List of people from Pensacola, Florida

This list of people from Pensacola, Florida includes people who were born or lived there for a nontrivial amount of time. Note that Pensacola natives are referred to as Pensacolans/Pensacolians.

Politics, law, and military

 * Reubin O'Donovan Askew - politician; 37th governor of Florida, 1971–1979
 * Alexander Butterfield - deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon, 1969–1973
 * Samuel Gibbs French (1818-1910) - military officer
 * Harry B. Harris Jr. - diplomat and former U.S. Navy officer
 * Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. - First African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces
 * Fred Levin - lawyer
 * Stephen Mallory (1812–1873) - politician
 * Carol McCain - director of the White House Visitors Office during the Reagan administration
 * Charles H. Percy
 * Joe Scarborough
 * George O. Van Orden
 * Craig Waters
 * Virginia Bass Wetherell
 * Vince Whibbs
 * Charles R. Wilson
 * Emmett Wilson

Religion

 * Paula Ackerman
 * Chuck Baldwin
 * Paul Jennings Hill
 * Martin Holley
 * Kent Hovind
 * Peter Ruckman
 * Katharine Jefferts Schori

Sports



 * Doug Baldwin
 * Roman Reigns
 * Jay Bell
 * Derrick Brooks
 * Bryce Callahan
 * Adron Chambers
 * Tom Cheek
 * Josh Donaldson
 * Joe Durant
 * Dave Elder
 * Martin Emerson
 * Reggie Evans
 * Trinity Fatu
 * Cortland Finnegan
 * Travis Fryman
 * Derrick Gainer
 * Graham Gano
 * Justin Gatlin
 * Nick Green
 * Tyronne Green
 * Michael Hayes
 * Kim Helton
 * Horace Jones
 * Roy Jones Jr.
 * Alec Kessler
 * Jonathan Little
 * Johanna Long
 * Max Macon
 * Jason McKie
 * Alfred Morris
 * Winchester Osgood
 * Jerry Pate
 * Loucheiz Purifoy
 * Damarious Randall
 * Roman Reigns
 * Brandon Rembert
 * Trent Richardson
 * Rikishi
 * Fred Robbins
 * Mitchell Robinson
 * Shorty Rollins
 * Addison Russell
 * Darrell Russell
 * Buck Showalter
 * Josh Sitton
 * Heath Slocum
 * Emmitt Smith
 * Michelle Snow
 * Ron Stallworth
 * Omar Stoutmire
 * Don Sutton
 * Lawrence Tynes
 * Mark Whiten
 * Devon Witherspoon

Music, media, and art

 * Christopher Andersen
 * Alfons Bach
 * Ashley Brown
 * Larry Butler
 * Austin Carlile
 * Joe Dallesandro
 * Nancy Dussault
 * Michael Edwards
 * Mark Gormley
 * Robert Graysmith
 * Gigi Gryce - jazz composer and musician
 * Bill Kurtis
 * Matt Maiellaro
 * Rob and Amber Mariano
 * Gwen McCrae
 * Mike McCready
 * Georgie A. Hulse McLeod
 * Katy Mixon
 * Joshua Moon
 * Dot Moore
 * Joan Perry
 * Bob Rasmussen
 * John Schwab
 * Peggy Scott-Adams
 * Don Shirley - jazz and classical pianist, subject of the 2018 film Green Book
 * This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
 * Aaron Tippin

Other

 * John David Roy Atchison (1954–2007) - Assistant US Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide in prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a 5-year-old girl
 * James Edward Wood (1947–2004) - child murderer and suspected serial killer