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

Andrew Friedman

Zac MacMath

Kurt Abbott, MLB shortstop for the Oakland Athletics^[1]
Jack Albright, MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies^[2]
Mike Alstott, football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers^[3]
Ricky Anderson, All-American football player^[4]
Rolando Arrojo, baseball player; one of first free agents signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays^[5]
Lynn Barry, basketball player^[6]
Murle Breer, professional golfer, U.S. Women's Open champion
Danielle Collins, professional tennis player
Jeff D'Amico, MLB pitcher^[7]
Andrew Friedman, Major League Baseball general manager
Ernest Givins, football player^[8]
Dwight Gooden, MLB pitcher 1984-2000, 4-time All-Star^[9]
Nicole Haislett, Olympic gold medalist in swimming^[10]
Jack Hardy, MLB pitcher^[11]
Charles Horton, football player
Bobby Kline, MLB shortstop for Washington Senators^[12]
Casey Kotchman, MLB first baseman^[13]
Ben Kozlowski, MLB pitcher^[14]
Jeff Lacy, professional boxer^[15]
Max Lanier, MLB player, St. Louis Cardinals^[16]
Ron LeFlore, MLB player, Detroit Tigers^[17]
Gordon Mackenzie, MLB player, minor league manager^[18]
Zac MacMath, goalkeeper in Major League Soccer^[19]
Nick Masset, MLB pitcher^[20]
Mark Mendelblatt, yachtsman, silver medalist at 1999 Pan American Games and 2004 Laser World Championships^[21]
Betsy Nagelsen, professional tennis player
Johnny Nee, baseball scout^[22]
Dan O'Brien, MLB pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals^[23]
Nate Oliver, MLB second baseman^[24]
Ron Plaza, Major League Baseball player and minor league manager^[25]
George Smith, MLB second baseman^[26]
Roy Smith, MLB pitcher^[27]
Marreese Speights, basketball player for NCAA champion Florida and NBA champion Golden State Warriors^[28]
Doug Waechter, MLB pitcher^[29]
Dan Wheldon, Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011)^[30]
Frank Wren, MLB general manager
Winky Wright, professional boxer^[31]
Jerry Wunsch, professional football player^[32]

Movies, television, other media

Angela Bassett, actress^[33]
Michael France, screenwriter^[34]
Chris Fuller, filmmaker^[35]
Hank Green, vlogger, musician, and entrepreneur
Kip Kedersha, creator of YouTube channel Kipkay
Dennis Lehane, author
Will Packer, film producer
Pearl, drag queen, runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race season 7
Rhonda Shear, actress and entrepreneur^[36]
Del Vaughn, CBS News correspondent who was killed in a helicopter crash in Pennsylvania while covering Hurricane Agnes in June 1972; considered St. Petersburg his hometown^[37]
Sean Waltman, professional wrestler

Music, the arts

Al Downing, jazz musician, member of Tuskegee Airmen^[38]
Iron Mike Norton, swamp stomp recording artist and slide guitarist^[39]
Babs Reingold, interdisciplinary artist^[40]
Special Generation, boy band, singing group that started at Lakewood Senior High in the 1980s

Literature

Jack Kerouac, leading figure of the beat generation^[41]
Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder^[42]
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate, writer, political activist, author of Night, about his experience in concentration camps in 1944–1945; teaches at Eckerd College during the winter term^[43]
Ernest Vincent Wright, author of Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogram

Politics

Charlie Crist, former governor of Florida^[44]
Herman Goldner, former mayor of St. Petersburg (1961-1967) (1971-1973)^[45]
Al Lang, former mayor of St. Petersburg (died 1960)^[46]
Omali Yeshitela, African Internationalist revolutionary

Miscellaneous

Jarvis Hunt, architect
Ray Robson, a young chess master^[47]

