
- George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), philanthropist, principal owner of New York Yankees
- Stephen Stills (born 1945), singer/songwriter, musician
- Steve Swindal, businessman, chairman of the Port Tampa Bay
- John H. Sykes, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Sykes Enterprises
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- Dreama Walker (born 1986), actress
- Ted Washington (born 1968), professional football player
- Sharon Webb (1936–2010), science fiction writer
- Dan White (1908–1980), Award winning American actor in vaudeville, theater, film and television
- John White (1935–1988), football player
- Slim Whitman (1923–2013), country music and western music singer
- Mike Williams (born 1984), professional football player
- Charles R. Wilson (born 1954), federal judge
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