- Alex Sink
Adelaide "Alex" Sink is Chief Financial Officer of Florida. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sink is a former president of the Florida Banking Division of NationsBank (now Bank of America). She was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles to the Commission on Government Accountability to the People, and also served on Governor Chiles’ Commission on Education. - Michael Chiarello
Michael Chiarello (born January 26, 1962 in Red Bluff, California, USA) is an American celebrity chef specializing in Italian-influenced California cuisine. He hosts the cooking show, "Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello", on the Food Network and hosts "NapaStyle" on the Fine Living Network. Chiraello owns a winery, Chiarello Family Vineyards, and NapaStyle, a purveyor of food, cookware, and furniture. - Ray Charles
Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson, a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of "60 Minutes" called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem - a classic, … - William H. Macy
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo". He is also a teacher and director in theatre, film and television. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". - Peggy Quince
Peggy A. Quince (born 1948) has been a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court since 1999. She is the first African-American woman to sit on the state's highest Court and the third female Justice. From 1993 to 1997 she served as a judge on Florida's Second District Court of Appeal. Quince is the only Supreme Court Justice in Florida history to be appointed simultaneously by more than one Governor. Because her term began the exact moment that in-coming Gov. - Richard Stone
Richard Bernard Stone (born September 22, 1928) was a Democratic United States Senator from Florida and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark. - Wilson Betemit
Wilson Betemit pronounced Bet-uh-MEET (born November 2, 1981 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Betemit is a 1996 graduate of Juan Bautista Safra High School where he played baseball. He was signed as an undrafted free agent short stop by the Atlanta Braves on July 28 1996. He began his professional career in 1997 with the Gulf Coast Braves. - Howie Kendrick
Howard Joseph (Howie) Kendrick (born July 12, 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed. Kendrick Attended West Nassau High School where he played baseball. Kendrick graduated from St. Johns River Community College. In 2006 he was rated as the 12th best minor league prospect by "Baseball America". - Mike Papantonio
James Michael Papantonio (born October 24, 1953), popularly known as Mike Papantonio, is an American attorney and radio talk show host. A prominent trial lawyer, he co-hosts "Ring of Fire", a national-syndicated weekly program on Air America Radio, with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a fellow attorney. Papantonio graduated from the University of Florida and received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law. - Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Bosch, named after the Dutch painter of the same name, is the protagonist of a series of Connelly's novels. The character is an LAPD detective. "The Black Echo", the first book featuring Bosch, won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best First Novel of 1992. - Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497 –May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Born in the Extremadura region of Spain, he participated, in his late teens, in the conquest of Central America at the side of Governor Pedrarias Dávila. He joined Francisco Pizarro in the early 1530's conquest of South America, and he became enormously wealthy from his share of the Incan booty. In 1539, De Soto launched the largest of the early Spanish colonial expeditions. - Paul Jennings Hill
Paul Jennings Hill was an anti-abortion activist and a terrorist connected to the Army of God, who was convicted of the murders of physician John Britton and his clinic escort, James Barrett, outside a Pensacola, Florida abortion clinic on July 29, 1994. In addition to the two murders, Hill seriously wounded Barrett's wife. Sentenced to the death penalty under Florida law, Hill died by lethal injection, … - Vincent Salafia
Vincent Salafia is an Irish national who studied law in Florida. Salafia took legal action, in a personal capacity, against Mr.Dick Roche, Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government; the Attorney General of Ireland; Meath County Council; and the National Roads Authority over the M3 motorway and the Hill of Tara, seat of the ancient High Kings of Ireland. Salafia lost and faced a legal bill of €600,000. - Thom Gunn
Thom Gunn (29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American poet. - Michelle Akers
Michelle Akers (born February 1, 1966 in Santa Clara, California) was a leading American soccer player and played on the historic 1999 Women's World Cup victory by the U.S.. She is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Akers was a three-time All-American from Shorecrest High School in Seattle. Akers then attended the University of Central Florida where she was a four-time All-American, was Central Florida's Athlete of the Year in 1988-89, … - Ike Hilliard