References

↑ "Kurt Abbott Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ "Jack Albright". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Mike Alstott". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Ricky Anderson drafted". The Evening Independent. May 1, 1985. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
↑ "Rolando Arrojo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Lynn Barry". College of William And Mary. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Jeff D'Amico". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Ernest Givins". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Dwight Gooden". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Nicole Haislett". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Jack Hardy". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Bobby Kline". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Casey Kotchman". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Ben Kozlowski". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Jeff Lacy". BoxingNews24.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ Max Lanier at SABR Baseball Biography Project
↑ Ron LeFlore
↑ "Gordon Mackenzie". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "San Diego's Online Jewish Newspaper-August 27, 20". San DiegoJewish World. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
↑ "Nick Masset". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Mark Mendelblatt". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Johnny Nee". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Dan O'Brien". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Nate Oliver". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Ron Plaza". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "George Smith". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Roy Smith". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Marreese Speights". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Doug Waechter". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Dan Wheldon". .racing-reference.info/. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Winky Wright to retire after comeback ends in defeat". Espn.go.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
↑ "71 Jerry Wunsch". FoxSports.com. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
↑ "Angela Bassett". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Michael France". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "St. Petersburg Filmmaker Chris Fuller". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
↑ "Only on 8: HSN entrepreneur weighs in on home shopping merger". wfla.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
↑ "Del Vaughn". scncz.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
↑ "Alvin Joseph Downing". Copyright, St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "LOCAL BEAT LIVE 03-10-2018".
↑ "Babs Reingold". .florida-arts.org/. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Jack Kerouac". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Jimmy Wales". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Elie Wiesel". Jewish Press Pinellas. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ "Charlie Crist". MProject Vote Smart. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Scott Taylor Hartzell, "Herman Goldner dubbed a 'pre-eminent mayor", August 21, 2002". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
↑ "Al Lang". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Ray Robson". United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

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[1] "Kurt Abbott Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

[2] "Jack Albright". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[3] "Mike Alstott". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[4] "Ricky Anderson drafted". The Evening Independent. May 1, 1985. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

[5] "Rolando Arrojo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[6] "Lynn Barry". College of William And Mary. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[7] "Jeff D'Amico". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[8] "Ernest Givins". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[9] "Dwight Gooden". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[10] "Nicole Haislett". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[11] "Jack Hardy". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[12] "Bobby Kline". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[13] "Casey Kotchman". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[14] "Ben Kozlowski". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[15] "Jeff Lacy". BoxingNews24.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[16] Max Lanier at SABR Baseball Biography Project

[17] Ron LeFlore

[18] "Gordon Mackenzie". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[19] "San Diego's Online Jewish Newspaper-August 27, 20". San DiegoJewish World. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

[20] "Nick Masset". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[21] "Mark Mendelblatt". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[22] "Johnny Nee". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[23] "Dan O'Brien". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[24] "Nate Oliver". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[25] "Ron Plaza". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[26] "George Smith". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[27] "Roy Smith". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[28] "Marreese Speights". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[29] "Doug Waechter". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[30] "Dan Wheldon". .racing-reference.info/. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[31] "Winky Wright to retire after comeback ends in defeat". Espn.go.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

[32] "71 Jerry Wunsch". FoxSports.com. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

[33] "Angela Bassett". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[34] "Michael France". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[35] "St. Petersburg Filmmaker Chris Fuller". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[36] "Only on 8: HSN entrepreneur weighs in on home shopping merger". wfla.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.

[37] "Del Vaughn". scncz.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.

[38] "Alvin Joseph Downing". Copyright, St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[39] "LOCAL BEAT LIVE 03-10-2018".

[40] "Babs Reingold". .florida-arts.org/. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[41] "Jack Kerouac". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[42] "Jimmy Wales". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[43] "Elie Wiesel". Jewish Press Pinellas. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

[44] "Charlie Crist". MProject Vote Smart. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[45] "Scott Taylor Hartzell, "Herman Goldner dubbed a 'pre-eminent mayor", August 21, 2002". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[46] "Al Lang". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

[47] "Ray Robson". United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2013.