List of personalities of the city of Tampa
The list of personalities in the city of Tampa includes people who were born in Tampa , Florida , as well as those who lived in Tampa without being born here. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Tampa Born Personalities
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To 1900
- John Mercer Brooke (1826-1906), military
- Evelyn Brent (1899–1975), actress
1901 to 1950
- Al Lopez (1908-2005), baseball player and manager
- Charles Rebozo (1912-1998), banker
- Lem Davis (1914-1970), jazz alto saxophonist
- Sam Gibbons (1920–2012), politician
- Slim Whitman (1923-2013), country singer
- Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975), jazz alto saxophonist
- Joseph Kittinger (* 1928), pilot
- Hope Portocarrero (1929–1991), wife of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, a President of Nicaragua
- Nat Adderley (1931–2000), jazz cornetist, trumpeter, composer and band leader
- Mel Tillis (1932–2017), singer and songwriter
- Bob Martinez (* 1934), politician and governor
- Les Blank (1935–2013), documentary filmmaker
- Sharon Webb (1936-2010), writer
- Curt Lindner (* 1938), mathematician
- Doug Hammond (born 1942), jazz musician
- David Sanborn (* 1945), saxophonist
- Charles Mendez (* 1947), racing car driver and motorsport official
- Bishop Bullwinkle (1948–2019), pastor and singer
1951 to 1975
- Bob McLeod (* 1951), comic book artist
- Dick Slater (1951-2018), wrestler
- Anthony J. Arduengo (* 1952), chemist
- Hughie Thomasson (1952–2007), singer and guitarist
- Martin Baron (* 1954), journalist, publicist, editor-in-chief of the Washington Post
- James Neidhart (1955-2018), Canadian-American wrestler and actor
- Fred Ottman (born 1956), wrestler
- Jim Davis (born 1957), politician
- Edward Leslie (born 1957), wrestler
- Dean Malenko (born 1960), wrestler
- Mike DePalmer (born 1961), tennis player
- Dwight Gooden (born 1964), baseball player
- Wanda Guyton (* 1965), basketball player and coach
- Janet Echelman (born 1966), artist
- Beth Hirsch (* 1967), actress, songwriter and singer
- Robert Gant (* 1968), actor
- Amber Smith (born 1971), actress and model
- Alesha Oreskovich (* 1972), model
- Jerome James (born 1975), basketball player
From 1976
- Michael Roof (1976-2009), film actor
- Damu Cherry (* 1977), hurdler
- Joanna García (born 1979), actress
- Brooke Bennett (born 1980), swimmer
- Rachel Specter (born 1980), actress
- Dan Bilzerian (* 1980), multi-millionaire and bon vivant
- Avy Scott (* 1981), porn actress, director and actress
- Amy Seimetz (* 1981), actor, director and screenwriter
- Gilbert Arenas (born 1982), basketball player
- Lauren C. Mayhew (born 1985), actress and singer
- Leslie Carter (1986–2012), pop singer
- Shawn Pyfrom (* 1986), actor and voice actor
- Brittany Snow (* 1986), film and television actress
- Dreama Walker (* 1986), actress
- Heather Bratton (1987-2006), photo model
- Aaron Carter (* 1987), pop singer
- Jeremy Hall (* 1988), football player
- Brooke Hogan (* 1988), actress and singer
- Terrell McClain (born 1988), American football player
- Morgan Pressel (* 1988), professional golfer
- Matthew Stafford (born 1988), American football player
- Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film actor
- Joseph-Claude Gyau (* 1992), US-Ghanaian soccer player
- Keisha Gray (* 1994), porn actress
- Dakota Skye (* 1994), porn actress
- Amber Montana (born 1998), actress
- Milly Shapiro (* 2002), actress and singer
Known Tampa residents
- Ignacio Antinori (1885-1940), mafia gangster
- Edward Flynn (1909-1976), boxer
- Fred Lasswell (1916-2001), comic book artist
- Vytautas Antanas Dambrava (1920–2016), Lithuanian diplomat and lawyer
- Charles Spielberger (1927-2013), psychologist
- Charles Anthony (1929–2012), opera singer
- Paul Massie (1932-2011), Canadian actor
- Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934–2012), US Army General
- Bobby Heenan (1944-2017), pro-wrestler, manager and TV commentator
- Brian Knobbs (born 1964), wrestler
- Dave Batista (born 1969), wrestler
- Chris Jericho (* 1970), Canadian wrestler, actor, author, radio host, show host and rock musician
- Sean Morley (born 1971), Canadian wrestler
- Big Show (* 1972), wrestler and actor
- Christian (* 1973), Canadian wrestler
- Billy Kidman (born 1974), wrestler
- Sarah Paulson (* 1974), actress
- Andrew Test Martin (1975-2009), Canadian wrestler
- Torrie Wilson (* 1975), wrestler and photo model
- Gail Kim (* 1976), Canadian wrestler, valet, model and actress
- Beth Phoenix (born 1980), wrestler
- Sin Cara (born 1982), wrestler
- Marrese Crump (* 1982), martial artist and actor
- Ted DiBiase junior (born 1982), wrestler
- Natalya (* 1982), Canadian wrestler
- Živilė Raudonienė (* 1982), Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder and wrestler
- Evan Bourne (born 1983), wrestler
- Heath Slater (born 1983), wrestler
- Roderick Strong (born 1983), wrestler
- Aric Almirola (* 1984), racing car driver
- Drew McIntyre (born 1985), Scottish wrestler
- Taryn Terrell (* 1985), wrestler, actress and model
- Alicia Fox (* 1986), model and wrestler
- Kelly Kelly (* 1987), wrestler, dancer and model