- Scott Baker
Timothy Scott Baker is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He made his major league debut in May 2005 with the Minnesota Twins as a middle reliever during a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay and had two starts in Los Angeles and Detroit before being permanently placed on the pitching rotation at the end of August 2005 to replace struggling pitcher Joe Mays, who was demoted to the Twins bullpen. He won in his first start on August 29 2005 against Kansas City, 3-2. - So You Think You Can Dance?
Natalie Fotopoulos (b. December 16, 1983) is an American dance teacher who made the top 6 of the second season of the FOX reality show, "So You Think You Can Dance". She was eliminated on August 3, 2006 along with Ivan Koumaev. Fotopoulos, a Greek American, was born in Tampa to a dancing family, as both her mother, Annette Wilson, and aunt were also dancers, and her grandmother, Rosemary Bramuchi, also ran a dance school. - Dewon Brazelton
Dewon Cortez Brazelton (born June 6, 1980 in Tullahoma, Tennessee) is a professional baseball pitcher, with major league experience from 2002-06. When Brazelton was only 15 years old, he had both knee surgery in 1995 and Tommy John surgery in 1996. He attended Middle Tennessee State University and set both strikeout and win records there. - Bob Martinez
Robert "Bob" Martinez was the fortieth governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. Prior to that, he was the mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986. Martinez was the first American governor of Cuban descent, and Florida’s second Republican since Reconstruction to be elected to the governor’s office. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tampa and went on to earn a master's in labor and industrial relations from the University of Illinois. - Jack Harris
William H. Harris, Jr., better known as Jack Harris, a veteran broadcaster and radio personality, was born in Logan, West Virginia, USA on September 18 1941. Harris is noted for being the most recognized radio and television personality in the Tampa Bay broadcast area for more than 35 years, according to Arbitron broadcast rating service. - Shane Willis
Shane Willis (born 13 June, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League, currently playing for the Nashville Predators. Willis was originally drafted by Tampa Bay 56th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, but he re-entered the draft and was selected 88th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Willis has played 174 career NHL games, scoring 31 goals and 43 assists for 74 points. - John Huston
John Huston (born June 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Huston was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1983. Huston has won seven PGA Tour events and has had more than 80 top-10 finishes in his career. He has a history of being a "streaky" player, who either plays extremely well or mediocre. - Tedd Webb
Tedd Webb (born Henry Ruiz, 1949-01-29 in Tampa, Florida) is a radio personality, photographer and author in the Tampa Bay area. He began his broadcasting career at age 14 while a freshman at Jesuit High School, spinning records at Tampa's number one rocker WALT located at the north edge of downtown. He would catch the bus, walk, run, bicycle, … - Matt O'Dwyer
Matt O'Dwyer is a former American football player who played in the NFL from 1995 to 2005. A 6-foot-4, 315-pound lineman out of Northwestern University, O'Dwyer's career included the New York Jets (1995-98), Cincinnati Bengals (1999-03), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004) and very briefly the Green Bay Packers (2005). He blocked on lines that produced a 1,000-yard rusher in seven of his 10 NFL seasons (Adrian Murrell 1996-97, Curtis Martin 1998 and Corey Dillon 1999-2002). - Harold Jackson
Harold Leon Jackson (born January 6 1946 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) was a National Football League wide receiver from 1968 through 1983. After retiring from professional football, Jackson coached receivers for 10 years in the NFL with New England (1985-89), Tampa Bay (1992-93) and New Orleans (1997-99). In his first NFL season as a coach, the Patriots won the AFC Championship and played in the 1986 Super Bowl. In 1987 he suited for two of the Patriots replacement games, … - Tony Jannus
Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (1889-1916), was an early American pilot who piloted the first flight of the St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 1, 1914. This was the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the United States, and the first such flight anywhere in the world to use a heavier-than-air aircraft. Born in Washington, D.C., he did his flight training at the College Park Airport in nearby Maryland in 1910. - Robert Irsay
Robert Irsay (born March 5, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois - died January 14, 1997 in Indianapolis, Indiana), was the longtime owner of the National Football League's Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts franchise. While previously the owner of the-then Los Angeles Rams, Irsay essentially traded franchises with Carroll Rosenbloom, the-then owner of the Colts, in 1972. Ironically, the lawyer credited for making the unprecedented team swap possible, Hugh Culverhouse of Jacksonville, … - Ginny Brown-Waite
