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==Notable people== <!-- Please maintain alphabetical order --> {{Split section|List of people from West Palm Beach, Florida|date=August 2021}} {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * [[Andy Abad]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] first baseman for Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds * [[Stephanie Abrams]], [[The Weather Channel|Weather Channel]] meteorologist * [[Tori Amos]], singer-songwriter * [[Ottis Anderson]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player [[New York Giants]], MVP of [[Super Bowl XXV]] * [[Jeff Atwater]], [[State Senator]], [[Florida Legislature]], [[Palm Beach County]] * [[Agnes Ballard]], architect and educator, one of the first women elected to office in Florida * [[Bob Barker]], entertainer, game show host, ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' * [[Scottie Barnes]], professional basketball player for the [[Toronto Raptors]] * [[Zinn Beck]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] infielder * [[Dickey Betts]], [[The Allman Brothers Band|Allman Brothers Band]] member * [[Dante Bichette]], MLB outfielder * [[Jason Bonham]], drummer, son of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[John Bonham]] * [[Don Brewer]], [[Grand Funk Railroad]] drummer * [[Jimmy Buffett]], singer and entertainer * [[Virginia Spencer Carr]], biographer and literary critic * [[Diana Canova]], actress * [[Chris Carrabba]], singer-songwriter from Dashboard Confessional * [[Anthony Carter (American football)|Anthony Carter]], NFL player * [[Tom Carvel]], of Carvel Ice-cream stores * [[Glenn Close]], actress * [[John Collins (basketball)|John Collins]], professional basketball player for the [[Atlanta Hawks]] * [[Bob Cousy]], basketball Hall of Famer and TV commentator * [[Marshall Criser]], president of [[University of Florida]] * [[Arlene Dahl]], actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunsentinel.com/entertainment/theater-and-arts/sf-designer-fashion-posh-charity-sale-west-palm-beach-20130220-story.html?outputType=amp|title=Designer fashion charity sale in downtown West Palm Beach|website=sunsentinal.com}}</ref> * [[Vic Damone]], singer and actor * [[Dale Dawson]], NFL player * [[Phil Dawson]], NFL [[placekicker]] for [[San Francisco 49ers]] * [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]], professional wrestler * [[Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.]], entrepreneur and philanthropist * [[Watson B. Duncan III]], acting coach and mentor to [[Burt Reynolds]] * [[Mabel Evelyn Elliott]], physician and humanitarian to Armenian and Greek refugees, first West Palm Beach woman to attend medical school * [[Heath Evans]], fullback for [[New Orleans Saints]] and graduate of The Kings Academy * [[Mark Foley]], U.S. Congressman * [[Kason Gabbard]], MLB pitcher * [[Andrés Galarraga]], MLB baseball player * [[Anthony Goldwire]], NBA player * [[Murray H. Goodman]], real estate developer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegoodmancompany.com/bio_goodman.php|title=The Goodman Company - A History of Shopping Center Excellence|website=thegoodmancompany.com}}</ref> * [[Ken Green (golfer)|Ken Green]], PGA golfer * [[Jill S. Grigsby]], sociologist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jill S. Grigsby|url=https://research.pomona.edu/jill-grigsby/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Research|publisher=Pomona College|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826190824/https://research.pomona.edu/jill-grigsby/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Deidre Hall]], actress, graduate of Lake Worth High School in central Palm Beach County * [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], actor, graduate of Palm Beach High School * [[Derek Harper]], NBA player, [[New York Knicks]] and [[Dallas Mavericks]] * [[William Harris (tennis)|William Harris]], tennis player * [[Alcee Hastings]], U.S. Congressman * [[John Havlicek]], basketball Hall of Famer * [[Ryan Hawblitzel]], baseball player * [[Tyler Herron]] (1986–2021), baseball pitcher * [[Devin Hester]], NFL player * [[Hey Monday]], alternative rock band * [[Bill Hicks]], comedian * [[Jay Howard]], British professional race car driver in [[IndyCar Series]] and [[Indianapolis 500]] * [[Dick Howser]], professional baseball player, manager of [[1985 World Series]] champion [[Kansas City Royals]] * [[Travis Hunter]], professional football player * [[Tommy Lee Jones]], actor * [[Michael Jordan]], basketball Hall of Famer * [[Ron Klein]], U.S. Congressman * [[Blake Koch]], NASCAR driver * [[Brooks Koepka]], professional golfer * [[Joey Kramer]], [[Aerosmith]] drummer * [[Larry the Cable Guy]], comedian * [[Debi Laszewski]], IFBB professional bodybuilder * [[Theresa LePore]], Supervisor