The following people were born, or have lived in, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Sports figures
Actors and models
Musicians
- Cory Asbury, Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective
- David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, singer and actor from the Partridge Family, died there
- Sabrina Claudio, singer
- Ian Grushka, bassist and founder of band New Found Glory (Coral Springs)
- Guitar Nubbit, blues musician
- Marilyn Manson, musician
- Dude Mowrey, country music artist
- Damien Moyal, vocalist and musician, notably of As Friends Rust, Morning Again and Shai Hulud
- Nonpoint, musical group
- Jaco Pastorius, influential jazz bassist
- Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz), former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson
- Puya, rock band
- Reggie Sears, R&B/soul artist, former child prodigy blues guitarist
- Archie Shepp, free jazz saxophonist
- Nadine Sierra, opera singer
- Ski Mask the Slump God (Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne), rapper
- XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), rapper
- Mark Zeltser, concert pianist
Other notable people
- Cesar Barone, serial killer
- Edward Buchanan, Wyoming Secretary of State and former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- James A. "Jimmie" Dallas, Sr., educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader
- Fred DeLuca, founder and CEO of Subway
- Arnold Denker, Chess Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946
- Mario DÃÂaz-Balart, U.S. representative
- Eddie Egan, detective and actor
- Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer
- Brian Patrick Flynn, interior designer
- Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO; philanthropist
- Wayne Huizenga, business/civic leader
- Travis Jeppesen, author
- Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University
- D. James Kennedy, televangelist, author
- Todd Kohlhepp, serial killer
- Frank C. McConnell, US Army brigadier general, retired to Fort Lauderdale
- Paul Miller, white supremacist internet personality, troll, and boxer
- Chesley V. Morton, businessman, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Fan Noli, Albanian scholar and politician
- James Randi, magician, skeptic, and author
- Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative and former Governor of South Carolina
- Theodore Swinarski, Illinois state legislator
- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's
- Marion Wells, activist and president of the Marion G. Wells Foundation
- Dick Wells, businessman and philanthropist
- Suzie Toot, drag queen
Fictional characters
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