List of Great Floridians
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Great Floridians 2000 (program ended in 2000)
| Name | Attribute | City |
|---|---|---|
| Alvan Wentworth Chapman | Civic leader | Apalachicola |
| John Gorrie | Physician, Scientist and Inventor | Apalachicola |
| Mahulda Gussie Brown Carrier | Civic leader | Archer |
| William Emory (Hitup) Maddox | Civic leader | Archer |
| Ephriam Mikell Baynard | Civic leader | Auburndale |
| Albert H. Blanding | Distinguished Soldier, National Guardsman & Civic leader | Bartow |
| Lawrence Bernard (L.B.) Brown | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Lillian Carpenter | Civic leader | Bartow |
| E.W. Codington | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Bruce Barkley Downs, Sr | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Louise Kelley Frisbie | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Roy Trent Gallemore | Civic leader | Bartow |
| George Gause | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Samuel Sharpless Green | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Jeremiah M. Hayman | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Spessard Holland | Florida's 28th Governor 1941-1945 | Bartow |
| Evander McIvor Law | Civic leader | Bartow |
| E. Louise Marquis | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Mary Stewart McLeod | Civic leader | Bartow |
| William Franklin Peacock | Civic leader | Bartow |
| George E. Pittas | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Edward Crosland Stuart | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Jacob Summerlin | Civic leader | Bartow |
| James Alward Van Fleet | Combat Commander & Four-Star General | Bartow |
| Charles Cooper Wilson | Civic leader | Bartow |
| Thomas Farrar Fleming, Jr. | Civic leader | Boca Raton |
| Charles W. Pierce | Civic leader | Boynton Beach |
| Bernard Preston Thomas | Civic leader | Boynton Beach |
| Beulah Rebecca Hooks Hannah Tingley | Civic leader | Bradenton |
| Eldridge F. McLane | Civic leader | Brandon |
| John Law Ayers | Civic leader | Brooksville |
| James E. "Nick" Connor | Civic leader | Brooksville |
| Lena Culver Hawkins | Civic leader | Brooksville |
| May Mann Jennings | Women’s Rights activist, Environmentalist & advocate for the welfare of children | Brooksville |
| William Sherman Jennings | Civic leader | Brooksville |
| Frank Elmore Saxon | Civic leader | Brooksville |
| St. Clair Whitman | Civic leader | Cedar Key |
| Solomon Smith (S.S.) Coachman | Civic leader | Clearwater |
| Marie Ringo Holderman | Civic leader | Cocoa |
| Gus Callaway Edwards | Civic leader | Cocoa Beach |
| Phillip Randolph | Civic leader | Crescent City |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Civic leader | Cross Creek |
| Ripley Bullen | Archaeologist | Crystal River |
| Francis L. Dade | Military Major in Florida Territory | Dade City |
| William M. Larkin | M | Dade City |
| Frank "Tootie" Adler | M | Dania Beach |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | M | Daytona Beach |
| Charles Grover Burgoyne | M | Daytona Beach |
| Matthias Day, Jr. | M | Daytona Beach |
| George W. Engram, Sr. | M | Daytona Beach |
| William (H.G.) France & Annie B. France | M | Daytona Beach |
| Jeanne M. Goddard | M | Daytona Beach |
| J. Griffen Greene | M | Daytona Beach |
| Lorenzo Dow Huston | M | Daytona Beach |
| Dr. Richard Vernon Moore, Sr. | M | Daytona Beach |
| Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson | M | Daytona Beach |
| David Dunham Rogers | M | Daytona Beach |
| Dr. Josie Rogers | M | Daytona Beach |
| Chapman Shaw Root | M | Daytona Beach |
| Dr. Joseph Taylor | M | Daytona Beach |
| Dr. Howard W. Thurman | M | Daytona Beach |
| Frederick deBary | M | DeBarry |
| George Emory Butler | M | Deerfield Beach |
| James Dallas Butler | M | Deerfield Beach |
| Emily Mildred Olson Dietrich | M | Deerfield Beach |
| Branhilda Knowles | M | Deerfield Beach |
