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Wallace Amos (1936 - )
Founder of Famous Amos Chocolate
Chip Cookie Corporation; born in
Tallahassee.
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Fernando Bujones (1955 - )
Praised as one of the finest male
ballet dancers of the 20th century;
born in Miami.
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Steve "Lefty" Carlton (1944
- ) Baseball player, born in Miami.
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Jacqueline Cochran (1910 -
1980) Pilot who organized women
pilots during World War II; born in
Pensacola. |
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Gloria Estefan (1957 - )
Cuban singer and songwriter; raised
in Miami.
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Dwight
Gooden (1964 - ) Baseball
pitcher, born in Tampa.
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Harry T. Moore (1905 -
1951) 1930-40's Civil Rights worker;
born in Houston.
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Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
Famous rock singer and leader of The
Doors; born in Melbourne.
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Osceola (c. 1804 - 1838)
Seminole Indian leader.
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Sidney Poitier (1927
- ) First African-American actor to
win an Oscar, which he won for the
movie "Lilies of the Fields;" Born
in Miami.
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A. Philip Randolph (1889 -
1979) Labor leader; born in Crescent
City.
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Janet Reno (1938 - ) First
woman Attorney General of the United
States of America; born in Miami.
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Burt Reynolds (1936 - )
Actor made famous in films like
Hustle and Smokey and the
Bandit; owns ranch in Jupiter.
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Charles Ringling (1864 -
1926) and
John Ringling (1866 - 1936)
Co-founders of Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus, were born in
the late 1100%s.
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David Robinson (1965 - )
Basketball player for the San
Antonio Spurs; born in Key West.
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Julian Cannonball Adderley
jazz saxophonist, Tampa
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Pat Boone singer,
Jacksonville
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Howie Dorough singer,
Orlando
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Fay Dunaway actress,
Bascom
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Stepin Fetchit comedian,
Key West
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Zora Neale Hurston
writer, Eatonville
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James Weldon Johnson
author, educator, Jacksonville
|
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Frances Langford singer,
Lakeland
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A. J. McLean singer,
West Palm Beach
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Butterfly McQueen
actress, Tampa
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Joseph W. Stilwell army
general, Palatka
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Don Sutton baseball
player, Pensacola
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Norman E. Thargard
astronaut
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Ben Vereen actor,
Miami |