List of Great Floridians
Great Floridians Program
In 2007, the legislature resurrected, revised and formalized Great Floridians in Florida law as Florida Statute 267.0731. A defined committee consisting of the top members of the Executive and Legislative branches of government meets each year to nominate citizens for designation.

List of Great Floridians

Section Title: Great Floridians Program
Table Section Text: In 2007, the legislature resurrected, revised and formalized Great Floridians in Florida law as Florida Statute 267.0731. A defined committee consisting of the top members of the Executive and Legislative branches of government meets each year to nominate citizens for designation.

Full Name	Last Name	Attribute	Year

Bob Graham	Graham	Florida Governor and U. S. Senator	2016

Alto Lee Adams, Sr.	Adams	Florida Supreme Court Justice	2013

Derrick Brooks	Brooks	Outstanding Linebacker for the Florida State University Seminoles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2013

Charles H. Bronson	Bronson	Florida Agriculture Commissioner (2001-2010)	2013

Robert Cade	Cade	Inventor of Gatorade	2013

Walt Disney	Disney	Co-founder of Disneyworld, which changed Florida forever	2013

Tony Dungy	Dungy	former NFL Player and Coach	2013

Richard W. Ervin Jr.	Ervin	Florida Attorney General from 1948–64; Florida Supreme Court Justice 1964-75	2013

Pedro José Greer, Jr.	Greer	Florida International University School of Medicine chairman; founder, Camillus Health Concern & St. John Bosco Clinic	2013

Bill Gunter	Gunter	Florida State Senator 1966-72; United States House of Representatives from 1973–75; Florida insurance commissioner, treasurer and fire marshal 1976-88.	2013

Wayne Huizenga	Huizenga	Founder of Waste Management, Blockbuster Video and AutoNation; owner of Florida Marlins and Florida Panthers	2013

Juan Ponce de León	Ponce de León	Spanish founder of Florida	2013

Charlotte Maguire	Maguire	Mother of the FSU Medical School	2013

Craig McKinley	McKinley	Four-star general	2013

Lilly Pulitzer	Pulitzer	Clothing designer	2013

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.	Schwarzkopf	Four-star general	2013

Betty Schlesinger Sembler	Sembler	Drug treatment advocate	2013

Don Shula	Shula	Miami Dolphins head coach	2013

Emmitt Smith	Smith	University of Florida running back; NFL Hall of Famer	2013

Patrick D. Smith	Smith	Novelist	2013

Steve Spurrier	Spurrier	1966 Heisman Trophy winner and former head football coach at the University of Florida	2013

Tim Tebow	Tebow	Heisman Trophy winner (2007), College & Professional Football player, Motivational speaker, Role model	2013

Gerry Lester "Bubba" Watson, Jr.	Watson	PGA golfer	2013

Ruth Springer Wedgworth	Wedgworth	Distinguished figure in Florida agriculture	2013

Albert H. Blanding	Blanding	Business & Civic leader, Army officer awarded the Distinguished Service Medal	2012

Bobby Bowden	Bowden	Florida State University Seminoles football coach (1976–2009)	2012

Caroline Mays Brevard	Brevard	Educator, Historian and Author	2012

Jeb Bush	Bush	Florida's 43rd Governor 1999-2007	2012

Bernardo de Gálvez	de Gálvez	Spanish military leader who helped drive the British from the Gulf Coast following the American Revolution	2012

James M. Gavin	Gavin	US Army Lieutenant general during World War II	2012

Frederick B. Karl	Karl	Lawyer, State Representative, State Senator, Florida Supreme Court Justice	2012

Thomas Alva Edison	Edison	Inventor, Scientist & Businessman	2011

Bob Graham	Graham	Florida's 38th Governor 1979-1987 and United States Senator 1987-2005	2011

Natalie Graham	Graham	HRBP	2017

George W. Jenkins	Jenkins	Founder of Publix Supermarkets	2011

Toni Jennings	Jennings	Teacher, Florida State Representative, Florida State Senator, Senate President and Lieutenant Governor	2011

Harrison Reed	Reed	Florida's 9th Governor 1868-1873	2011

Nathaniel Pryor Reed	Reed	Assistant to Governor Kirk 1967-1971, Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior 1971-1977	2011

Marshall E. "Doc" Rinker, Sr.	Rinker	Founder, Rinker Group	2011

Jim Smith	Smith	Lawyer, Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of State, Chairman of the Florida State University Trustees	2011