| Odas Lee Tanner | M | Deerfield Beach |
| John Bartow Wiles, Jr. | M | Deerfield Beach |
| Earl W. Brown | M | Deland |
| Charles H. Campbell, Jr. | M | Deland |
| Hawtense Conrad | M | Deland |
| Robert Conrad | M | Deland |
| Dr. George Augustus Davis | M | Deland |
| Henry Addison DeLand | M | Deland |
| Bert Fish | M | Deland |
| Arthur George Hamlin | M | Deland |
| Lue Gim Gong | M | Deland |
| John B. Stetson | M | Deland |
| William Amory Underhill | M | Deland |
| Calhoun Yancey "C.Y." Byrd | M | Delray Beach |
| Dr. John Robert Cason, Jr. | M | Delray Beach |
| Marshall DeWitt | M | Delray Beach |
| Barbara Dodge Smith | M | Delray Beach |
| Solomon David Spady | M | Delray Beach |
| Myrtle Scharrer Betz | M | Dunedin |
| Bronson Cushing Skinner | M | Dunedin |
| Martin A. "Marty" Kellner | Councilman, Mayor & Civic leader | Eagle Lake |
| Ora Belle Starling | Volunteer & Civic leader | Eagle Lake |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Writer and Folklorist | Eatonville |
| Dr. John Milton Hawks | Physician, Author, Historian, Teacher, Newspaper Publisher, Army Officer, Orange Grower, first superintendent of Volusia County Schools and founder of Hawks Park—renamed Edgewater | Edgewater |
| Cyrus Teed | Originated Hollow Earth theory and founded Koreshan Unity | Estero |
| S.T.E. Pinkney | School Administrator & City Commissioner/Mayor | Eustis |
| Deaconess Harriet Bedell | Episcopalian missionary to Everglades Indians | Everglades City |
| David Graham Copeland | Manager of 40 Barron Collier businesses & County Commissioner | Everglades City |
| Gilbert Edward Barkoski | Dist | Fellsmere |
| Liberty Billings | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Emma B. Delaney]] | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| George Rainsford Fairbanks | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Louis G. Hirth | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Amos Latham | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Chloe Merrick | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| William Henderson Peck | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Solicito "Mike" Salvador | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Sisters of St. Joseph | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Samuel A. Swann | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| Marcellus Alphonso Williams | Dist | Fernandina Beach |
| David Levy Yulee | Lawyer, Florida Statehood leader, US Senator, Plantation owner, Railroad builder | Fernandina Beach |
| Evelyn Fortune Bartlett | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Frederic Clay Bartlett | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| George W. English, Jr. | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Dr. Von Delany Mizell | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Estelle Rouse Pinkett | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Margaret Blake Roach | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Dr. James F. Sistrunk | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Frank and Ivy Stranahan | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Leon Watts | Dist | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Nathaniel "Nat" J. Patterson | Dist | Fort Meade |
| Thomas Alva & Mina Miller Edison | Inventor | Fort Myers |
| Henry Ford | Founder of Ford Motor Company & Assembly Lines | Fort Myers |
| William Thomas Howard | Instrumental in establishing Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Myers |
| Albert E. "Bean" Backus | Self-taught Painter, Charitable Benefactor | Fort Pierce |
| Dr. Clem C. Benton | Physician, Founder of Fort Pierce Memorial Hospital, College Trustee and Civic Leader | Fort Pierce |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Writer and Folklorist | Fort Pierce |
| Daniel T. McCarty | Florida's 31st Governor 1952-1953 | Fort Pierce |
