Editing Cocoa Beach, Florida (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Kim Adler]], professional bowler and USBC Hall of Famer, 5th Street
* [[Allison Anders]], raised in the city. Filmed ''[[Things Behind the Sun]]'' in the county in 2001
* [[Emanne Beasha]], singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banks |first=Chasite |title=Cocoa Beach's Emanne Beasha wins CCU Florida Athlete of the Week online vote |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/04/14/beasha-cocoa-beach-tennis-wins-ccu-florida-athlete-week-online-vote/7275800001/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Florida Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Willam Belli]], a drag queen, actor, recording artist, and YouTuber raised in the city
* [[Dana Brown (filmmaker)|Dana Brown]], iconic surfing legend, 16th Street
* [[Cullen Douglas]], television and movie actor, director, screenwriter
* [[James Folston]] professional football player for the Oakland Raiders #55
* [[Ashlyn Harris]], professional soccer player
* [[Jay F. Honeycutt]], former director of the [[Kennedy Space Center]]
* [[Zora Neale Hurston]], author<ref name="ft110306">{{Cite news |first=Megan K. |last=Scott |title=Hurston's real home |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/life/2011/03/06/zora-neale-hurstons-real-home-was-in-brevard-county-famed/77153912/|newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |location=Melbourne, Florida |pages= 1D |date=March 6, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Rick Martel]], former professional wrestler
* [[Bubba McDowell]], professional football player with the Houston Oilers #25
* [[Al Neuharth]], CEO of Gannett and columnist. Founder of ''[[USA Today]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010719072745/http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=4025 Freedom Forum] retrieved April 8, 2008</ref>
* [[Kelly Slater]], professional surfer, 11-time World Champion
* [[George Steele]], professional wrestler a.k.a. George "The Animal" Steele<ref>[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/g/george-steele.html Online World of Wrestling.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524064409/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/g/george-steele.html |date=May 24, 2011}} retrieved April 8, 2008</ref>
* [[Carrot Top]], comedian, actor, was born in the city<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/Carrot-Top.html|title=Carrot Top Biography (1967-)|website=www.filmreference.com|access-date=February 3, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lori Wilson]], Florida state legislator and lawyer
* [[Melissa Witek]], Miss Florida USA 2005 and contestant on NBC's ''[[Treasure Hunters (TV series)|Treasure Hunters]]''
* [[Nancy Yasecko]], filmmaker and videographer<ref name="browne1986">{{Cite news|last=Browne|first=Malcolm W|title=TV REVIEWS - 'GROWING UP WITH ROCKETS,' CAPE CANAVERAL FAMILY LIFE|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 6, 2015|date=July 9, 1986|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/09/arts/tv-reviews-growing-up-with-rockets-cape-canaveral-family-life.html}}</ref>