of Elections; designer of [[butterfly ballot]], which figured prominently in U.S. presidential election, 2000 * [[David McCampbell]], naval aviator during World War II * [[AJ McLean]], of the [[Backstreet Boys]] * [[Tony McQuay]], gold and silver medalist [[2016 Summer Olympics]], track and field * [[Matthew Mercer]], voice actor and dungeon master * [[Taylor Motter]], [[Utility player (baseball)|utility player]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] * [[Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista]], [[First Lady]] of [[Cuba]] (1952–1959) * [[Bob Mitchell (baseball)|Bob Mitchell]], Negro league baseball player * [[Edgar Mitchell]], astronaut who walked on moon * [[Ruthie Morris]], guitarist of [[Magnapop]] * [[Jim Palmer]], baseball Hall of Famer * [[Barbara Pariente]], former Justice and Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court * [[James Patterson]], author * [[Cassadee Pope]], winner of ''[[The Voice (U.S. season 3)|The Voice season 3]]'' and lead singer of rock band [[Hey Monday]] * [[Jamieson Price]], actor, voice-over artist * [[Judge Reinhold]], actor * [[Burt Reynolds]], actor, graduate of Palm Beach High School * [[Dusty Rhodes (baseball coach)]], college baseball coach * [[Randi Rhodes]], radio talk show host * [[Adrian Rogers]], president Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church * [[William J. Ronan]], (1912-2014) chairman New York State MTA and Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; president of [[New York University|NYU]] * [[Jarrod Saltalamacchia]], MLB catcher * [[Ron Sellers]], NFL player for Dallas Cowboys * [[Ben Silverman (golfer)|Ben Silverman]] (born 1987), professional PGA golfer * [[Steve Sipek]] (Stjepan Sipek), actor, stage name [[Steve Hawkes]], starred in ''[[Blood Freak]]'' and ''[[Tarzan and the Brown Prince]]'' * [[Howard Stern]], radio talk show host * [[Peggy Stewart (actress)|Peggy Stewart]], actress * [[Surfer Blood]], indie rock band * [[Vinny Sutherland]], NFL player, graduate of Palm Beach Lakes High School * [[Tenth Avenue North]], contemporary Christian rock band * [[Robby Thompson]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] second baseman for [[San Francisco Giants]] 1986–1996, bench coach for [[Seattle Mariners]], graduated from Forest Hill Community High School * [[Otis Thorpe]], NBA player for [[Houston Rockets]] and [[Detroit Pistons]] * [[Devon Travis]], former MLB player who is currently a coach for the [[Atlanta Braves]] * [[Tiffany Trump]], daughter of the 45th and 47th U.S. president [[Donald Trump]], born in West Palm Beach * [[Maryly Van Leer Peck]], American academic, first woman president of a Florida community college and first woman engineer graduate from University of Florida * [[Kyril Vassilev]], Bulgarian-American portrait painter * [[Larry Walker]], MLB [[right fielder]], first [[Canadians|Canadian]] to win [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]] (MVP) of MLB<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Montville |first=Leigh |author-link=Leigh Montville |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1993/04/05/128319/the-accidental-ballplayer-larry-walker-always-dreamed-of-playing-in-montreal----for-a-hockey-team |title=The accidental ballplayer: Larry Walker always dreamed of playing in Montreal—for a hockey team |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=April 5, 1993 |access-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Claire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/14/sports/baseball-walker-is-the-first-canadian-mvp.html?ref=topics |title=Walker is first Canadian M.V.P. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 14, 1997 |access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> * [[Steve Walsh (American football)|Steve Walsh]], NFL quarterback, football head coach at [[Cardinal Newman High School (West Palm Beach, Florida)|Cardinal Newman High School]] * [[Robert Wexler]], U.S. Congressman * [[Serena Williams]], professional tennis player * [[Venus Williams]], professional tennis player * [[Yanni]], composer * [[Nick Zano]], actor * [[Virginia Zeani]], opera singer * [[Snot (rapper)|Snot]], rapper<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://1015krock.com/rapper-not-fires-back-at-snots-mikey-doling-old-man-mad-about-my-name/|title = Rapper $NOT Fires Back at SNOT's MIKEY DOLING: 'Old Man Mad About My Name' - 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock|date = March 21, 2022|access-date = July 3, 2022|archive-date = December 20, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221220185705/https://1015krock.com/rapper-not-fires-back-at-snots-mikey-doling-old-man-mad-about-my-name/|url-status = dead}}</ref> <!-- ↑ Please maintain alphabetical order ↑--> {{colend}}
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