| Willie H. Blankston | Civil Rights Advocate | Fort Walton Beach |
| John Thomas Brooks | Founder of Fort Walton Beach, Civil War veteran, area "Doctor" & Hotel owner | Fort Walton Beach |
| Adam J. Gerlach | Owner of Gulfview Hotel and Catholic Church supporter | Fort Walton Beach |
| Liza Jackson | Hotel Proprietor, Women’s & Garden Club founder, Donated Land for numerous Civic Projects | Fort Walton Beach |
| William C. Lazarus | Pilot, Aeronautics Instructor & Research Engineer, Project Manager of Indian Temple Mound Museum | Fort Walton Beach |
| Chester Pruitt | First Black FWB Police Officer, Youth Mediator | Fort Walton Beach |
| Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. | Citrus Baron, Civic Leader & Benefactor | Frostproof |
| Latimer Maxcy | Citrus Grower & Processor, Cattle Rancher and Civic Leader | Frostproof |
| Albert H. Blanding | Distinguished Soldier, National Guardsman & Civic leader | Gainesville |
| Sarah Matheson | Civic leader | Gainesville |
| Sarah Robb | Civic leader | Gainesville |
| Jesse Earl Franklin | Civic leader | Glen St. Mary |
| Alverdo Adair Geitgey | Civic leader | Glen St. Mary |
| Isaiah Sherman Mikell | Civic leader | Glen St. Mary |
| George Lindley Taber, Sr. | Civic leader | Glen St. Mary |
| Karlie Tyler | Civic leader | Glen St. Mary |
| John Preston Hall, Sr. | Civic leader | Green Cove Springs |
| John Preston Hall, Jr. | Civic leader | Green Cove Springs |
| Ed Stansel | Civic leader | Green Cove Springs |
| Richard Reid Wagner | Civic leader | Green Cove Springs |
| Catherine Powell Hickman | Civic leader | Gulfport |
| Arnold S. White, Sr. | Civic leader | Gulfport |
| Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews | US Representative 1953–1967 & Teacher | Hawthorne |
| Chester Shell | Hunting & fishing guide, Raised funds for 1st Black school in Alachua County | Hawthorne |
| William Flemming | Founder of Holly Hill | Holly Hill |
| Robert Anderson | Bank founder, president & director and City Commissioner | Hollywood |
| Dorothy Walker Bush | Civic leader & wife of a US Senator, mother of a POTUS and grandmother of 2 governors & a POTUS | Hollywood |
| Clarence P. Hammerstein | Citrus authority, tourism promoter, Broward Kiwanis founder | Hollywood |
| Joseph Wesley Young | Founder & Developer of Hollywood, Florida | Hollywood |
| Anne Kolb | Environmental preservationist and 1st female Broward County Commissioner | Hollywood |
| Preston B. Bird | City Politician and Civic leader | Homestead |
| Lily Lawrence Bow | Homestead Library Supporter and Book provider | Homestead |
| May Mann Jennings | Women’s Rights activist, Environmentalist & advocate for the welfare of children | Homestead |
| William J. Krome | Railroad Surveyor & Engineer, Agriculture and Horticulture enthusiast | Homestead |
| Max Losner | Bank President, Federal Reserve Board member, City Councilman and Civic leader | Homestead |
| James Daniel Reid | Homestead founder and developer, City Councilman 1913-24, Dade County Commissioner 1921-41 | Homestead |
| James Archer Smith | World War I Army Doctor, Physician and Chief Surgeon of Dade County Hospital | Homestead |
| David Levy Yulee | Lawyer, Florida Statehood leader, US Senator, Plantation owner, Railroad builder | Homosassa |
| Napoleon Bonaparte Broward | Florida's 19th Governor 1905-1909, Duval Co. Sheriff & State Representative | Jacksonville |
| J.J. Daniel | Businessman and Civic leader | Jacksonville |
| Alfred I. du Pont | Philanthropist | Jacksonville |
| David H. Dwight | Racial activist | Jacksonville |
| Lex Hester | Government administrator | Jacksonville |
| James Weldon Johnson | Educator, lawyer, diplomat & racial activist | Jacksonville |
| Henry John Klutho | Architect | Jacksonville |
| Abraham Lincoln Lewis | Insurance executive, Philanthropist & founder of American Beach | Jacksonville |
| Eartha M. M. White | Clara White Mission founder, teacher, Nursing Home founder | Jacksonville |
