This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of St. Petersburg, Florida, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Sports

Kurt Abbott (b. 1969), Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop for the Oakland Athletics Rodney Adams (b. 1994), National Football League (NFL) player Jack Albright (1921–1991), MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies Mike Alstott (b. 1973), NFL football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ricky Anderson (b. 1963), All-American football player Rolando Arrojo (b. 1965), MLB pitcher; one of first free agents signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lynn Barry (b. 1959), basketball player with Women's National Basketball Association Bo Bichette (b. 1998), Major League Baseball player Chaim Bloom (b. 1983), senior vice president of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays Murle Breer (b. 1939), professional golfer, U.S. Women's Open champion Sebastien Bourdais (b. 1979), French professional racing driver Joe Buck (b. 1969), Fox Sports announcer Chad Burt (b. 1988), soccer player and coach Danielle Collins (b. 1993), professional tennis player Jeff D'Amico (b. 1975), MLB pitcher Andrew Friedman (b. 1976), MLB general manager Ernest Givins (b. 1964), NFL football player Dwight Gooden (b. 1964), MLB pitcher 1984–2000, 4-time All-Star Colton Gordon (b. 1998), MLB pitcher for Milwaukee Brewers Shaquill Griffin (b. 1995), NFL player Shaquem Griffin (b. 1995), NFL player Nicole Haislett (b. 1972), Olympic gold medalist in swimming Jack Hardy (b. 1959), MLB pitcher Barry Horowitz (b. 1959), amateur wrestler, professional wrestler Charles Horton (b. ), football player* Nikita Johnson (b. 2008), racing driver Bobby Kline (1929–2021), MLB shortstop for Washington Senators Casey Kotchman (b. 1983), MLB first baseman Ben Kozlowski (b. 1980), MLB pitcher Jeff Lacy (b. 1977), professional boxer Max Lanier (1915–2007), MLB pitcher, St. Louis CardinalsMax Lanier at SABR Baseball Biography Project Ron LeFlore (b. 1948), MLB outfielder, Detroit Tigers Gordon Mackenzie (1937–2014), MLB player, minor league manager Zac MacMath (b. 1991), goalkeeper in Major League Soccer Kevin Marion (b. 1984), former professional American and Canadian football player Kaylan Marckese (b. 1998), soccer player for Arsenal Nick Masset (b. 1982), MLB pitcher Mark Mendelblatt (b. 1973), yachtsman, silver medalist at 1999 Pan American Games and 2004 Laser World Championships Betsy Nagelsen (b. 1956), professional tennis player Johnny Nee (1890–1957), baseball scout Janet Newberry (b. 1953), professional tennis player, US team and Boston Lobsters Dan O'Brien (b. 1954), MLB pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals Nate Oliver (b. 1940), MLB second baseman Ron Plaza (1934–2012), MLB player and minor league manager George Smith (1937–1987), MLB second baseman Roy Smith (b. 1976), MLB pitcher Speedy Smith (b. 1993), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Marreese Speights (b. 1987), basketball player for NCAA champion Florida and NBA champion Golden State Warriors Pat Terrell (b. 1968), professional NFL player Doug Waechter (b. 1981), MLB pitcher Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011) Frank Wren (b. 1958), MLB general manager Winky Wright (b. 1971), professional boxer Jerry Wunsch (b. 1974), professional football player Isaiah Wynn (b. 1995), professional NFL player Emilio Ycaza (b. 1997), soccer player

Movies, television, other media

Angela Bassett (b. 1958), actress Eugenie Bondurant, actress Megan Fox, actress and model Michael France (1962–2013), screenwriter Chris Fuller (b. 1982), filmmaker Kip Kedersha (b. 1957), creator of YouTube channel Kipkay, YouTuber, internet celebrity Bert Kreischer (b. 1972), stand-up comedian, podcaster, reality television host and actor Dennis Lehane (b. 1965), author Will Packer (b. 1974), film producer Justin Hires (b. 1985), actor Pearl (b. ), drag queen, runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race season 7 Rhonda Shear (b. 1954), actress and entrepreneur Martin Sherman (b. 1971), actor Sean Waltman (b. 1972), professional wrestler, ring names "1–2–3 Kid" and "X-Pac" Patrick Wilson (b. 1973), actor

Music, the arts

Edel Alvarez Galban (b. 1967), painter David Budd (1927–1991), abstract painter Exene Cervenka (b. 1956), singer Al Downing (1916–2000), jazz musician, member of Tuskegee Airmen John King (1953–2009), ukulelist Todd La Torre (b. 1974), lead singer for progressive metal band Queensrÿche Michael Lynche (b. 1983), singer Mary Ellen Moylan (1925–2020), ballet dancer Iron Mike Norton (b. 1973), swamp stomp recording artist and slide guitarist Antonio Permuy, art patron, curator, art critic Babs Reingold (b. ), interdisciplinary artist Rod Wave (b. 1998), rapper

Writers

Charles B. Dew (b. 1937), historian Michele Elliott (b. 1946), author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape Thomas French (b. 1958), journalist Bob Devin Jones, playwright, director Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), leading figure of the Beat Generation Terrence McNally (1938–2020), dramatist Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Nobel laureate, writer, political activist, author of Night, about his experience in concentration camps in 1944–1945; taught at Eckerd College during the winter term Ernest Vincent Wright (1872–1939), author of Gadsby, a 50,000-word lipogram

Politics

Charlie Crist (b. 1956), former U.S. representative and governor of Florida Bill Heller (1935–2020), member of the Florida House of Representatives and dean of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Education Zeola Hershey Misener (1878–1966), suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly Al Lang (1870–1960), businessman and politician credited with bringing baseball spring training to St. Petersburg; amesake of Al Lang Stadium Anna Paulina Luna (b. 1989), U.S. representativehttps://floridapolitics.com/archives/740065-house-democrats-label-anna-paulina-luna-as-floridas-most-vulnerable-republican/ Anastase Andreivitch Vonsiatsky (1898–1965), Russian fascist leader in exile Omali Yeshitela (b. 1941), African internationalist, founder of the Uhuru Movement and chair of the African People's Socialist Party Bill Young (1930–2013), U.S. representative

Miscellaneous

Tony Ables (b. 1954), serial killer and robber Paul Bilzerian (b. 1950), financier convicted of securities fraud Peter Demens (1850–1919), Russian nobleman and businessman Jarvis Hunt (1863–1941), architect Joe S. Lawrie (1916–2009), U.S. Army major general Brett James McMullen (b. 1961), United States Air Force general officer Ray Robson (b. 1994), young chess master James A. Ryan (1867–1956), U.S. Army brigadier general Jimmy Wales (b. 1966), Wikipedia co-founder John Constantine Williams Sr. (d. 1892), businessman and co-founder of St. Petersburg

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