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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Janet Newberry (b. 1953), professional tennis player, US team and Boston Lobsters

Movies, television, other media

 * Angela Bassett (b. 1958), actress
 * 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
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 * Edel Alvarez Galban (b. 1967), painter
 * David Budd (1927–1991), abstract painter
 * Al Downing (1916–2000), jazz musician, member of Tuskegee Airmen
 * 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
 * Babs Reingold (b.
 * Rod Wave (b. 1998), rapper
 * John King (ukulelist) (1953-2009), ukulelist

Writers

 * 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
 * Zeola Hershey Misener (1878–1966), suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly
 * 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
 * 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