List of people from St. Petersburg, Florida

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of St. Petersburg, Florida, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Sports

• Kurt Abbott (b. 1969), Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop for the Oakland Athletics
• Rodney Adams (b. 1994), National Football League (NFL) player
• Jack Albright (1921–1991), MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Mike Alstott (b. 1973), NFL football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Ricky Anderson (b. 1963), All-American football player
• Rolando Arrojo (b. 1965), MLB pitcher; one of first free agents signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Lynn Barry (b. 1959), basketball player with Women's National Basketball Association
• Bo Bichette (b. 1998), Major League Baseball player
• Chaim Bloom (b. 1983), senior vice president of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Murle Breer (b. 1939), professional golfer, U.S. Women's Open champion
• Sebastien Bourdais (b. 1979), French professional racing driver
• Joe Buck (b. 1969), Fox Sports announcer
• Chad Burt (b. 1988), soccer player and coach
• Danielle Collins (b. 1993), professional tennis player
• Jeff D'Amico (b. 1975), MLB pitcher
• Andrew Friedman (b. 1976), MLB general manager
• Ernest Givins (b. 1964), NFL football player
• Dwight Gooden (b. 1964), MLB pitcher 1984–2000, 4-time All-Star
• Colton Gordon (b. 1998), MLB pitcher for Houston Astros
• Shaquill Griffin (b. 1995), NFL player
• Shaquem Griffin (b. 1995), NFL player
• Nicole Haislett (b. 1972), Olympic gold medalist in swimming
• Jack Hardy (b. 1959), MLB pitcher
• Barry Horowitz (b. 1959), amateur wrestler, professional wrestler
• Charles Horton (b. ), football player* Nikita Johnson (b. 2008), racing driver
• Bobby Kline (1929–2021), MLB shortstop for Washington Senators
• Casey Kotchman (b. 1983), MLB first baseman
• Ben Kozlowski (b. 1980), MLB pitcher
• Jeff Lacy (b. 1977), professional boxer
• Max Lanier (1915–2007), MLB pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals
• Ron LeFlore (b. 1948), MLB outfielder, Detroit Tigers
• Gordon Mackenzie (1937–2014), MLB player, minor league manager
• Zac MacMath (b. 1991), goalkeeper in Major League Soccer
• Kevin Marion (b. 1984), former professional American and Canadian football player
• Kaylan Marckese (b. 1998), soccer player for Arsenal
• Nick Masset (b. 1982), MLB pitcher
• Mark Mendelblatt (b. 1973), yachtsman, silver medalist at 1999 Pan American Games and 2004 Laser World Championships
• Betsy Nagelsen (b. 1956), professional tennis player
• Johnny Nee (1890–1957), baseball scout
• Janet Newberry (b. 1953), professional tennis player, US team and Boston Lobsters
• Dan O'Brien (b. 1954), MLB pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals
• Nate Oliver (b. 1940), MLB second baseman
• Ron Plaza (1934–2012), MLB player and minor league manager
• George Smith (1937–1987), MLB second baseman
• Roy Smith (b. 1976), MLB pitcher
• Speedy Smith (b. 1993), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Marreese Speights (b. 1987), basketball player for NCAA champion Florida and NBA champion Golden State Warriors
• Pat Terrell (b. 1968), professional NFL player
• Doug Waechter (b. 1981), MLB pitcher
• Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011)
• Frank Wren (b. 1958), MLB general manager
• Winky Wright (b. 1971), professional boxer
• Jerry Wunsch (b. 1974), professional football player
• Isaiah Wynn (b. 1995), professional NFL player
• Emilio Ycaza (b. 1997), soccer player

Movies, television, other media

• Angela Bassett (b. 1958), actress
• Eugenie Bondurant, actress
• Megan Fox, actress and model
• Michael France (1962–2013), screenwriter
• Chris Fuller (b. 1982), filmmaker
• Kip Kedersha (b. 1957), creator of YouTube channel Kipkay, YouTuber, internet celebrity
• Bert Kreischer (b. 1972), stand-up comedian, podcaster, reality television host and actor
• Dennis Lehane (b. 1965), author
• Will Packer (b. 1974), film producer
• Justin Hires (b. 1985), actor
• Pearl (b. ), drag queen, runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race season 7
• Rhonda Shear (b. 1954), actress and entrepreneur
• Martin Sherman (b. 1971), actor
• Sean Waltman (b. 1972), professional wrestler, ring names "1–2–3 Kid" and "X-Pac"
• Patrick Wilson (b. 1973), actor

Music, the arts

• Edel Alvarez Galban (b. 1967), painter
• David Budd (1927–1991), abstract painter
• Exene Cervenka (b. 1956), singer
• Al Downing (1916–2000), jazz musician, member of Tuskegee Airmen
• John King (1953–2009), ukulelist
• Todd La Torre (b. 1974), lead singer for progressive metal band Queensrÿche
• Michael Lynche (b. 1983), singer
• Mary Ellen Moylan (1925–2020), ballet dancer
• Iron Mike Norton (b. 1973), swamp stomp recording artist and slide guitarist
• Antonio Permuy, art patron, curator, art critic
• Babs Reingold (b.

), interdisciplinary artist

• Rod Wave (b. 1998), rapper

Writers

• Charles B. Dew (b. 1937), historian
• Michele Elliott (b. 1946), author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape
• Thomas French (b. 1958), journalist
• Bob Devin Jones, playwright, director
• Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), leading figure of the beat generation
• Terrence McNally (1938–2020), dramatist
• Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Nobel laureate, writer, political activist, author of Night, about his experience in concentration camps in 1944–1945; taught at Eckerd College during the winter term
• Ernest Vincent Wright (1872–1939), author of Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogram

Politics

• Charlie Crist (b. 1956), former U.S. representative and governor of Florida
• Bill Heller (1935–2020), member of the Florida House of Representatives and dean of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Education
• Zeola Hershey Misener (1878–1966), suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly
• Al Lang (1870–1960), businessman and politician credited with bringing baseball spring training to St. Petersburg; amesake of Al Lang Stadium
• Anna Paulina Luna (b. 1989), U.S. representative
• Anastase Andreivitch Vonsiatsky (1898–1965), Russian fascist leader in exile
• Omali Yeshitela (b. 1941), African internationalist, founder of the Uhuru Movement and chair of the African People's Socialist Party
• Bill Young (1930–2013), U.S. representative

Miscellaneous

• Tony Ables (b. 1954), serial killer and robber
• Paul Bilzerian (b. 1950), financier convicted of securities fraud
• Peter Demens (1850–1919), Russian nobleman and businessman
• Jarvis Hunt (1863–1941), architect
• Joe S. Lawrie (1916–2009), U.S. Army major general
• Brett James McMullen (b. 1961), United States Air Force general officer
• Ray Robson (b. 1994), young chess master
• James A. Ryan (1867–1956), U.S. Army brigadier general
• Jimmy Wales (b. 1966), Wikipedia co-founder
• John Constantine Williams Sr. (d. 1892), businessman and co-founder of St. Petersburg

References