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite (born October 5 1943), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing (map). The district stretches along several counties in western and central Florida, including territory in the metropolitan areas of Tampa Bay and Orlando. - Dick Crippen
Dick Crippen is a popular former sports anchor in the Tampa Bay, Florida television market. Crippen began his career at ABC affiliate WLCY Channel 10 in 1965, being one of the station's first on-air personalities. He continued until 1981, when he left for rival WFLA-TV. He anchored the evening sportscasts until the late 1990s. Crippen now works in community development and as senior advisor for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball team. - Rusty Tillman
Russell Arthur Tillman was an American football player who played linebacker in the NFL for the Washington Redskins from 1970 to 1977. Tillman was nicknamed “The King” for his special teams mastery. He played seven different special teams positions and served as special teams captain from 1974 to 1977. He was a member of Washington’s 1972 NFC Championship squad. - Nick Sakiewicz
Nick Sakiewicz (born January 14, 1961) is the president of AEG Soccer New York/New Jersey. Sakiewicz became the General Manager of the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer in 1996, and was named MLS Executive of the Year in 1999. On the heels of that success, he was hired to replace Charlie Stillitano as the MetroStars' general manager, and was promptly named MLS Executive of the Year in 2000 as well. - Bob Lassiter
Bob Lassiter, also known as "Mad Dog," was a controversial and highly influential American radio talk show host in the 1980s and '90s. He worked in several markets but is best known for his long stint in the Tampa Bay area. - Tracy Williams
Tracy Williams is an American singer who belongs to UC3, an all female trio from Tampa Bay, Florida. She has performed throughout the U.S. and overseas in several countries with UC3. The overseas touring was for U.S. military personnel. Prior to joining UC3, she was part of the all girl group PYT (Pretty Young Things), which she joined at age 12. In 2000 the four member group released the album "Down with Me" on the Epic Records label. - Roy Leep
Roy Leep was a longtime meteorologist with television station WTVT in Tampa, Florida. He graduated with a degree in meteorology from Florida State University in the mid 1950s. Leep joined WTVT's weather department in August 1957, was granted the seal of approval (#10) from the American Meteorological Society in 1958, became the chief meteorologist for the station in 1959 and retired in 1997. - Don Collins
Donald (Don) Collins (born November 28 1958, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. Collins was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round (18th pick) of the 1980 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. Collins played in 303 NBA games for four teams over six seasons, averaging just under 10 points per game for his career. - Laurence Higgins
Monsignor Laurence Higgins is the pastor of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida uner the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg. He is an influential member of the Tampa Bay community, involved in politics, humanitarian efforts, and commerce. Monsignor Higgins was born in Derry, Northern Ireland and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1953. He was then transferred to the then broad Florida Diocese of St. Augustine where he worked in Miami, … - Beasley Reece
Beasley Reece (born March 18, 1954 in Waco, Texas) was a defensive back with a 9 year NFL career from 1976 to 1984. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after attending college at North Texas State University. After his retirement from playing Reece worked as a color commentator for NBC and CBS's NFL coverage and served as an analyst for the 1992 Summer Olympics for NBC. - Eddie Firmani
Eddie Firmani was a South African-born football (soccer) centre-forward with Italian ancestry which earned him caps for Italy, who in three spells at Charlton Athletic made 177 appearances and scored 89 goals. Firmani moved to Sampdoria in 1955 for a then British record £35,000. Firmani also played for Internazionale, Genoa and Southend United before managing Charlton, Tampa Bay, New York Cosmos, Montreal Manic, and the MetroStars. - Oba Chandler
Oba Chandler is a convicted murderer currently on death row in Florida for the murders of a woman and her two daughters. Chandler, an aluminum building contractor, was convicted of killing 36-year-old Joan ("Jo") Rogers, and her daughters, Michelle (17) and Christe (14), on June 1, 1989. They were on a Florida vacation; it was the first time they had left the state of Ohio and their family farm. Authorities believe the women became lost and encountered Chandler, … - Kidd Kraddick
Kidd Kraddick was born David Cradick in Napoleon, Ohio, USA. He moved with his family to Florida at a young age and began his radio career at the age of 18 in the Tampa Bay Area on the legendary Q105 which featured the original "Zoo" format. Kraddick is a popular radio personality based in Dallas, Texas that hosts the nationally syndicated radio show, "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning". He is married to Carol Cradick, and they have a daughter, Caroline. - Ray Oliver
Ray Oliver, a 22-year veteran in pro and college sports, is in his third season as Bengals assistant strength and conditioning coach. In 2004, Oliver became an integral part of a program that has been considered a major factor in the team’s marked improvement. The program has provided a noticeable upgrade in structure and technology for Bengals players, including an offseason regimen that is considerably more detailed than it was in previous years. - Mike Tomlin
