List of people from Tallahassee, Florida

This is a list of notable people who were either born or raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the Tallahassee, Florida metropolitan area:

Academics, education, and research

• Konrad E. Bloch — Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, who helped learn about the functioning of cholesterol
• James M. Buchanan — winner of Nobel Prize in economics
• Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte — attorney, civil-rights activist, former Dean of the Florida State University Law School, former President of Florida State University, President of the American Bar Association and the American Judicature Society
• Fred Gainous - Former President of Florida A & M University from 2002 - 2004. Former Chancellor of the Alabama College System's Department of Postsecondary Education. Associate vice president of St. Petersburg College.
• Paul Dirac — Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose theories predicted antimatter
• Sylvia Earle — former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Neil Frank — former Director of the National Hurricane Center
• Sir Harold Kroto — Nobel Prize-winning chemist who helped discover fullerenes
• Max Mayfield — former Director of the National Hurricane Center
• Robert S. Mulliken — physicist and chemist who won both the Priestley Medal and the Nobel Prize
• X. William Proenza — former Director of the National Hurricane Center
• Robert Schrieffer — Nobel Laureate, BCS Theory of Superconductivity

Space exploration

• Carolyn S. Griner — former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Winston Scott — NASA astronaut
• Norman Thagard — NASA astronaut, flying on three different U.S. Space Shuttles, and on one Russian mission to the Mir space station.

Authors

• Robert Olen Butler — Pulitzer Prize-winning author for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (fiction)
• Doug Marlette — Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
• Jeff Shaara — author (Gods and Generals and many others)
• Michael Shaara — Pulitzer prize-winning author (for The Killer Angels)
• Jeff VanderMeer — World Fantasy Award-winning author (for the novella The Transformation of Martin Lake)

Aviation

• Jerrie Mock — aviator and first woman to fly around the world solo

Business

• Wally Amos — founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand; actor
• Eugene Figg — engineer for such bridges as Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Linn Cove Viaduct, and Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
• Robert B. Hilton — Tallahassee newspaper owner and Confederate congressman during the American Civil War
• Tor J. Friedman — Tallahassee attorney selected by fellow State of Florida attorneys for the distinction of Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite 2008.^[1][2]
• John Parkhill — Irish immigrant; banker of Tallahassee, Florida.^[3]

Film, television, and radio

• Red Barber — sportscaster, Radio Hall of Fame member
• Jim Cramer — host of CNBC's Mad Money
• Ashlee Register — Duel (US game show) winner of $1,795,000. Ranked sixth in American game show winnings records.
• Charles Trippy - youtuber

Acting

• Matt Battaglia — actor and former NFL player
• Cathy Jenéen Doe — actress
• Kyan Douglas — the "grooming expert" from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
• Faye Dunaway — Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning actress
• Tony Hale — actor playing Byron "Buster" Bluth on Arrested Development
• Cheryl Hines — actress, 2006 Emmy-nominee on Curb your Enthusiasm
• Polly Holliday — actress, Golden Globe winner (for television series Alice).
• Will Kirby — Big Brother 2 (2001) winner
• Christine Lahti — film actress and director, winner of Academy Award for Leiberman in Love, and well as two Golden Globes and an Emmy for her role in Chicago Hope
• Burt Reynolds — Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
• Anika Noni Rose — Tony Award-winning actress, as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change
• Sonny Shroyer - actor that played the deputy sheriff on 'The Dukes of Hazzard"

Writing and Production

• Jim Butterworth — documentary filmmaker, winner of DuPont-Columbia Award for "Seoul Train"
• Ron J. Friedman — writer of Disney's Academy Award nominated film Brother Bear

Government and politics

• Art Agnos — former Mayor of San Francisco, California
• Reubin Askew — politician, former Governor of Florida
• Lawton Chiles — politician and FSU research fellow; former US Senator and Governor of Florida.
• Leroy Collins — politician and Governor of Florida (Leroy Collins was the only Tallahassee native to serve as Florida's Governor.)
• Parris N. Glendening — former Governor of Maryland
• Scott Maddox — Former Mayor
• Kenneth Minihan — former director of the National Security Agency
• Orson Swindle — Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
• Craig Waters — spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court

Historical people

• Catherine Willis Gray Murat — great-grandniece of George Washington
• Prince Achille Murat — nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte
• Ernest I. Thomas — raiser of the original flag at Iwo Jima^[4]
• Charles Kenzie Steele — clergyman and civil rights activist