| Doris Whitmore | Jacksonville Museum of Science & History supporter/promoter | Jacksonville |
| R.R. Ricou | Fishing businesss owner & Civic leader | Jensen Beach |
| Bessie Wilson DuBois | Historian | Jupiter |
| Joseph Verner Reed | Wildlife & Nature Conservationist and charitable benefactor | Jupiter Island |
| Permelia Pryor Reed | Wildlife & Nature Conservationist and charitable benefactor | Jupiter Island |
| William M. Beam | City Politician & man of action | Keystone Heights |
| John Edward Larson | Local & State Politician, IRS Head for Florida | Keystone Heights |
| Howard S. England | Benefactor of Fort Zachary Taylor | Key West |
| Mel Fisher | Scuba Diver & Treasure Hunter | Key West |
| Ernest Hemingway | Writer & Adventurer | Key West |
| Walter Sayers Lightbourn | Tobacco grower and Cigar maker | Key West |
| Harry S. Truman | POTUS | Key West |
| Captain Melville Emory Forrey | LaBelle | |
| Francis A. Hendry | LaBelle | |
| Rosabelle Blake | Lakeland | |
| Thomas W. Bryant | Lakeland | |
| Lawton Mainor Chiles | Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989 | Lakeland |
| John Franklin Cox | Lakeland | |
| Herbert J. Drane | Lakeland | |
| Clare Henley | Lakeland | |
| Dr. John Sidney Jackson | Surgeon, City Commissioner & Mayor | Lakeland |
| Paul Scott Linder | Lakeland | |
| J. Hardin Peterson | Congressman | Lakeland |
| Park Trammell | Governor | Lakeland |
| Lassie Goodbread-Black | Teacher & Civic Leader | Lake City |
| Fred P. Cone | Governor | Lake City |
| McKinley Jeffers | Educator & Civic Leader | Lake City |
| May Vinzant Perkins | Writer, Historian | Lake City |
| Betsy Hopkins | Philanthropist | Lake Helen |
| John P. Mace | Architect/builder | Lake Helen |
| Edward W. Bok | Editor, Philanthropist | Lake Wales |
| Bertha Louise Hinshaw | Innkeeper | Lake Wales |
| Delbert Lorenzo Layton | City Benefactor | Layton |
| Hubert O. Dabney | Athlete & educator | Leesburg |
| Joseph M. Tardugno, Jr. | Utility innovator | Leesburg |
| Pat Thomas | City Benefactor | Leesburg |
| Porter Claude Crapps, Jr. | Live Oak | |
| Thomas Dowling | Live Oak | |
| Cary A. Hardee | Governor | Live Oak |
| Brantly Walker Helvenston | Insurance agent, teacher, banker | Live Oak |
| John Parshley | Civic leader | Live Oak |
| Josiah B. Clouser | Longwood | |
| Edwin B. Browning, Sr. | Madison | |
| Tommie Camilla Stephens Barfield | Marco Island | |
| William David Collier | Marco Island | |
| Theophilus West | Marianna | |
| James Hartley Beal | Mary Esther | |
| Thomas Jefferson Pryor, Jr. | Mary Esther | |
| Joe Wickham | Melbourne | |
| Dana A. Dorsey | r | Miami |
| David Grandison Fairchild | Miami | |
| Catherine Hauberg Sweeney | Miami | |
| Barbara Baer Capitman | Miami Beach | |
| John Stiles Collins | Miami Beach | |
| Stephen J. Cranman | Miami Beach | |
| L. Murray Dixon | Miami Beach | |
| John J. Farrey | Miami Beach | |
| Carl Graham Fisher | Miami Beach | |
| Henry Hohauser | Miami Beach | |
| Anna Brenner Meyers | Miami Beach | |
| Glenn Hammond Curtiss | Aircraft Motor builder, aviator and developer of Hialeah, Miami Springs & Opa-locka | Miami Springs |
| Chief Micanopy | Leader of the Seminole Nation at Cuscowilla during the Second Seminole War | Micanopy |
| Archie Carr | International biologist & environmentalist, honored nature author | Micanopy |
| Marjorie Carr | First female wildlife specialist at US Fish & Wildlife Service, founder of Florida Defenders of the Environment | Micanopy |
| Bennett C. Russell | Teacher, Administrator & Superintendent, using technology as educational tool | Milton |
| Reuben Wyatt Harper | Citrus grower, broker & industry leader, City Councilman | Montverde |
| Henry B. Watkins, Sr. | x | Naples |
| Henry B. Watkins, Jr. | x | Naples |
| Henry Nehrling | x | Naples |
| Elroy M. Avery | Mayor, Author, Businessman, Bank Chairman & Civic leader | New Port Richey |
| Gene Sarazen | x | New Port Richey |
| George E. Musson | x | New Smyrna Beach |
