List of people from Gainesville, Florida

Notable people who live or have lived in Gainesville, Florida include: == Individuals == === Musicians === Charles Bradley, singer Beverly Crawford, gospel singer-songwriter Tay Dizm, musician Don Felder, musician Laura Jane Grace, musician Meklit Hadero, Ethiopia-born American singer Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes Jeremy Hunter, ska musician and YouTuber Timothy Kirkpatrick, drummer Bernie Leadon, musician Stan Lynch, musician Linda Lyndell, singer Vivek Maddala, musician, composer Marce, musician Jeremy McKinnon, singer-songwriter Sean Momberger, music producer Damien Moyal, singer Tom Petty, musician Rain Phoenix, actress, musician, and singer 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) Morgan Hurd, world champion artistic gymnast 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, 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. 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 Michael S. Okun, neurologist who has authored several best-selling books on movement disorders Sidney Wade, award-winning poet and Professor Emerita at the University of Florida === Other notable individuals === Mark Adler, renowned software engineer and planetary scientist John Vincent Atanasoff, cited as the inventor of the first electronic digital computer Mark Atkinson, highly cited academic and leading figure in type 1 diabetes research Anthony James Barr, programming language designer (SAS), software engineer, inventor, and businessman Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville Gus Bilirakis, U.S. representative for Florida Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade Scott Camil, activist Kat Cammack, U.S. representative for Florida George Casella (1951-2012), Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida David A. Christian, retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Sadie Darnell, sheriff of Alachua County 2006–2021 Jamie Dupree, radio news reporter and Washington correspondent Will Frazer, former coach of the Buchholz High School math team and current director of the Frazer School in Gainesville Jesse James Garrett, user experience designer who coined the term Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Betsy Grunch, neurosurgeon and health educator Jarvis Johnson, YouTuber and former software engineer Terry Jones, gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Qur'ans Gillian Lord, professor of Spanish and linguistics; associate dean for student affairs at the University of Florida 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 Gabriel Schwartzman, chess Grandmaster, winner of the 1996 U.S. Open, who started the world's first interactive chess school Craig Silverstein, cited as the first employee of Google 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 Bob Vila, home improvement television show host Harvey Ward, mayor of Gainesville January 2023–present Andrew H. Warren, former state attorney for Florida's 13th judicial circuit Edward Yang, film director == Music groups == Against Me!

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List of people from Gainesville, Florida

Notable people who live or have lived in Gainesville, Florida include: == Individuals == === Musicians === Charles Bradley, singer Beverly Crawford, gospel singer-songwriter Tay Dizm, musician Don Felder, musician Laura Jane Grace, musician Meklit Hadero, Ethiopia-born American singer Gladys Horton, singer for The Marvelettes Jeremy Hunter, ska musician and YouTuber Timothy Kirkpatrick, drummer Bernie Leadon, musician Stan Lynch, musician Linda Lyndell, singer Vivek Maddala, musician, composer Marce, musician Jeremy McKinnon, singer-songwriter Sean Momberger, music producer Damien Moyal, singer Tom Petty, musician Rain Phoenix, actress, musician, and singer 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) Morgan Hurd, world champion artistic gymnast 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, 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. 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 Michael S. Okun, neurologist who has authored several best-selling books on movement disorders Sidney Wade, award-winning poet and Professor Emerita at the University of Florida === Other notable individuals === Mark Adler, renowned software engineer and planetary scientist John Vincent Atanasoff, cited as the inventor of the first electronic digital computer Mark Atkinson, highly cited academic and leading figure in type 1 diabetes research Anthony James Barr, programming language designer (SAS), software engineer, inventor, and businessman Christopher Benninger, American Indian architect who grew up in Gainesville Gus Bilirakis, U.S. representative for Florida Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade Scott Camil, activist Kat Cammack, U.S. representative for Florida George Casella (1951-2012), Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida David A. Christian, retired United States Army captain and former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Sadie Darnell, sheriff of Alachua County 2006–2021 Jamie Dupree, radio news reporter and Washington correspondent Will Frazer, former coach of the Buchholz High School math team and current director of the Frazer School in Gainesville Jesse James Garrett, user experience designer who coined the term Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Betsy Grunch, neurosurgeon and health educator Jarvis Johnson, YouTuber and former software engineer Terry Jones, gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Qur'ans Gillian Lord, professor of Spanish and linguistics; associate dean for student affairs at the University of Florida 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 Gabriel Schwartzman, chess Grandmaster, winner of the 1996 U.S. Open, who started the world's first interactive chess school Craig Silverstein, cited as the first employee of Google 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 Bob Vila, home improvement television show host Harvey Ward, mayor of Gainesville January 2023–present Andrew H. Warren, former state attorney for Florida's 13th judicial circuit Edward Yang, film director == Music groups == Against Me!

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