Infamy

• Ted Bundy — serial killer (resident for approximately 2 weeks)
• Marshall Ledbetter — Protester who took over the Florida Capitol Building

Music

• Cannonball Adderley — Jazz alto saxophone player, Grammy Award winner
• Nat Adderley — Jazz cornet and trumpet player
• Ray Charles (1940–1945) — pianist and entertainer
• George Clinton — musician, founder of Funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic
• Rita Coolidge — Grammy Award-winning singer for From the Bottle to the Bottom and Lover Please
• Janice Harsanyi — vocalist and professor
• Kenny Howes — rock musician
• Jim Morrison — lead singer and lyricist of The Doors
• T-Pain — hip hop and R&B singer (born Faheem Najm)
• Butch Trucks (Claude Hudson Trucks) — Drummer, member of the Allman Brothers band

Composition

• Ernst von Dohnányi — composer and pianist
• Carlisle Floyd — opera composer - Susannah (1955) and others
• Marcus Roberts — jazz pianist, composer and music professor at Florida State University
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Pulitzer prize-winning composer (for Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1))

Sports

• Robert "Bobby" C. Bowden — college football coach, winner of two national championships
• Brett Blizzard — collegiate and professional basketball player
• Ricky Carmichael — Motocross/Supercross Champion
• Kevin Carter- NFL defensive end
• Bradley Cooper — member of 1984 and 1988 Bahamas Summer Olympics team
• Gene Cox — State of Florida Sports Hall of Fame member (Leon High School football coach) ^[5]
• Antonio Cromartie- NFL player credited with the longest play in NFL history
• Kim Crosby — NASCAR driver, with a best race finish of 20th, in 2004
• Dwight F. Davis — founder of the international tennis Davis Cup
• Walter Dix — U.S. track team member and medalist at 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Warrick Dunn — Former FSU football star and current player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• Carrie Englert (Zimmerman) — member of 1976 U.S. Summer Olympics team ^[6]
• Michael Gaines — Swift TE for the Detroit Lions
• DaVanche (Ron) Galimore — member of 1980 U.S. Summer Olympics team ^[6]
• Willie Galimore — member of College Football Hall of Fame, and NFL football player
• Althea Gibson — winner of several Wimbledon and US Open tennis championships
• Frances C. Griscom - U.S. Women's Amateur golf champion
• Ken Harnden — hurdler and sprinter who represented Zimbabwe in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games
• Tahesia Harrigan — professional sprinter (BVI)
• Bob Hayes — gold-medal winner on 1964 U.S. Summer Olympics team; NFL football player
• Taylor Jacobs — professional football player - wide receiver with Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, and Denver Broncos
• Marty Jannetty — A Retired professional wrestler , best known for his work with WWE
• Reggie Jefferson — former MLB player
• Brad Johnson — NFL quarterback
• Brandy Johnson — member of 1988 U.S. Summer Olympics team
• Desmond Koh — amateur swimmer who represented Singapore in the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympic Games
• Nevin McCaskill — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
• Michelle McCool — World Wrestling Entertainment Diva (Formally Diva Champion)
• Brian Olson — member of 1996, 2000 and 2004 U.S. Summer Olympics teams ^[7]
• Burgess Owens — professional football player, member of Oakland Raider team that won Super Bowl XV
• Bill Peterson — college and NFL head football coach
• Zach Piller- NFL guard for the Tennessee Titans
• Elise Ray — gymnast, represented United States in 2000 Olympic Games
• Gabrielle Reece — professional volleyball player, model
• Deion Sanders — FSU football star, former National Football League cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, and is currently an NFL Network commentator
• Ernie Sims- current NFL linebacker
• Craphonso Thorpe- NFL wide reciver
• Marion Tinsley — World Checkers Champion 1955-58, 1975-91.
• Charlie Ward — 1993 Heisman Trophy winner
• Pat Watkins- NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys
• Chris Weinke — 2000 Heisman Trophy winner
• Boo Williams- NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints

References

1. ^ Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite 2008
2. ^ About Tor J. Friedman
3. ^ John Parker
4. ^ van der Vat, Dan (1991). The Pacific Campaign. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-73899-2. 
5. ^ Tallahassee Treasure Uncovered!
6. ^ ^{a b} http://tallahasseetumblingtots.org/TTT-8.htm Tallahassee Tumbling Tots' Olympians
7. ^ http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880611021 "Olson vies for fourth straight Olympics in Judo" (Tallahassee Democrat, 11 June 2008)