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	Wallace Amos (1936 - ) Founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Corporation; born in Tallahassee.
	Fernando Bujones (1955 - ) Praised as one of the finest male ballet dancers of the 20th century; born in Miami.
	Steve "Lefty" Carlton (1944 - ) Baseball player, born in Miami.
	Jacqueline Cochran (1910 - 1980) Pilot who organized women pilots during World War II; born in Pensacola.
	Gloria Estefan (1957 - ) Cuban singer and songwriter; raised in Miami.
	Dwight Gooden (1964 - ) Baseball pitcher, born in Tampa.
	Harry T. Moore (1905 - 1951) 1930-40's Civil Rights worker; born in Houston.
	Jim Morrison (1943-1971) Famous rock singer and leader of The Doors; born in Melbourne.
	Osceola (c. 1804 - 1838) Seminole Indian leader.
	Sidney Poitier (1927 - ) First African-American actor to win an Oscar, which he won for the movie "Lilies of the Fields;" Born in Miami.
	A. Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) Labor leader; born in Crescent City.
	Janet Reno (1938 - ) First woman Attorney General of the United States of America; born in Miami.
	Burt Reynolds (1936 - ) Actor made famous in films like Hustle and Smokey and the Bandit; owns ranch in Jupiter.
	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.
	David Robinson (1965 - ) Basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs; born in Key West.

More Famous Floridians:

	Julian Cannonball Adderley jazz saxophonist, Tampa
	Pat Boone singer, Jacksonville
	Howie Dorough singer, Orlando
	Fay Dunaway actress, Bascom
	Stepin Fetchit comedian, Key West
	Zora Neale Hurston writer, Eatonville
	James Weldon Johnson author, educator, Jacksonville
	Frances Langford singer, Lakeland
	A. J. McLean singer, West Palm Beach
	Butterfly McQueen actress, Tampa
	Joseph W. Stilwell army general, Palatka
	Don Sutton baseball player, Pensacola
	Norman E. Thargard astronaut
	Ben Vereen actor, Miami

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