Editing Port Charlotte, Florida (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Charlie Bachman]] (1892–1985) – [[college football]] player and coach and [[College Football Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite news |title=CHARLES W. BACHMAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/16/sports/charles-w-bachman.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 16, 1985}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Barringer]] (1924–2007) – [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] (AAGPBL) player<ref>{{cite web |title=Patricia Barringer |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/patricia-barringer-pat/10 |website=[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Al Bruno]] (1927–2014) – [[gridiron football]] player, coach, and sports administrator<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Ticats coach Al Bruno passes away |url=https://www.chch.com/chch-news/former-ticats-coach-al-bruno-passes-away/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=[[CHCH-DT]] |date=October 7, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Corsaletti]] (born 1983) – [[Minor League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Corsaletti |url=https://floridagators.com/sports/baseball/roster/jeff-corsaletti/6949 |website=[[Florida Gators baseball|Florida Gators]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Marty DeMerritt]] (1953–2025) – Minor League Baseball player and [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) coach<ref>{{cite news |last1=Topkin |first1=Marc |title=Longtime Rays minor-league coach Marty DeMerritt dies at age 71 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2025/01/12/longtime-rays-minor-league-coach-marty-demerritt-dies-age-71/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=January 12, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Doug Dunakey]] (born 1963) – professional golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Dunakey |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/07763/doug-dunakey/bio?deviceId=1ac6cce8-46c9-41e8-b8bc-efbfd6bf06d1 |website=[[PGA Tour]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Vinnie Fiorello]] (born 1974) – co-founder and [[drummer]]–[[lyricist]] for the band [[Less Than Jake]] and co-founder of [[Fueled by Ramen|Fueled By Ramen]]<ref name="Less Than Jake">{{cite web| url = http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Less-Than-Jake-on-first-name-basis-with-fans-84506.php| title = Less Than Jake | access-date = 2010-09-22| publisher = Times Union}}</ref>
* [[Jim Fridley]] (1924–2003) – MLB player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Fridley |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fridlji01.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Billy Goelz]] (1918–2002) – professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=William Goelz Obituary |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/obituaries/william-c-goelz-il/ |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=February 4, 2025 |date=November 24, 2002}}</ref>
* [[Bob Grumman]] (1941–2015) – poet<ref>{{cite web |title=Stories by Bob Grumman |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/bob-grumman/ |website=[[Scientific American]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[John Hall (placekicker)|John Hall]] (born 1974) – [[National Football League]] (NFL) player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1705 |title=John Hall |work=[[CBS Sports]] |access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref>
* [[Vincent Hancock]] (born 1989) – [[Skeet shooting|skeet shooter]] and Olympian<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garguilo |first1=Rob |title=Southwest Florida Native Wins Silver Medal At Paris Olympic Games |url=https://wccfradio.iheart.com/featured/florida-news/content/2024-08-06-southwest-florida-native-wins-silver-medal-at-paris-olympic-games/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[WCCF (AM)|WCCF]] |date=August 7, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Handwerker]] (1892–1974) – founder of [[Nathan's Famous]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Inventor of Coney Islands cut hot dogs to five cents |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kP9DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U7AMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2778,5148287&dq=nathan+handwerker&hl=en |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=The Daily Sentinel |date=March 25, 1974}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Hargrove]] (born 1983) –  NFL player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARGOTON01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216162325/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARGOTON01 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |title=Tony Hargrove past Stats, Statistics, History and Awards |publisher=Databasefootball.com |access-date=2007-08-08}}</ref>
* [[David Holmberg]] (born 1991) – MLB player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Holmberg |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmbda01.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Raymond W. Hood]] (1936–2002) – [[Michigan House of Representatives]] member<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislator Details |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/2049 |website=Michigan Legislative Biography |publisher=[[Michigan Department of Education]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Douglas T. Jacobson]] (1925–2000) – [[United States Marine Corps]] major and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Douglas T. Jacobson, a Hero of Iwo Jima, Is Dead at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/18/us/douglas-t-jacobson-a-hero-of-iwo-jima-is-dead-at-74.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 18, 2000}}</ref>
* [[Matt LaPorta]] (born 1985) – MLB player and [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympian]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew LaPorta |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/matthew-laporta |website=[[United States at the Olympics|Team USA]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Asher Levine]] (born 1988) – [[fashion design]]er<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orenczuk |first1=Alex |title=EXCLUSIVE: Port Charlotte's fashion visionary shares story during Pride Month |url=https://www.fox4now.com/port-charlotte/exclusive-port-charlottes-fashion-visionary-shares-story-during-pride-month |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[WFTX-TV]] |date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Liebrich]] (1922–2006) – AAGPBL baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbara Liebrich |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/barbara-liebrich-bobbie/9 |website=[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[T. J. Luther]] (born 2000) – NFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=T.J. Luther |url=https://gwusports.com/sports/football/roster/t-j--luther/8764 |website=[[George Washington Colonials football|George Washington Colonials]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Walter Minx]] (1917–2009) – bomb-maker who threatened to blow up a [[Sears]] store to extort money and a one-time [[NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR]] driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Minx |url=https://robersonfh.com/obituary/walter-minx/ |website=Roberson Funeral Home & Crematory |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Thomas C. Peebles]] (1921–2010) – physician who discovered the [[measles]] virus<ref>Martin, Douglas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/health/05peebles.html "Dr. Thomas C. Peebles, Who Identified Measles Virus, Dies at 89"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 4, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2024. "Dr. Thomas C. Peebles, whose D in college biology belied a keen aptitude for medical research that led him to make landmark scientific advances including identifying the virus that causes measles, died on July 8 at his home in Port Charlotte, Fla."</ref>
* [[René Robert]] (1948–2021) – [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Munn |first1=Scott |title=Tributes: Buffalo Sabres star Rene Robert played for Tulsa Oilers |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/2021/07/11/buffalo-sabres-hockey-star-rene-robert-played-tulsa-oilers/7927655002/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Eileen Southern]] (1920–2002) – [[Musicology|musicologist]] and educator<ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Southern dies at 82 |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/10/eileen-southern-dies-at-82/ |website=The Harvard Gazette |access-date=February 4, 2025 |date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Roy Spencer (baseball)|Roy Spencer]] (1900–1973) – MLB player<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy Spencer |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencro01.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Taylor (salesman)|Chuck Taylor]] (1901–1969) – inventor of the [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]] sneakers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Chris |title=Anderson: Port Charlotte's connection to the Chuck Taylor basketball shoe, a cultural icon |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2019/12/16/anderson-port-charlottes-connection-to-chuck-taylor-basketball-shoe-cultural-icon/2076520007/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ted Wegert]] (1932–1986) – NFL player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liepa |first1=Bob |title=Greatest Athlete #10: Speed brought Wegert to the NFL |url=https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2011/08/greatest-athlete-10-football-brought-wegert-fun-%E2%80%94-and-pain/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=The Suffolk Times |date=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Pete Whisenant]] (1929–1996) – MLB player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pete Whisenant |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whisepe01.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Josephine Wilkins]] (1893–1977) – [[Feminism|feminist]] and president of the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] branch of the [[League of Women Voters]]<ref>{{cite news |title=JOSEPHINE WILKINS, CIVIC LEADER, DIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/02/archives/long-island-opinion-josephine-wilkins-civic-leader-dies-founder-of.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 1977}}</ref>
* [[Josh Williams (racing driver)|Josh Williams]] (born 1993) – [[NASCAR]] and [[Automobile Racing Club of America|ARCA]] driver<ref>{{cite web |title=About Me |url=https://josh6williams.com/josh |website=Josh Williams |access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>
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