List of people from Tampa, Florida

This is a list of notable people from Tampa, Florida.

A

 * Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975), saxophone player
 * Nat Adderley (1931–2000), cornet player
 * Doug Allen (born 1951), football player
 * Geronimo Allison (born 1994), professional football player
 * T.D. Allman (born 1944), writer, foreign correspondent, historian, author
 * Aric Almirola (born 1984), stock car driver
 * Pete Alonso (born 1994), professional baseball player
 * Jose Alvarez (born 1956), professional baseball player
 * Erin Andrews (born 1978), sports anchor
 * Gilbert Arenas (born 1982), professional basketball player
 * Mike Awesome (1965–2007), professional wrestler

B

 * Jeff Baisley (born 1982), professional baseball player
 * George F. Baughman (1915–2004), first president of New College of Florida, rear admiral, USNR
 * Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
 * Butch Benton (born 1957), professional baseball player
 * Big Show (born 1972), professional wrestler
 * Dan Bilzerian (born 1980), professional poker player, personality
 * Sheila Bleck (born 1974), professional bodybuilder
 * Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900–2001), Ybor business pioneer
 * Isaiah Bolden (born 1999), professional football player
 * William Brennan (born 1963), professional baseball player
 * Evelyn Brent (1895–1975), actress
 * Corey Brown (born 1985), professional baseball player
 * Bob Buckhorn, politician
 * Mike Bynum (born 1978), professional baseball player

C

 * CADE (born 1996), singer/songwriter, musician
 * Cody Carson (born 1989), singer
 * Aaron Carter (1987–2022), actor/singer
 * Jeff Carter (born 1964), professional baseball player
 * Leslie Carter (1986–2012), singer
 * Nick Carter (born 1980), singer of the Backstreet Boys
 * Rick Casares (1931–2013), professional football player
 * Kevin Cash (born 1977), professional baseball player
 * Celph Titled, rapper, record producer
 * John Cena (born 1977), professional wrestler, actor, rapper, television presenter
 * Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues and pops singer, pianist
 * Jordan Clarkson (born 1992), professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz
 * Barry Cohen (1939–2018), criminal defense attorney
 * Nardi Contreras (born 1951), professional baseball player
 * Matthew Cox (born 1969), former mortgage broker and fraudster; Most Wanted by Secret Service in 2006
 * Ron Crawford (born 1945), actor and artist
 * Tim Crews (1961–1993), professional baseball
 * Cr1TiKaL (born 1994), YouTuber, streamer, musician

D

 * Helen Davis (1926–2015), Florida state legislator
 * Nancy Davis (born c. 1977), investor, businessperson
 * Ryan Davis (born 1989), professional football player
 * Jules Dervaes (1947–2016), urban farmer and environmentalist
 * Doechii (born 1998), rapper
 * Toney Douglas (born 1986), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Cory Doyne (born 1981), professional baseball player
 * Sam Dyson (born 1988), professional baseball player

E

 * Carl Everett (born 1971), professional baseball player

F

 * Lenny Faedo (born 1960), professional baseball player
 * David Fagen (1870– date of death unknown), Buffalo Soldier, anti-imperialist
 * Ernest Ferlita (1927–2015), Jesuit priest and playwright
 * Mike Figga (born 1970), professional baseball player

G

 * Gallagher (1947–2022), watermelon-smashing comedian
 * Robert Gant (born 1968), actor
 * Joanna Garcia (born 1979), actress
 * Steve Garvey (born 1948), professional baseball player
 * Walter Lee Gibbons (1928–2015), pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Minor Leagues
 * Mychal Givens (born 1990), MLB pitcher
 * Graham Godfrey (born 1984), professional baseball player
 * Luis Gonzalez (born 1967), professional baseball player
 * Dwight Gooden (born 1964), professional baseball player
 * Omar Gosh (born 1982), YouTube personality, actor, camera operator, film editor, businessman
 * Arjun Gupta (born 1986), actor

H

 * Bob Hall (born 1942), member of Texas State Senate
 * Denny Hamlin (born 1980), professional stock car driver
 * Garry Hancock (1954–2015), professional baseball player
 * Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor, reporter
 * Eric Hayes (born 1967), football player
 * Mike Heath (born 1955), professional baseball catcher
 * Fallon Henley (born 1994), pro wrestler
 * Jaclyn Hill (born 1990), entrepreneur and internet personality
 * Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler
 * Melissa Howard (born 1977), actress/comedian
 * Rodney Howard-Brown, Christian evangelist and pastor of River Church
 * John Hudek (born 1966), professional baseball pitcher
 * Joe Hudson (born 1991), professional baseball catcher
 * Gary Huff (born 1951), professional football player
 * Dario Hunt (born 1989), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Lauren Hutton (born 1943), supermodel, actress