| Al E. Fellner | Mayor, Civic leader, Businessman | North Redington Beach |
| Peter Raulerson | x | Okeechobee |
| Ransom Eli Olds | x | Oldsmar |
| Dr. Francis Dickinson | Surgeon, Benefactor, Philanthropist & champion of Women's Sufferage | Orange City |
| Dr. Seth French | Physician, Florida: Promoter, Senator & Commissioner of Immigration | Orange City |
| Alfred Benjamin "A. B." Michael | x | Orchid |
| Martin Andersen | x | Orlando |
| William A. (Bill) McCree, Jr. | x | Orlando |
| Walter C. Meloon | x | Orlando |
| Oakes Ames | x | Ormond Beach |
| John Anderson | x | Ormond Beach |
| Eileen Butts | x | Ormond Beach |
| James Carnell | x | Ormond Beach |
| Charles McNary | x | Ormond Beach |
| Joseph Price | x | Ormond Beach |
| John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | x | Ormond Beach |
| Edith Stanton | x | Ormond Beach |
| Elsa Scherer Burrows | x | Osprey |
| Francis Stephen Huggins | x | Palm Bay |
| Henry Morrison Flagler | Industrialist and Developer | Palm Beach |
| Francis MacKay Howze | x | Palmetto |
| Francis F. Taylor | x | Palmetto |
| George Mortimer West | x | Panama City |
| Delbert Davis | x | Parker |
| Captain Ed Parker | x | Parker |
| Charles W. Flanagan | x | Pembroke Pines |
| James Cash Penney | x | Penney Farms |
| H. Clay Armstrong | x | Pensacola |
| William Dudley Chipley | x | Pensacola |
| Occie Clubbs | x | Pensacola |
| Mayhew W. (Pat) Dodson III | x | Pensacola |
| Daniel "Chappie" James | x | Pensacola |
| Lillie Anna "Mother" James | x | Pensacola |
| Stephen Russell Mallory | x | Pensacola |
| Edward A. Perry | x | Pensacola |
| Mary Turner Rule Reed | x | Pensacola |
| Oliver J. Semmes, Jr. | x | Pensacola |
| Joyce Garrett Turner | x | Pensacola |
| T. T. Wentworth, Jr. | x | Pensacola |
| P. K. Yonge | x | Pensacola |
| William Thomas Cash | x | Perry |
| Edwin F. Deicke | x | Plantation |
| Lois Deicke | x | Plantation |
| Helen B. Hoffman | x | Plantation |
| Frederick C. Peters | x | Plantation |
| Jessie Ball du Pont | Spouse of Alfred, Benefactor & Philanthropist, brother of Ed Ball | Port St. Joe |
| David W. Jones | x | Port St. Joe |
| Witt A. Campbell | x | Quincy |
| Dr. William Spencer Stevens | First Black Physician, Pharmacist, Built "Colored" Hospital & Supervisor of City Schools | Quincy |
| Judge Hugh M. Taylor | x | Quincy |
| Odet Philippe | Civic leader | Safety Harbor |
| Peter A. Demens | Civic leader | San Antonio |
| Judge Edmund F. Dunne | Civic leader | San Antonio |
| James J. Horgan | Civic leader | San Antonio |
| Frank P. Bailey | Civic leader | Sanibel |
| Owen Burns | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| John L. Early | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Arthur Britton Edwards | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| John Hamilton Gillespie | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Dr. Joseph Halton | Surgeon & Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Harry Lee Higel | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| David and George Lindsay | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Andrew McAnsh | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Thomas Reed Martin | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Charles Ringling | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| John Ringling | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Marie Selby | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Ernest Arthur Smith | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Karl Wallenda | Civic leader | Sarasota |
| Percy L. Hedgecock | Civic leader | Satellite Beach |
| Paul Kroegal | Civic leader | Sebastian |
| Margaret Shippen Roebling | Civic leader | Sebring |
| Dr. Andrew Anderson, Jr. | Physician, Philanthropist & Benefactor | St. Augustine |