Isaac Jason Hilliard (born April 5, 1976 in Patterson, Louisiana) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was selected seventh overall in the 1997 NFL Draft by the New York Giants out of the University of Florida. During his college career, Hilliard made the College Football All-America Team in 1996 and finished his career at Florida with 126 receptions for 2,214 yards and 26 touchdowns. - Edward A. Perry
Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15 1831 - October 15 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth governor of Florida. Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Perry moved to Greenville, Alabama in 1853, after briefly attending Yale University. In Alabama, he taught and studied law with Hillary Herbert (who was a hero at Gettysburg and Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland). - Randall Terry
Randall A. Terry is an American political and conservative religious activist and musician. He founded the pro-life organization Operation Rescue in 1987 and led the group for its first 10 years. He has been arrested over 40 times for his anti-abortion activities. In 2003, he founded the Society for Truth and Justice and he conducted a program called Operation Witness. Terry was the spokesman for the Schindler family in the Terri Schiavo case. - Ernie Sims
Ernie Sims III (born December 23, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) is an American football player for the Detroit Lions, who played outside linebacker for the Florida State University Seminoles. His father Ernie Sims Jr., played football under head coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State in 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981. His mother, Alice Sims, formerly Alice Bennett, was an All-American sprinter on the Florida State track and field team from 1980 through 1983. - Elaine Viets
Elaine Viets is an Midwestern American newspaperwoman, and mystery writer. A native of the working-class white southside of St. Louis, Missouri, the statuesqe (almost two meters) Viets became a long-time popular media figure in St. Louis. She was a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 25 years, her columns focussing mostly on local issues and human-interest fare. She also hosted the local light-news television program, "Viets Beat", … - Rickie Weeks
Rickie Weeks (born September 13, 1982 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a professional baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers. Weeks is a second baseman who bats and throws right-handed. A potential five-tool player, Weeks was considered a top prospect throughout college and minor league baseball. He has shown promise in four of the five tools: speed, power, average, and throwing arm. Although Weeks has not yet shown he can consistently field his position well, … - Jack C. Haldeman II
Jack Carroll "Jay" Haldeman II (December 18, 1941 - January 1, 2002) was an American biologist and science-fiction writer. He was the older brother of SF writer Joe Haldeman. - Brad Bridgewater
Brad Michael Bridgewater (born March 29, 1973) is an American swimmer, who won the gold medal in men's 200 meter backstroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Bridgewater attended Lake Mary High School in Central Florida, and was coached by 1972 Olympic gold medalist Fred Tyler. In college, he swam for the University of Texas Longhorns from 1992 to 1994, then transferred to USC. - Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1813 - November 9, 1873) was a United States politician and the Confederate Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War. Mallory was considered one of President Jefferson Davis's ablest Cabinet officers. He was the father of Stephen Russell Mallory, a U.S. Representative and Senator from Florida. - Jalin Wood
Jalin Wood (b. June 1 1981) is a beauty queen from Waynesboro, Mississippi, who has competed in the Miss America pageant and competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Wood won the Miss Mississippi title in a state pageant held June 23-26, 2004 at the Vicksburg Convention Center, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was her second attempt at the title, as she placed fourth runner-up the previous year. - Dick Anderson
Richard Paul Anderson (born February 10, 1946 in Midland, Michigan) is a former American Football defensive back for the American Football League's and NFL's Miami Dolphins, where he played for his entire ten year career from 1968 to 1977 missing two of those seasons with a major knee injury. Anderson played college football at the University of Colorado in which he was named an All-American in his senior season and set a school record with 14 career interceptions. - Pius Cheung
Pius Cheung (born 1982) is a marimbist and composer. - Charles Manigault Morris
Charles Manigault Morris (7 May 1820 - 22 March 1895) was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. He was a descendant of Lewis Morris{Great Grandsonand was also a descendant of Ralph Izard(Great Grandson}. Morris was born in South Carolina, entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in December 1837. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1851 and resigned his commission in January 1861. - Yusmeiro Petit
