This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Bradenton, Florida.

Athletics Hank Aaron (1934–2021) – Major League Baseball (MLB) player and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum inductee Freddy Adu (b. 1989) – soccer player Hugo Armando (b. 1978) – tennis player Sekou Bangoura (b. 1991) – tennis player Bob Barron (1928–1991) – NASCAR Cup Series driverRobert Frank Barron in the Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877–1998 Waite Bellamy (b. 1940) – Eastern Professional Basketball League player Chase Brown (b. 2000) – National Football League (NFL) player Sydney Brown (b. 2000) – NFL player An Byeong-hun (b. 1991) – PGA Tour golfer Sandra Cacic (b. 1974) – tennis player Gene Clines (1946–2022) – MLB player Kimberly Couts (b. 1989) – tennis player Jordan Cox (b. 1992) – tennis player Ed Culpepper (1934–2021) – NFL player Tiffany Dabek (b. 1990) – tennis player and coach Taylor Dent (b. 1981) – tennis player Bill Doak (1891–1954) – MLB player Eric DuBose (b. 1975) – MLB player Brian Dunn (b. 1974) – tennis player Victoria Duval (b. 1995) – tennis player Tyler Dyson (b. 1997) – MLB player Zach Edey (b. 2002) – National Basketball Association (NBA) player Deshaun Fenwick (b. 1991) – NFL player Tommie Frazier (b. 1974) – Canadian Football League player and college football coach Colton Gordon (b. 1998) – MLB player Sammy Green (b. 1954) – NFL player Rod Harper (b. 1985) – NFL player Christian Harrison (b. 1994) – tennis player Jamea Jackson (b. 1986) – tennis player Hank Johnson (1906–1982) – MLB player Shang Juncheng (b. 2005) – tennis player Jessica Korda (b. 1993) – LPGA Tour golfer Nelly Korda (b. 1998) – LPGA Tour golfer Sebastian Korda (b. 2000) – tennis player Michaëlla Krajicek (b. 1989) – tennis player Rick Lamb (b. 1990) – PGA Tour golfer JC Latham (b. 2003) – NFL player Kelvin McKnight (b. 1997) – NFL player Adrian McPherson (b. 1983) – NFL player Ahmad Miller (b. 1978) – NFL player Shintaro Mochizuki (b. 2003) – tennis player Johnny Moore (1902–1991) – MLB player Jamie Moyer (b. 1962) – MLB player Naoki Nakagawa (b. 1996) – tennis player Sharrod Neasman (b. 1991) – NFL player Ingrid Neel (b. 1998) – tennis player Ryan Neuzil (b. 1997) – NFL player Whitney Osuigwe (b. 2002) – tennis player Brian Poole (b. 1992) – NFL player Maria Sharapova (b. 1987) – tennis player Satnam Singh (b. 1995) – NBA player and wrestler Myles Straw (b. 1994) – MLB player Sunitha Rao (b. 1985) – tennis player John Reeves (b. 1975) – NFL player Austin Reiter (b. 1991) – NFL player Patrik Rikl (b. 1999) – tennis player Clifford Rozier (1972–2018) – NBA player Ace Sanders (b. 1991) – NFL player Robby Stevenson (b. 1976) – NFL player Willie Taggart (b. 1976) – NFL player and coach Sarah Taylor (b. 1981) – tennis player Peter Warrick (b. 1997) – NFL player Fabian Washington (b. 1983) – NFL player Benny Williams (b. 2002) – college basketball player Todd Williams (b. 1978) – NFL player Tyrone Williams (b. 1973) – NFL player Mark Workman (1930–1983) former first overall pick in the 1952 NBA draft, by the Milwaukee Hawks, born in Logan, West Virginia

Arts & entertainment Chris Berry (b. 1960) – broadcaster Graeme Edge (1941–2021) – co-founder of The Moody Blues, drummer, songwriter, and poet Alfred Ellis (1941–2021) – member of The J.B.'s, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Teri Harrison (b. 1981) – model, actress, and Playboy Playmate Helen Jepson (1904–1997) – opera singer Al Klink (1915–1991) – saxophonist Charles Trippy (b. 1984) – bassist for We the Kings and YouTuber Sam Woolf (b. 1996) – singer-songwriter

Military, politics, & public service Jim Boyd (b. 1956) – Florida Senate majority leader George E. Martin (1902–1995) – US Army major general, lived in Bradenton during retirement Greg Steube (b. 1978) – U.S. representative

Other Anthony Rossi (1900–1993) – businessman and founder of Tropicana

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