List of people from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The following people were born, or have lived in, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Musicians

 * Cory Asbury, Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective
 * Melvin LaThomas Brimm, singer-songwriter, vocal producer, dancer-choreographer, and actor
 * David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, singer and actor from the Partridge Family, died there
 * Sabrina Claudio, singer
 * Ian Grushka, bassist and founder of band New Found Glory (Coral Springs)
 * Guitar Nubbit, blues musician
 * Marilyn Manson, musician
 * Dude Mowrey, country music artist
 * Damien Moyal, vocalist and musician, notably of As Friends Rust, Morning Again and Shai Hulud
 * Nonpoint, musical group
 * Jaco Pastorius, influential jazz bassist
 * Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz), former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson
 * Puya, rock band
 * Reggie Sears, R&B/soul artist, former child prodigy blues guitarist
 * Archie Shepp, free jazz saxophonist
 * Nadine Sierra, opera singer
 * Ski Mask the Slump God (Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne), rapper
 * XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), rapper
 * Mark Zeltser, concert pianist

Other notable people

 * Edward Buchanan, Wyoming Secretary of State and former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
 * James A. "Jimmie" Dallas, Sr., educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader
 * Fred DeLuca, founder and CEO of Subway
 * Arnold Denker, Chess Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946
 * Eddie Egan, detective and actor
 * Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer
 * Brian Patrick Flynn, interior designer
 * Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO; philanthropist
 * Wayne Huizenga, business/civic leader
 * Travis Jeppesen, author
 * Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University
 * D. James Kennedy, televangelist, author
 * Todd Kohlhepp, serial killer
 * Chesley V. Morton, businessman, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
 * Fan Noli, Albanian scholar and politician
 * James Randi, magician, skeptic, and author
 * Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative and former Governor of South Carolina
 * Theodore Swinarski, Illinois state legislator
 * Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's

Fictional characters

 * Kenny, video game character from Telltale's The Walking Dead