# List of people from Gainesville, Florida

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

## Individuals
### Musicians

* Charles Bradley, singer
* Beverly Crawford, gospel singer-songwriter
* Tay Dizm, musician
* Don Felder, musician
* Laura Jane Grace, lead singer and songwriter of Against Me!
* Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes
* Timothy Kirkpatrick, drummer
* Bernie Leadon, musician
* Stan Lynch, musician
* Linda Lyndell, singer
* Vivek Maddala, musician, composer
* Marce, musician
* Jeremy McKinnon, singer-songwriter
* Damien Moyal, singer
* Tom Petty, musician
* Chuck Ragan, singer-songwriter
* Minnie Riperton, musician
* Joseph Simmons, musician
* Kaleb Stewart, singer-songwriter
* Stephen Stills, musician
* Benmont Tench, musician
* John Vanderslice, musician
* Chris Wollard, singer-songwriter, musician

### Actors, performers

* Merritt Butrick, actor
* Casey Calvert, actress
* Brittany Daniel, actress
* Cynthia Daniel, actress
* Malcolm Gets
* Darrell Hammond, comedian
* Robert Hoffman, actor
* Tom Miller, performance artist
* Joaquin Phoenix, actor
* River Phoenix, actor
* Stephen Root, actor
* Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian
* Tyra Sanchez, drag queen, reality television personality
* Thomas Sanders, actor, singer and Vine & YouTube comedian

### Athletes

* Kenny Bynum, football player (San Diego Chargers)
* Lyubov Denisova, marathon runner
* Doug Dickey, football coach, Hall of Fame member (University of Florida, University of Tennessee)
* Chris Doering, football player, NFL, and ESPN Analyst
* Joel Embiid, basketball player, NBA (Philadelphia 76ers)
* Taurean Green, basketball player, NBA (Denver Nuggets)
* Nigel Harris, football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
* Udonis Haslem, basketball player, NBA (Miami Heat)
* Clay Helton, football head coach, University of Southern California
* Al Horford, basketball player, NBA (Boston Celtics)
* Darrell Jackson, football player, NFL (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers)
* Chris Leak, football player, NFL (Chicago Bears)
* Marty Liquori, Olympic track athlete, TV announcer, jazz guitarist
* Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer
* Noah Lyles (born 1997), 100/200m runner - olympic bronze medalist and world champion
* Roger Maris, baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees)
* Vernon Maxwell, basketball player (Houston Rockets)
* Andrew Miller, baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
* Heather Mitts, soccer player (United States women's national soccer team)
* Rodney Mullen, professional skateboarder
* Clinton Portis, football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins)
* Chris Richard, basketball player, NBA (Minnesota Timberwolves)
* Phoenix Sanders (born 1995), baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization
* Ian Scott, professional football player, NFL (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers)
* Ben Shelton (tennis), professional tennis player
* Emmitt Smith, professional football player, NFL (Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals)
* Steve Spurrier, football player and coach (University of Florida, Washington Redskins, and University of South Carolina)
* Steve Tannen, NFL defensive back with the New York Jets (1970, first round pick)
* Tim Tebow, professional football player, NFL (Denver Broncos, New York Jets, New England Patriots)
* Chris Thompson, football player
* Abby Wambach, soccer player, United States women's national soccer team
* 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
* Jordan Williams, NFL player (New York Giants)

### Writers

* Joel Achenbach, newspaper staff writer and book author
* Kiki Carter, environmental activist, organizer, musician, writer
* Harry Crews, Southern Gothic author
* Nancy Yi Fan, children's book author
* Lauren Groff, novelist and short story author
* Joe Haldeman, science fiction author
* Rebecca Heflin, romance novelist
* Andrew Knowlton, food writer
* David Leavitt, author, editor, and English professor at UF
* Tom Meek, newspaper columnist and writer
* Ange Mlinko, poet, critic, editor, and tenured poetry professor at UF

### Other notable individuals

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

## Music groups

* Against Me!
* Aleka's Attic
* As Friends Rust
* Cyne
* Damien Done
* The Draft
* For Squirrels
* Holopaw
* Hot Water Music
* Less Than Jake
* Mudcrutch
* Rehasher
* Sister Hazel