List of people from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Appearance
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The following people were born, or have lived in, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
Sports figures
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Musicians
[edit]- Cory Asbury, Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective
- Melvin LaThomas Brimm, singer-songwriter, vocal producer, dancer-choreographer, and actor
- David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, singer and actor from the Partridge Family, died there
- Sabrina Claudio, singer
- Ian Grushka, bassist and founder of band New Found Glory (Coral Springs)
- Guitar Nubbit, blues musician[41]
- Marilyn Manson, musician[42]
- Dude Mowrey, country music artist[43]
- Damien Moyal, vocalist and musician, notably of As Friends Rust, Morning Again and Shai Hulud
- Nonpoint, musical group[44]
- Jaco Pastorius, influential jazz bassist[45]
- Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz), former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson[46]
- Puya, rock band[47]
- Reggie Sears, R&B/soul artist, former child prodigy blues guitarist[48]
- Archie Shepp, free jazz saxophonist[49]
- Nadine Sierra, opera singer[50]
- Ski Mask the Slump God (Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne), rapper
- XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), rapper
- Mark Zeltser, concert pianist
Other notable people
[edit]- Edward Buchanan, Wyoming Secretary of State and former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives[51]
- James A. "Jimmie" Dallas, Sr., educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader[52]
- Fred DeLuca, founder and CEO of Subway[53]
- Arnold Denker, Chess Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946[54]
- Eddie Egan, detective and actor[55]
- Lolita Files, author, screenwriter, and producer[56]
- Brian Patrick Flynn, interior designer
- Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO; philanthropist[57]
- Wayne Huizenga, business/civic leader[58]
- Travis Jeppesen, author[59]
- Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University[60]
- D. James Kennedy, televangelist, author[61]
- Todd Kohlhepp, serial killer
- Chesley V. Morton, businessman, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Fan Noli, Albanian scholar and politician[62]
- James Randi, magician, skeptic, and author[63]
- Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative and former Governor of South Carolina
- Theodore Swinarski, Illinois state legislator[64]
- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's[65]
Fictional characters
[edit]- Kenny, video game character from Telltale's The Walking Dead
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