List of people from Gainesville, Florida

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Notable people who live or have lived in Gainesville, Florida include:

Individuals

Musicians

Charles Bradley, singer^[1]
Beverly Crawford, gospel singer-songwriter^[2]
Tay Dizm, musician^[3]
Don Felder, musician^[4]
Laura Jane Grace, lead singer and songwriter of Against Me!^[5]
Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes^[6]
Timothy Kirkpatrick, drummer^{[citation needed]}
Bernie Leadon, musician^[7]
Stan Lynch, musician^{[citation needed]}
Linda Lyndell, singer^[8]
Vivek Maddala, musician, composer^{[citation needed]}
Marce, musician^[9]
Jeremy McKinnon, singer-songwriter^[10]
Damien Moyal, singer^{[citation needed]}
Tom Petty, musician^[11]
Chuck Ragan, singer-songwriter^{[citation needed]}
Minnie Riperton, musician^[12]
Joseph Simmons, musician^{[citation needed]}
Kaleb Stewart, singer-songwriter^{[citation needed]}
Stephen Stills, musician^[13]
Benmont Tench, musician^[14]
John Vanderslice, musician^[15]
Chris Wollard, singer-songwriter, musician^{[citation needed]}

Actors, performers

Merritt Butrick, actor^[16]
Casey Calvert, actress^{[citation needed]}
Brittany Daniel, actress^[17]
Cynthia Daniel, actress^[18]
Malcolm Gets^[19]
Darrell Hammond, comedian^[20]
Robert Hoffman, actor^[21]
Tom Miller, performance artist^[22]
Joaquin Phoenix, actor^[23]
River Phoenix, actor^[24]
Stephen Root, actor^[25]
Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian^[26]
Tyra Sanchez, drag queen, reality television personality^[27]
Thomas Sanders, actor, singer and Vine & YouTube comedian^[28]

Athletes

Scottie Wilbekin

Kenny Bynum, football player (San Diego Chargers)^{[citation needed]}
Lyubov Denisova, marathon runner^[29]
Doug Dickey, football coach, Hall of Fame member (University of Florida, University of Tennessee)^[30]
Chris Doering, football player, NFL, and ESPN Analyst^[31]
Joel Embiid, basketball player, NBA (Philadelphia 76ers)^[32]
Taurean Green, basketball player, NBA (Denver Nuggets)^[33]
Nigel Harris, football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)^[34]
Udonis Haslem, basketball player, NBA (Miami Heat)^[35]
Clay Helton, football head coach, University of Southern California^[36]
Al Horford, basketball player, NBA (Boston Celtics)^[37]
Darrell Jackson, football player, NFL (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers)^[38]
Chris Leak, football player, NFL (Chicago Bears)^[39]
Marty Liquori, Olympic track athlete, TV announcer, jazz guitarist^[40]
Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer^[41]
Noah Lyles (born 1997), 100/200m runner - olympic bronze medalist and world champion
Roger Maris, baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees)^[42]
Vernon Maxwell, basketball player (Houston Rockets)^[43]
Andrew Miller, baseball player (Detroit Tigers)^[44]
Heather Mitts, soccer player (United States women's national soccer team)^[45]
Rodney Mullen, professional skateboarder^[46]
Clinton Portis, football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins)^[47]
Chris Richard, basketball player, NBA (Minnesota Timberwolves)^[48]
Phoenix Sanders (born 1995), baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization^[49]
Ian Scott, professional football player, NFL (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers)^{[citation needed]}
Ben Shelton (tennis), professional tennis player ^[50]
Emmitt Smith, professional football player, NFL (Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals)^[51]
Steve Spurrier, football player and coach (University of Florida, Washington Redskins, and University of South Carolina)^[52]
Steve Tannen, NFL defensive back with the New York Jets (1970, first round pick)^{[citation needed]}
Tim Tebow, professional football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, New York Jets, New England Patriots)^[53]
Chris Thompson, football player^{[citation needed]}
Abby Wambach, soccer player, United States women's national soccer team^[54]
Scottie Wilbekin (born 1993), Turkish-American basketball player in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi, playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)
Bernard Williams, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist^[55]
Jordan Williams, NFL player (New York Giants)^[56]

Writers

Joel Achenbach, newspaper staff writer and book author^[57]
Kiki Carter, environmental activist, organizer, musician, writer^[58]
Harry Crews, Southern Gothic author^[59]
Nancy Yi Fan, children's book author^[60]
Lauren Groff, novelist and short story author^[61]
Joe Haldeman, science fiction author^[62]
Rebecca Heflin, romance novelist^[63]
Andrew Knowlton, food writer^[64]
David Leavitt, author, editor, and English professor at UF^[65]
Tom Meek, newspaper columnist and writer^[66]
Ange Mlinko, poet, critic, editor, and tenured poetry professor at UF^[67]

Other notable individuals

Anthony James Barr, programming language designer (SAS (software)), software engineer, inventor, and businessman^[68]
Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville^{[citation needed]}
Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade^[69]
Scott Camil, activist^[70]
David A. Christian, retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania^[71]
Jamie Dupree, radio news reporter and Washington correspondent^[72]
Terry Jones, gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Qur'ans^[73]
William R. Maples, forensic anthropologist^[74]
Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook and Asana^[75]
Charles R. Perry, philanthropist and businessman^[76]
Scott Ritter, former United Nations Weapons Inspector and convicted sex offender^[77]
Maggie Taylor, artist^[78]
John Thompson, mathematician, Fields medalist^[79]
Jerry Uelsmann, fine art photographer^[78]
Blake R. Van Leer, university president, dean of University of Florida, inventor, civil rights advocate^{[citation needed]}
Jarvis Johnson, YouTuber and former software engineer^[80]

Music groups

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