| Frank B. Butler | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Felix deCrano | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Earl Cunningham | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Anna Maria Dummett | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Louisa Fatio | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Henry Morrison Flagler | Industrialist and Developer | St. Augustine |
| Walter B. Fraser | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Nina Hawkins | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Martin Johnson Heade | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Lawerence Lewis, Jr. | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| William Wing Loring | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Dr. Luella Day McConnell | Physician, Yukon Gold Rush participant, created Fountain of Youth tourist attraction | St. Augustine |
| Albert Manucy | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Pedro Menendez de Aviles | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Prince Napoleon Achille Murat | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Francisco Pellicer | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Xavier Lopez Pellicer | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Verle A. Pope | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Robert L. Ripley | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| General Edmund Kirby Smith | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Frances Kirby Smith | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Franklin Waldo Smith | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Thomas Buckingham Smith | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Elizabeth Morley Towers | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Henry L. Twine | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| F. Charles Usina | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Father Felix Varela | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Emily Lloyd Wilson | Civic leader | St. Augustine |
| Frank T. Hurley | WWI & WWII Army Staff Officer, Real Estate & Mortgage Executive, Civic leader | St. Pete Beach |
| Thomas J. Rowe | Beachfront Hotel owner | St. Pete Beach |
| Earl Morrow Clark | Teacher & Headmaster, School Accreditation Leader | St. Petersburg |
| Dr. Paul R. Hortin | Methodist Minister, Hunter, Fisherman | St. Petersburg |
| Morris Raiford Johns | Pineapple grower, Businessman & Deputy Sheriff | Stuart |
| Walter Kitching | Businessman, Banker, Justice of the Peace & Philanthropist | Stuart |
| George W. Parks | Businessman, Bank founder, Councilman & Mayor | Stuart |
| James R. Pomeroy | Educator, County Politician, Postmaster & Businessman | Stuart |
| Dan Pearl | Politician & Civic leader | Sunrise |
| J. Broward Culpepper | x | Tallahassee |
| B. Calvin Jones | x | Tallahassee |
| William Valentine Knott | x | Tallahassee |
| Catherine Murat | x | Tallahassee |
| James Page | x | Tallahassee |
| Romulus Hunter Thompson | x | Tallahassee |
| Curtis L. Waller | x | Tallahassee |
| Cesar Gonzmart | Columbia Restaurant founder, Ybor City Historic District promoter, Civic leader | Tampa |
| Celestino Vega | Cigar maker, President of Centro Español and promoter of Spanish arts & culture | Tampa |
| Vicente Martinez Ybor | Founder & Developer of Ybor City, Cigar maker and Labor supporter | Tampa |
| Peter Themis Assimack | CPA, Chamber of Commerce President and Civic leader | Tarpon Springs |
| John K. Cheyney | Sponge Company & Sponge Exchange founder, local politician and Sponge Industry promoter | Tarpon Springs |
| Thomas Craig | Businessman, City Commissioner & Mayor | Tarpon Springs |
| George Frantzis | Greek Lawyer who helped liberate Dodecanese Islands from Italy & reunite with Greece; School Principal & Sponge Industry saviour | Tarpon Springs |
| George Inness, Jr. | Successful Landscape and Figure Artist; spouse Julia Inness founded the Tarpon Springs Library | Tarpon Springs |
| Demos A. Megaloudis | Business and Civic leader | Tarpon Springs |
