List of people from Gainesville, Florida

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

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