| Famous Floridians
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Julian Cannonball Adderley,
jazz saxophonist, Tampa
Wally Amos, founder of "Famous
Amos" cookie brand, Tallahassee
Gary U.S. Bonds, singer, Jacksonville
Pat Boone, singer, Jacksonville
Wayne Brady, comedian, Orlando
Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer, Miami
Steve Carlton, baseball player, Miami
George Clinton, musician, Tallahassee
Merian C. Cooper, film director, Jacksonville
Paul Dirac, Nobel Prize-winning physicist,
Tallahassee
Howie Dorough, singer, Orlando
Fay Dunaway, actress, Bascom
Stepin Fetchit, comedian, Key
West
Henry M. Flagler, railroad and real
estate developer
William France, founder of NASCAR,
Daytona
Jackie Gleason, actor/comedian, Miami Beach
Dwight Gooden, baseball player, Tampa
Zora Neale Hurston, writer, Eatonville
James Weldon Johnson, author,
educator, Jacksonville
John Rosamond Johnson, composer,
Jacksonville
Frances Langford, singer, Lakeland
A.J. McLean, singer, West Palm
Beach
Ray Mercer, professional boxer,
Jacksonville
Jim Morrison, singer, Melbourne
Osceola, Seminole leader
Sidney Poitier, actor, Miami
A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Crescent
City
Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, Miami
Burt Reynolds, actor, Tallahassee
David Robinson, basketball player, Key West
Wesley Snipes, actor, Orlando
Joseph W. Stilwell, army general, Palatka
Don Sutton, baseball player, Pensacola
Norman E. Thagard, astronaut
Ben Vereen, actor, Miami
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