| Anson Peasely Killen Safford | Nevada Surveyor General, Governor of the Arizona Territory, Land Developer and Tarpon Springs Founder | Tarpon Springs |
| Mary J. Stafford | Teacher at Boston University College of Medicine and first practicing woman physician in Florida | Tarpon Springs |
| Colonel Henry McKie Salley | Army Engineer, Airport & Bridge builder and city manager | Tarpon Springs |
| Alexander St. Clair-Abrams | Lawyer and Founder/Developer of Tavares | Tavares |
| James Hudson Baker | Building contractor | Vero Beach |
| Merrill P. Barber | Politician & Banker | Vero Beach |
| Alex MacWilliam, Sr. | Politician & Builder | Vero Beach |
| Garnett L. Radin | Nurse & founder of Indian River Memorial Hospital | Vero Beach |
| Waldo E. Sexton | Citrus Grower & Processor, Dairy farmer | Vero Beach |
| Sherman N. Smith, Jr. | Lawyer, Prosecutor, Politician & Judge | Vero Beach |
| Herman Julius Zeuch | Developer and Citrus farmer | Vero Beach |
| Edward Ball | du Pont Trust Manager & Philanthropist | Wakulla Springs |
| W. Curtis Ezelle | Local politician & Civic leader | Wachula |
| Edward R. Bradley | Philanthropist | West Palm Beach |
| Dr. Joseph Wiley Jenkins | Pharmacist & Society Host | West Palm Beach |
| Marvin U. Mounts | Agricultural leader | West Palm Beach |
| Dr. Thomas Rudolph Vickers | African-American Healthcare provider | West Palm Beach |
| Nellie A. Grice | Businessperson & Civic leader | Windermere |
| Dr. John Howard Johnson | Philanthropist | Windermere |
| John Calvin Palmer | Politician & Philanthropist | Windermere |
| Dick Pope, Sr. | Cypress Gardens Founder & Tourism Promoter | Windermere |
| Loring A. Chase | Winter Park Founder | Winter Park |
| Jeannette Genius McKean | Painter and Rollins College benefactor | Winter Park |
| Albin Polasek | Sculptor and Cultural Leader | Winter Park |
| Alice Fryer Hall | Teacher, Journalist & Civic leader | Zephyrhills |
Great Floridians Program (on-going)
| First Name | Last Name | Attribute | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry T. Moore | Moore | Civil rights activist | 2007 |
| Connie Mack III | Mack | US Senator 1989-2001 & US Representative 1983–1989 | 2007 |
| Richard Keith Call | Call | Florida’s 3rd & 5th Territorial Governor | 2006 |
| Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle | Tuttle | "Mother of Miami" | 2006 |
| William Pope DuVal | DuVal | Florida's 1st Territorial Governor 1822-1834 | 2005 |
| Al Hoffman | Hoffman | Philanthropist & Civic Leader | 2005 |
| Spessard Holland | Holland | Florida's 28th Governor 1941-1945 | 2004 |
| Fuller Warren | Warren | Florida's 30th Governor 1949-1953 | 2004 |
| Mary Call Darby Collins | Collins | Lifelong Preservationist | 2003 |
| Henry Morrison Flagler | Flagler | Industrialist and Developer | 2003 |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Hurston | Writer and Folklorist | 2003 |
| Henry | Plant | Industrialist and Developer | 2003 |
| James Alward | Van Fleet | Combat Commander & Four-Star General | 2002 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | Bethune | Educator and Activist | 2002 |
| John Gorrie | Gorrie | Physician, Scientist and Inventor | 2002 |
| William Henry Getty (Bill) France | France | NASCAR Founder and Motor Sports Promoter | 2002 |
| Richard (Dick) Pope | Pope | Cypress Gardens Founder & Tourism Promoter | 2002 |
| Mallory E. Horne | Horne | Florida House Speaker and Senate President | 2002 |
| Horacio Aguirre | Aguirre | Publisher, Journalist & Editor of Diario Las Americas | 2001 |
| Lawton M. Chiles | Chiles | Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989 | 2001 |
| Reubin O'D. Askew | Askew | Florida's 37th Governor 1971-1979 | 1998 |
| William Patrick Foster | Foster | Bandleader, Florida A&M "Marching 100" | 1998 |
| Chesterfield Smith | Smith | Justice Advocate & Florida's First American Bar Association President | 1997 |