I

 * Paul D. Irving (born 1957), Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives

J

 * Carter Jenkins (born 1991), actor
 * Matt Joyce (born 1984), professional baseball player

K

 * Kamelot (formed 1991), power metal band
 * Jill Kelley (born 1975), philanthropist and advocate
 * Tarence Kinsey (born 1984), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League
 * Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer
 * KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian rapper
 * Bert Kreischer, comedian
 * Ryszard Kukliński, Polish soldier and CIA agent

L

 * Bernard LaFayette (born 1940), civil rights leader
 * Tony LaRussa (born 1944), professional baseball player
 * Tony Little (born 1956), fitness equipment pitchman
 * Al López (1908–2005), professional baseball player
 * Vance Lovelace (born 1963), professional baseball player
 * Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), businessman, civic leader, National Guard commander and segregationist political figure

M

 * Dave Magadan (born 1962), professional baseball player
 * Matt Mantei (born 1973), professional baseball player
 * Sam Marsonek (born 1978), professional baseball player
 * Andrew Martin (1975–2009), Canadian professional wrestler, died in Tampa
 * Robert Martinez (born 1934), politician, former Governor of Florida
 * Tino Martinez (born 1967), professional baseball player
 * Billy Mays (1958–2009), TV commercial pitchman
 * Eugene McCaslin (born 1977), professional football player
 * Lance McCullers (born 1964), professional baseball player
 * Tom McEwen (1923–2011), sportswriter
 * Fred McGriff (born 1963), professional baseball player
 * Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), actress, Gone with the Wind
 * Alex Mechanik (born 1986), filmmaker
 * Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American soccer player and coach
 * Jason Michaels (born 1976), professional baseball player
 * Sam Militello (born 1969), professional baseball player
 * Rich Monteleone (born 1963), professional baseball player
 * Aaron Murray, professional football player

N

 * Gene Nelson (born 1960), professional baseball player
 * Leslie Nicholas Jr. (1927–2007), businessman

O

 * Ralph Onis (1908–1995), professional baseball player

P

 * Ferdie Pacheco (1927–2017), physician, boxing analyst
 * Sarah Paulson (born 1974), Emmy Award-winning actress
 * Lou Piniella (born 1943), professional baseball player
 * Peter Polansky, tennis player
 * Rich Puig (born 1953), professional baseball player

R

 * Ryan Raburn (born 1981), professional baseball player
 * John Ramos (born 1965), professional baseball player
 * Chris Ray (born 1982), professional baseball player
 * John Reaves (1950–2017), professional football player
 * Jody Reed (born 1962), professional baseball player
 * Roy Roberts (1906–1975), actor
 * Shane Robinson (born 1984), professional baseball player
 * Todd Rogers (born 1964), electronic sports player
 * Jason Romano (born 1979), professional baseball player
 * Calvin Royal III, ballet dancer

S

 * Tony Samuels (1954–2001), gridiron football player
 * David Sanborn (born 1945), musician (saxophonist)
 * Stephanie Moulton Sarkis (born 1974), psychotherapist and author
 * Randy Savage (1952–2011), professional wrestler
 * Gary Sheffield (born 1968), professional baseball player
 * Dakota Skye (1994–2021), pornographic actress
 * Amber Smith (born 1971), actress and model
 * Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
 * Matthew Stafford (born 1988), professional football player
 * George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), philanthropist, principal owner of New York Yankees
 * Stephen Stills (born 1945), singer/songwriter, musician
 * Steve Swindal, businessman, chairman of the Port Tampa Bay
 * John H. Sykes, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Sykes Enterprises

T

 * Channing Tatum (born 1980), actor
 * Owen Teague (born 1998), actor
 * Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr. (1924–1945), Marine, one of six who raised first flag on Mount Suribachi at Battle of Iwo Jima
 * Randolph W. Thrower (1913–2014), former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
 * Mel Tillis (1932–2017), country-western singer-songwriter and musician; Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1976
 * Santo Trafficante Jr. (1914–1987), Mafia boss
 * Kyle Tucker (born 1997), Major League Baseball player
 * Preston Tucker (born 1990), MLB player

V

 * David E. Vogt III, politician
 * VoiceoverPete (Pete Accetturo) (born 1959), Internet personality

W

 * Dreama Walker (born 1986), actress
 * Ted Washington (born 1968), professional football player
 * Sharon Webb (1936–2010), science fiction writer
 * Dan White (1908–1980), Award winning American actor in vaudeville, theater, film and television
 * John White (1935–1988), football player
 * Slim Whitman (1923–2013), country music and western music singer
 * Mike Williams (born 1984), professional football player
 * Charles R. Wilson (born 1954), federal judge

Z

 * Tony Zappone (born 1947), journalist, broadcaster, author