# 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 shortstop for the Oakland Athletics
* Rodney Adams (b. 1994), professional National Football League player
* Jack Albright (1921–1991), MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies
* Mike Alstott (b. 1973), football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
* Ricky Anderson (b. 1963), All-American football player
* Rolando Arrojo (b. 1965), baseball player; one of first free agents signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* Lynn Barry (b. 1959), basketball player with Women's National Basketball Association
* 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), football player
* Dwight Gooden (b. 1964), MLB pitcher 1984–2000, 4-time All-Star
* Shaquill Griffin (b. 1995), professional NFL player
* Shaquem Griffin (b. 1995), professional 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
* 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 player, St. Louis Cardinals
* Ron LeFlore (b. 1948), MLB player, 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), Major League Baseball 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

## 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
* Hank Green (b. 1980), vlogger, musician, entrepreneur, internet celebrity, YouTuber
* 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
* 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
* 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

* Bob Devin Jones, playwright, director
* Charles B. Dew (b. 1937), historian
* Michele Elliott (b. 1946), author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape
* Thomas French (b. 1958), journalist
* Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), leading figure of the beat generation
* Terrence McNally (1938–2020), dramatist two transplanted New Yorkers from Irish Catholic backgrounds.
* 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), U.S. Representative and former 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 (1970–1960), Businessman and politician who is credited with bringing baseball spring training to St. Petersburg. Namesake of Al Lang Stadium.
* 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
* 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.