Yusmeiro Alberto Petit (born November 22, 1984 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a rookie starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Petit bats and throws right handed. He made his debut on May 14, 2006. Petit ranked second in the New York Mets top-10 prospects list behind Lastings Milledge, according "Baseball America". He came to Florida along with first baseman Mike Jacobs, infielder Grant Psomas and cash, … - Charles Peter McColough
Charles Peter Philip Paul McColough (August 1 1922 - December 13 2006) was a former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at the Xerox Corporation. He retired in the late 1980s, after serving over 25 years as CEO. Aside from building Xerox to the corporate empire it is today, McColough was Chairman of United Way of America, and served on the Board of Trustees at New York Stock Exchange, Bank of New York, Wachovia, Citibank, and Union Carbide Corporation. - Marina Harrison
Marina Harrison is a former beauty queen from Maryland who was the first woman to represent that state at both Miss USA and Miss America. Harrison was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, grew up as a military brat, living in locations all around the United States. - Ericka Dunlap
Ericka Dunlap (born February 17, 1981) was Miss America 2004, and was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida. A native of Orlando, Dunlap attended the University of Central Florida and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority when she was crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap succeeded Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, and was followed by Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs. She is currently pursuing a career in country music. - Keiwan Ratliff
Keiwan Jevar Ratliff (born April 19, 1981 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American football cornerback and punt returner for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. He attended the University of Florida. During his time with Gators, he set a school record for punt return yards (860), interceptions in a season (9), and interceptions in a single game (3). In 2003, he made made the College Football All-America Team and won SEC defensive player of the year honors. - Liz Balmaseda
Liz Balmaseda (born January 17, 1959) is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who writes for the "Miami Herald". Balmaseda was born in Puerto Padre, Cuba amidst the Cuban Revolution. Her family emigrated to the United States, and she grew up in Miami, Florida. She received an associate's degree from Miami-Dade Community College, and then a bachelor's degree from Florida International University in communications in 1981. - Jeff Lindsay
Jeff Lindsay is the pen name of an American crime writer, Jeffry P. Freundlich, (born on July 14, 1952), who lives in south Florida with his wife, author Hilary Hemingway, daughter of Leicester Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's brother. Lindsay is best known for writing the "Dexter" series of novels. Many of his earlier published works include his wife as a co-author. "Time Blender" was written with Michael Dorn. - Harry Crews
Harry Crews (b. June 7, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He was born in Bacon County, Georgia in 1935 and served in the Marines during the Korean War. He attended the University of Florida on the GI Bill, but dropped out to travel. Eventually returning to the university, Harry finally graduated and moved his wife, Sally, and son, Patrick Scott, to Jacksonville where Harry taught Junior High English for a year. - Harrison Reed
Harrison Reed (1813-1899) was the ninth governor of Florida. Born in Littleton, Massachusetts on August 26, 1813, Reed moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1836. He was an early owner and editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from December 1837 until May 1842 and later co-founded the Madison State Journal in Madison. He married Amanda Anna Louisa Turner on August 12, 1841, in Milwaukee. Together, they helped settle the towns of Neenah and Menasha. - Marilyn Meseke
Marilyn Meseke (also known as Marilyn Hume-Rogers has the distinction of being twice crowned Miss Ohio (1931 and 1938) and Miss America in 1938. Meseke was christened Mary Ellen Spurrier in 1917, near Lima, Ohio. While still an infant, her mother surrendered custody to her maternal grandmother. Following her adoption, Mary Ellen was renamed Marilyn, … - Charles H. Percy
Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy was chairman of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964 and Republican United States Senator for Illinois from 1967 to 1985. - Jenna Edwards
Jenna Edwards (born July 29, 1981) is a beauty queen from Brandon, Mississippi who has held the titles Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA. Edwards represented Florida at the Miss America 2005 pageant and the Miss USA 2007 pageant. Edwards grew up in Clinton, Mississippi and graduated from Central Hinds Academy in 1999. After spending two years at Mississippi College, she transferred to the University of Miami, …
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