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The following people were born, or live in, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Sports figures

Hélio Castroneves, 2001, 2002 and 2009 Indy 500 Champion^[1]
Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2014 Indy 500 Champion^[2]
Sean Murphy^[3]
Joseph Safina^[4]

IFBB bodybuilding:

Dayana Cadeau^[16]

NFL football:

Chris Evert^[29]
Robby Ginepri^[30]
Harold Solomon (born 1952), tennis player ranked No. 5 in the world in 1980

Wrestling:

Lita^[31]

Actors and models

Kaitlyn Ashley, pornographic actor^[32]
Pat Barrington, actress, exotic dancer^[33]
Angel Boris, actor, Playboy model^[34]
Ricou Browning, director, actor, producer, screenwriter, underwater cinematographer and stuntman^[35]
Mary Carey, pornographic actress, politician^[36]
Sofia Carson, actress, singer
Tiffany Fallon, Playboy model^[37]

Catherine Hickland, television actor^[38]
Bailee Madison, actor^[39]
Leslie Nielsen, actor, comedian
Paige O'Hara, stage actress, singer^[40]
Matthew Rush, pornographic actor^[41]
Niki Taylor, model^[42]
David Winters, actor, dancer, choreographer, producer, film distributor, director and screenwriter

Musicians

David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, singer and actor from the Partridge Family, died there.
David L. Cook, Christian singer, comedian, The Cook Family Singers musician^[43]
Guitar Nubbit, blues musician^[44]
Marilyn Manson, musician^[45]
Dude Mowrey, country music artist^[46]
Nonpoint, musical group^[47]
Jaco Pastorius, influential jazz bassist^[48]
Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz), former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson^[49]
Puya, rock band^[50]
Reggie Sears, R&B/soul artist, former child prodigy blues guitarist^[51]
Archie Shepp, free jazz saxophonist^[52]
Nadine Sierra, opera singer^[53]
Ski Mask the Slump God (Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne), rapper
xxxtentacion Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, rapper

Other notable people

Edward Buchanan, former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives^[54]
James A. "Jimmie" Dallas, Sr., educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader^[55]
Fred DeLuca, founder and CEO of Subway^[56]
Arnold Denker, Chess Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946^[57]
Eddie Egan, detective and actor^[58]
Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer^[59]
Brian Patrick Flynn, interior designer
Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO; philanthropist^[60]
Wayne Huizenga, business/civic leader^[61]
Travis Jeppesen, author^[62]
D. James Kennedy, televangelist, author^[63]
Chesley V. Morton, businessman, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Fan Noli, Albanian scholar and politician^[64]
James Randi, magician, skeptic, and author^[65]
Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative and former Governor of South Carolina
Theodore Swinarski, Illinois state legislator^[66]
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's^[67]

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