Park Trammell	Trammell	Florida's 21st Governor 1913-1917 and United States Senator 1917-1936	2011

Sandy D'Alemberte	D'Alemberte	American Bar Association president & Florida State University president (1994–2003)	2010

Paula Hawkins	Hawkins	Consumer Advocate and US Senator from Florida 1981-1987	2010

Joseph Patrick Hurley	Hurley	Roman Catholic Archbishop	2010

Tony Jannus	Jannus	First commercial airline pilot & parachutist	2010

David McCampbell	McCampbell	World War II Ace Navy Pilot	2010

Sarah D. McKay	McKay	Lakeland Philanthropist	2010

Eddie Rickenbacker	Rickenbacker	World War I Ace Pilot & Medal of Honor recipient	2010

Pedro Menendez de Aviles	Menendez	Spanish Admiral and explorer	2009

Bob Martinez	Martinez	Florida's 40th Governor 1987-1991	2009

Mae McMillan	McMillan	Educator	2009

Eugene Patterson	Patterson	Newspaperman & Civil Rights Advocate	2009

Charles W. Pierce	Pierce	Early Florida Settler	2009

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	Rawlings	Author	2009

E. Clay Shaw, Jr.	Shaw	US Representative 1981-2007	2008

May Mann Jennings	Jennings	Women's Rights activist, Environmentalist & children's welfare advocate	2008

Harry T. Moore	Moore	Civil rights activist	2007

Connie Mack III	Mack	US Senator 1989-2001 & US Representative 1983–1989	2007

Richard Keith Call	Call	Florida's 3rd & 5th Territorial Governor	2006

Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle	Tuttle	"Mother of Miami"	2006

William Pope DuVal	DuVal	Florida's 1st Territorial Governor 1822-1834	2005

Al Hoffman	Hoffman	Philanthropist & Civic Leader	2005

Spessard Holland	Holland	Florida's 28th Governor 1941-1945	2004

Fuller Warren	Warren	Florida's 30th Governor 1949-1953	2004

Mary Call Darby Collins	Collins	Lifelong Preservationist	2003

Henry Morrison Flagler	Flagler	Industrialist and Developer	2003

Zora Neale Hurston	Hurston	Writer and Folklorist	2003

Henry Plant	Plant	Industrialist and Developer	2003

James Alward Van Fleet	Van Fleet	Combat Commander & Four-Star General	2002

Mary McLeod Bethune	Bethune	Educator and Activist	2002

John Gorrie	Gorrie	Physician, Scientist and Inventor	2002

William Henry Getty (Bill) France	France	NASCAR Founder and Motor Sports Promoter	2002

Richard (Dick) Pope	Pope	Cypress Gardens Founder & Tourism Promoter	2002

Mallory E. Horne	Horne	Florida House Speaker and Senate President	2002

Horacio Aguirre	Aguirre	Publisher, Journalist & Editor of Diario Las Americas	2001

Lawton M. Chiles	Chiles	Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989	2001

Reubin O'D. Askew	Askew	Florida's 37th Governor 1971-1979	1998

William Patrick Foster	Foster	Bandleader, Florida A&M "Marching 100"	1998

Chesterfield Smith	Smith	Justice Advocate & Florida's First American Bar Association President	1997

E. T. York	York	Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder	1997

Cecil Farris Bryant	Bryant	Florida's 34th Governor 1961-1965	1994

George A. Smathers	Smathers	US Senator 1951-1969	1994

Stephen C. O'Connell	O'Connell	Florida Supreme Court Justice 1966-1967 & UF President 1967-1973	1993

B. K. Roberts	Roberts	Three-Time Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court	1990

Chester Howell Ferguson	Ferguson	Attorney, Business & Civic Leader	1988

Claude Denson Pepper	Pepper	US Senator 1936-1951 & US Representative 1963-1989	1988

Ben Hill Griffin, Jr.	Griffin	Citrus Baron, Civic Leader & Benefactor	1987

Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Douglas	Writer and Environmental Activist	1987

Alonzo "Jake" Gaither	Gaither	Head Football Coach, Florida A&M University	1984

Thomas LeRoy Collins	Collins	Florida's 33rd Governor 1955-1961	1981

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Caroline Mays Brevard was a history professor and added to the List of Great Floridians in 2012.

final_sentence: Caroline Mays Brevard was a history professor and added to the List of Great Floridians in 2012.