# List of people from Sarasota

The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Sarasota, Florida.
* Carl Abbott, architect
* Erik Arroyo, former mayor of Sarasota and lawyer
* Doug Band, assistant to Bill Clinton and businessman. Helped found the Clinton Global Initiative and assisted with the Clinton Foundation after his presidency
* Freddie Bartholomew, 1930s child actor
* Roy Basler (1906–1989), historian
* Dickey Betts (1943–2024), guitarist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band
* Duane Betts, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and member of The Allman Betts Band
* Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008), Olympic fencer
* Eugene A. Burdick, North Dakota Fifth Judicial District judge and surrogate judge for the North Dakota Supreme Court
* William J. Burns, Director of the Bureau of Investigation, later the Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Flossie M. Byrd, home economist and academic
* Lincoln Child, author of techno-thriller and horror novels
* Barber Conable, New York state senator, U.S representative from New York, and World Bank President under President Ronald Reagan
* Giorgio Berardi, Architect
* Marlow Cook, U.S. senator from Kentucky
* Eric Curran, racing driver
* Vincent D'Autorio, Two-time Olympic gymnast
* Ian Desmond, professional baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
* Lois Duncan, writer, novelist, poet, and journalist
* Gil Elvgren, painter of pin-up models
* Richard Floethe, printmaker and illustrator
* Sonia Pressman Fuentes, lawyer; author and co-founder of National Organization for Women
* Jackie Gerlich, dwarf actor and circus entertainer
* Brian Gottfried (born 1952), tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977
* Carla Gugino (born 1971), actress
* Dalton Guthrie (born 1995), Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
* James A. Haley, U.S. representative from Florida and member of the Florida House of Representatives. Vice-president and later president of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952, 1956, and 1960
* Denver David Hargis, U.S. representative from Kansas
* Forest Harness, U.S representative from Indiana and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
* Ian Hornak, founding artist of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements. Owned a winter home in Sarasota from 1985 to 2001.
* Tim Jaeger, artist
* Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC
* Mackinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize winning author
* Josh Kaufman, soul singer and singer-songwriter
* Margaret Kerry, actress, radio host, and model for Tinker Bell in the 1953 Walt Disney film Peter Pan
* Stephen King, author
* David Lawrence, publisher; founded what would later become U.S. News & World Report
* La Norma Fox, trapeze artist in RBB Circus and Sarasotan from 1949 onwards
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, professional tennis player
* Victor Lundy, architect
* Jes Macallan, actress
* John D. MacDonald, crime novelist
* Marlon Mack, running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League
* Myka Meier, etiquette coach and writer
* Noelia Voigt, Miss USA 2023 winner
* Eric Minkin (born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player
* Daniel Myrick, director of horror films
* Bello Nock, daredevil and circus performer
* Carol Perkins, fashion model
* Jack Perkins, reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman
* Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith
* Guy Peterson, architect
* Paul Reubens, actor known for creating and portraying Pee-wee Herman
* Michael Rey, abstract painter
* Charles Edward Ringling, one of the Ringling Brothers
* Stephen Root, actor, voice actor, and comedian
* Milton Rubenfeld (1919–2004), pilot and one of five founding pilots of Israeli Air Force
* Randy Savage (1952–2011), professional wrestler
* Tim Seibert, architect
* Monica Seles, former no.1 tennis player
* Sam Shields, cornerback in the National Football League
* George Snyder, Maryland state senator and majority leader
* Kyle Snyder, Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach
* Dick Smothers, actor, comedian, composer, and musician
* Syd Solomon, American artist
* Jerry Springer, television personality
* Ben Stahl (artist)
* Alex Steinweiss, graphic artist, credited with being the inventor of album cover art.
* Mildred Ladner Thompson, journalist and writer
* Ralph Twitchell, architect
* Dick Vitale, college basketball coach and broadcaster
* Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer
* Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera
* Nik Wallenda, tightrope walker
* Iain Webb, Director of The Sarasota Ballet and former dancer with The Royal Ballet
* Scott Weiss, venture capitalist
* Hoyt Wilhelm, MLB pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
* George Howard Williams, U.S Senator from Missouri
* Geoff Wilson, entrepreneur, investor, and sports card collector
* Jack West, architect
* Robert Windom, former Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan
* Linda Winikow, politician and New York State Senator
* Roger Zare, composer and pianist
* Bridgett Zehr, ballet dancer with the English National Ballet