| E. T. York | York | Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder | 1997 |
| Cecil Farris Bryant | Bryant | Florida's 34th Governor 1961-1965 | 1994 |
| George A. Smathers | Smathers | US Senator 1951-1969 | 1994 |
| Stephen C. O'Connell | O'Connell | Florida Supreme Court Justice 1966-1967 & UF President 1967-1973 | 1993 |
| B. K. Roberts | Roberts | Three-Time Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court | 1990 |
| Chester Howell Ferguson | Ferguson | Attorney, Business & Civic Leader | 1988 |
| Claude Denson Pepper | Pepper | US Senator 1936-1951 & US Representative 1963-1989 | 1988 |
| Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. | Griffin | Citrus Baron, Civic Leader & Benefactor | 1987 |
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas | Douglas | Writer and Environmental Activist | 1987 |
| Alonzo "Jake" Gaither | Gaither | Head Football Coach, Florida A&M University | 1984 |
| Thomas LeRoy Collins | Collins | Florida's 33rd Governor 1955-1961 | 1981 |
| C. D. Atkins | Atkins | Co-created process to make Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate | 1999 |
| Edward Ball | Ball | du Pont Trust manager & Philanthropist | 1999 |
| Red Barber | Barber | Radio Sportscaster for Baseball & Football | 1999 |
| Rosemary Barkett | Barkett | Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court & Federal Appeals Court Judge | 1999 |
| Bobby Bowden | Bowden | Florida State University Head Football Coach | 1999 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte Broward | Broward | Florida's 19th Governor 1905-1909, Duval Co. Sheriff & State Representative | 1999 |
| Jimmy Buffet | Buffet | Musician & Civic leader | 1999 |
| Ray Charles | Charles | Musician | 1999 |
| Barron Gift Collier | Collier | Advertising Mogul, Florida's largest landholder & developer, Businessman | 1999 |
| Davis Brothers | Davis | Supermarket Moguls | 1999 |
| Alfred I. du Pont | du Pont | Philanthropist | 1999 |
| Jessie Ball du Pont | du Pont | Spouse of Alfred, Benefactor & Philanthropist, brother of Ed Ball | 1999 |
| Jack Eckerd | Eckerd | Drug Store Chain founder & politician | 1999 |
| Thomas Edison | Edison | Inventor | 1999 |
| Carl Fisher | Fisher | Civic | 1999 |
| Bob Graham | Graham | Florida's 33rd Governor 1955-1961 | 1999 |
| Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway | Writer | 1999 |
| Daniel "Chappie" James | James | Civic | 1999 |
| George Jenkins | Jenkins | Civic | 1999 |
| May Mann Jennings | Jennings | Women’s Rights activist, Environmentalist & advocate for the welfare of children | 1999 |
| James Weldon Johnson | Johnson | Civic | 1999 |
| John S. Knight | Knight | Civic | 1999 |
| Lykes Brothers | Lykes | Civic | 1999 |
| Louis G. MacDowell | MacDowell | Co-created process to make Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate | 1999 |
| George Merrick | Merrick | Civic | 1999 |
| Addison Mizner | Mizner | Co | 1999 |
| Edwin L. Moore | Moore | Co-created process to make Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate | 1999 |
| Allen Morris | Morris | Civic | 1999 |
| Dick Pope, Sr. | Pope | Cypress Gardens founder & tourism promoter | 1999 |
| Nelson Poynter | Poynter | Civic | 1999 |
| Sam Proctor | Proctor | Civic | 1999 |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Rawlings | Writer | 1999 |
| Janet Reno | Reno | US Attorney General | 1999 |
| Burt Reynolds | Reynolds | Actor & FSU Booster | 1999 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | Rickenbacker | WWI Fighter Pilot | 1999 |
| John Ringling | Ringling | Circus Owner & promoter | 1999 |
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Shaw | Civic | 1999 |
| Don Shula | Shula | Miami Dolphins Head Coach | 1999 |
| Charles Kenzie Steele | Steele | Civic | 1999 |
| Charlton Tebeau | Tebeau | Civic | 1999 |
| 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias | Zaharias | Gifted Athlete: Golfer, Olympic Track & Field medalist | 1999 |
