List of people from Florida



This is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or spent significant time in the U.S. state of Florida.

Politics and government

 * Abraham Katz (1926–2013), diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD

Sports

 * Eli Abaev (born 1998), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer (born 1956), professional tennis player
 * Richard Bleier (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
 * Angela Buxton (1934–2020), English tennis player
 * Joe Chealey, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Paul DeJong (born 1993), Major League Baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants
 * Toney Douglas (born 1986), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * David Efianayi (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, raised in Orlando
 * Colton Gordon (born 1998), baseball pitcher
 * Ronald Green (1944–2012), American-Israeli basketball player, born in Miami Beach
 * Max Greyserman (born 1995), professional golfer on the PGA Tour
 * Dalton Guthrie (born 1995), MLB player for the San Francisco Giants
 * Shawn Jones (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Maurice Kemp (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Jack Langer (born 1948/49), basketball player and investment banker
 * Cameron Long (born 1988), basketball player
 * Dov Markus (born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player, lives in Boynton Beach
 * Ed Rubinoff (born 1935), tennis player
 * David Schneider (born 1955), South African-Israeli tennis player
 * Andrew Smith (born 1992), American-Latvian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Speedy Smith (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League