List of people from St. Petersburg, Florida
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from List of people from St. Petersburg)
-
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of St. Petersburg, Florida, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Contents
Athletics
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Kurt Abbott, MLB shortstop for the Oakland Athletics[1]
- Jack Albright, MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies[2]
- Mike Alstott, retired professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers[3]
- Ricky Anderson, All-American football player[4]
- Rolando Arrojo, former baseball player; one of the first free agents signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays[5]
- Lynn Barry, basketball player[6]
- Jeff D'Amico, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians[7]
- Ernest Givins, former football player[8]
- Dwight Gooden, baseball player[9]
- Nicole Haislett, Olympic gold medalist in swimming[10]
- Jack Hardy, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox[11]
- Charles Horton, football player
- Bobby Kline, MLB shortstop for the Washington Senators[12]
- 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[13]
- Ben Kozlowski, MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers[14]
- Jeff Lacy, professional boxer[15]
- Max Lanier, MLB baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals[16]
- Gordon Mackenzie, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager[17]
- Zac MacMath, goalkeeper in Major League Soccer[18]
- Nick Masset, MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds[19]
- Mark Mendelblatt, yachtsman, silver medalist at 1999 Pan American Games and 2004 Laser World Championships[20]
- Betsy Nagelsen
- Johnny Nee, baseball scout[21]
- Dan O'Brien, MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals[22]
- Nate Oliver, MLB second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs[23]
- Ron Plaza, former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager[24]
- George Smith, MLB second baseman for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox[25]
- Roy Smith, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians[26]
- Marreese Speights, NBA player for the Golden State Warriors[27]
- Doug Waechter. MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals[28]
- Dan Wheldon, Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011)[29]
- Winky Wright, professional boxer[30]
- Jerry Wunsch, former professional football player[31]
Movies, television, other media
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Angela Bassett, actress[32]
- Michael France, film screenwriter[33]
- Hank Green, vlogger, musician, and entrepreneur[34]
- Kip Kedersha, creator of YouTube channel Kipkay
- Del Vaughn, CBS News correspondent who was killed in a helicopter crash in Pennsylvania while covering Hurricane Agnes in June 1972; considered St. Petersburg his hometown[35]
- Sean Waltman, professional wrestler[citation needed]
Music, the arts
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Al Downing, jazz musician, member of Tuskegee Airmen[36]
- Babs Reingold, interdisciplinary artist[37]
- Special Generation, boy band, singing group that started at Lakewood Senior High in the 1980s[citation needed]
Literature
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Jack Kerouac, leading figure of the beat generation[38]
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder[39]
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate, writer, political activist, author of Night, about his experience in concentration camps in 1944–1945; teaches at Eckerd College during the winter term[40]
- Ernest Vincent Wright, author of Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogram[citation needed]
Politics
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Charlie Crist, former governor of Florida[41]
- Herman Goldner, former mayor of St. Petersburg (1961-1967) (1971-1973)[42]
- Al Lang, former mayor of St. Petersburg (died 1960)[43]
- Omali Yeshitela, civil rights activist[44]
Miscellaneous
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- Jarvis Hunt, architect
- Ray Robson, a young chess master[45]
-
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Max Lanier at SABR Baseball Biography Project
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