Mike Tomlin (born March 15, 1972 in Hampton, Virginia), is the head coach of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. Prior to being named the Steelers' head coach, Tomlin served the 2006 season as the Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator. Tomlin was a college assistant for six seasons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defensive backs coach from 2001 through 2005. - Randy Constan
Randy Constan is a Peter Pan impersonator who posted his cosplay pictures on an Internet website in 2001 in what he stated was an attempt to find a girlfriend. The website became a widely-circulated internet meme, and in 2001 Constan's website, pixyland.org (aka Peter Pan's Home Page) won a Webby Award in the "weird" category. Constan also made numerous television appearances (always wearing the costume), … - Gridlok
Ryan Powell, also known as Gridlok, is an American drum and bass producer and DJ. - Danielle White
Danielle Marie White (born February 2, 1992 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer who was raised in Bradenton, Florida. In 2003, White appeared on the reality television series "American Juniors" and won the opportunity to become a member of the pop group of the same name. After the group disbanded, White went on her own. She has yet to release an album of her own as she wanted to go back to living a normal life, … - Kaci
Kaci Lyn Battaglia (born in October 3 1987 in Tampa Bay, Florida), also known as Kaci, is a singer, dancer and occasional actress. - Rob Weingarten
Rob Weingarten is a veteran sports talk radio programmer and talk show host. He is currently the Program Director of KFNS-AM radio in St. Louis, Missouri. He has served in that position since 2004. Rob's sports radio involvement began in 1990 as a part time board operator and producer at WFAN-AM in New York. He left WFAN in 1992 to take a full time position with WTEM-AM in Washington, D.C.. Within three months of the inception of WTEM, … - Mike Holmgren
Mike Holmgren is the head coach of the NFL 's Seattle Seahawks and was a Super Bowl winner as head coach of the Green Bay Packers . Holgren is scheduled to step down as the Seahawks coach at the conclusion of the 2008 season. ... Mike Holmgren coached at the high school level at various high schools in the San Jose, California area. He then moved on from San Jose to coach the at San Francisco State University. - Agim Kaba
Agim Kaba (born February 16 1980, New York) is an American actor and film producer. He attended St. Johns University majoring in Fine Arts and a minor in Liberal Arts. He moved with his family to Tampa Bay, Florida. He also enrolled in the University of Central Florida Drama and Liberal Arts Programme before returning to New York to pursue acting. - David Ward-Steinman
David Ward-Steinman (born November 6, 1936) is an American composer and music professor. Ward-Steinman studied at Florida State University and the University of Illinois, where he received the Kinley Memorial Fellowship for foreign study. After receiving his doctorate, he was a fellow at Princeton University from 1970. His teachers included John Boda, Burrill Phillips, Darius Milhaud (at Aspen, Colorado), Milton Babbitt (at Tanglewood) and Nadia Boulanger. - Courtney W. Campbell
Courtney Warren Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, Campbell was educated in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. During the First World War served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Missouri and Florida in 1924 and practiced in Tampa, Florida from 1924 to 1928. Farmer, citrus grower, banker, and land developer. - John M. Brooke
John Mercer Brooke (1826-1906) was a US Navy officer. He was born at Tampa Bay, Florida, on 18 December 1826. He became a lieutenant in 1855. An an expert in maritime surveys, he participated in exploratory missions in the Pacific. He had a role in the counseling and instruction of officers of the nascent Japanese Navy. In Japan, he was a technical adviser aboard the Japanese steamer "Kanrin Maru", and he helped sail the ship to the United States in February 1860. - Sebastião Miranda da Silva
Sebastião Miranda da Silva, usually called "Mirandinha" is a former Brazilian footballer who was included in the 1974 FIFA World Cup squad of the Brazil national football team. He played for São Paulo. - Terence Fulham
Terence Fulham (born Liverpool, England, November 1, 1967) is a Traditionalist Catholic bishop from Spring Hill, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. Fulham was born in Liverpool, England and grew up Anglican. He converted to Catholicism while at university, and then entered the seminary of the Society of Saint Pius X in Winona, Minnesota. He left in 1993 as a sedevacantist and was ordained a priest of the CMRI in 1996. However, in 1998, he abandoned sedevacantism. - Tampa Bay
hey there. this is the tampa bay devil rays and we are a good team. all you losers who make fun of our team and think we have no chance at the championship are wrong. you guys are just jealous because we have the best prospects in baeball. delmon young and bj upton are number 2 and 3 in baseball americas top 100. all you d-ray fans holla at us! oh and we need money so come to our games.
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