List of people from Orlando, Florida
This is a list of notable people natives and residents of Orlando, Florida:
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- AK1200 – musician/record producer
- Casey Anthony – notable criminal suspect
- Lance Bass – singer, former member of boy band 'N Sync
- Kerlin Blaise - NFL player
- Wayne Brady – actor, singer, comedian, and television personality[citation needed]
- Delta Burke – television and film actress[citation needed]
- Carrot Top – comedian[citation needed]
- Talia Castellano – 13-year-old Youtuber who died from cancer in 2013
- Johnny Damon – professional baseball player [1]
- Juan Debiedma - professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player
- Howie Dorough - member of the Backstreet Boys
- Buddy Dyer – mayor of Orlando
- Charles McArther Emmanuel – son of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor[2][3]
- Joey Fatone – singer and former member of boy band 'N Sync
- Zack Greinke – professional baseball player [4]
- Sally Hogshead - author and professional speaker[5]
- Glenda Hood – former mayor of Orlando
- Rod Houison – musician, producer, and sound engineer
- Brian Kendrick – professional wrestler[citation needed]
- Jack Kerouac – author, poet and painter
- Chad Kessler - All-American football player
- Michael Lockley – professional football player
- Audrey Long - actress
- Charlotte McKinney - model and actress
- A.J. McLean - member of the Backstreet Boys
- Jan Mulder – pianist, composer, and conductor
- Marshall Warren Nirenberg – Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and geneticist
- Sean O'Neal - actor
- Robert Pierre – Christian singer/songwriter
- A.J. Pierzynski – professional baseball player [6]
- Dot Richardson - softball Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer
- Tyra Sanchez – drag performer, winner of the second season of series RuPaul's Drag Race
- Warren Sapp – former professional football player[7]
- Chuck Schuldiner – "Godfather of death metal", frontman of band Death
- Derrick Sharp – American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Sleeping with Sirens – rock band
- Rob Smith, Jr. – cartoonist
- Wesley Snipes – film actor and producer
- Miriam Stockley – South African-born British singer
- Amare Stoudamire- professional basketball player
- There For Tomorrow – rock band
- Daniel Tosh – comedian, host of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central
- Trivium - heavy metal band
- Chris Warren - professional basketball player[8]
- John Watts Young – astronaut
References
- ^ "Johnny Damon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Ex-prisoner: Taylor's son laughed at torture." CNN. September 30, 2008.
- ^ Weimar, Carrie. "Liberian torture case traces back to Orlando." St. Petersburg Times. February 6, 2007.
- ^ "Zack Greinke Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ Gordon, Mark. "Mesmerizing Appeal". Entrepreneurs. Business Observer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "A.J. Pierzynski Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Warren Carlos Sapp". databaseFootbal.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Chris Warren". The Official Site of the Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved December 10, 2012.