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==Notable people== <!--NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here as Notable people. This establishes notability. The biographical article should say how they are associated with THIS CITY examples = born, raised, residing etc. An external reliable source of their association with THIS CITY should be cited in their Article and MUST be cited HERE. All others will be deleted without further explanation. Alphabetical by last name please. Use a short one line description of Notability. If the person you think is Notable and does not have a Wikipedia Article for themselves create one. Guidelines for the Notability of a person can be found by entering WP:PEOPLE in the wiki search. Guidelines on what is needed and how to write the Article can be found by entering WP:MOSBIO in the wiki search. END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE--> [[File:Sandy Koufax.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Sandy Koufax]]]] [[File:Ivan Lendl (1984) cropped.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Ivan Lendl]]]] *[[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]], journalist, editor of [[The Weekly Standard]] and [[Fox News]] contributor<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/000/154tsykm.asp|title=Home Alone|date=June 11, 2001|magazine=The Weekly Standard|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103356/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/000/154tsykm.asp|archive-date=October 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Lake Bell]], actress, attended school in Vero Beach<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128572/bio|title=Lake Bell - Biography|website=IMDb|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111190825/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128572/bio|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and her film ''[[I Do... Until I Don't]]'' is set there *[[Jade Cargill]], professional wrestler signed to [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and fitness model *[[Alex Cobb]], pitcher for the [[Los Angeles Angels]], attended [[Vero Beach High School]] *[[Gloria Estefan]], singer, has a house and owns a hotel in Vero Beach<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2010-01-28-gloria-estefan-hotels_N.htm|title=Q&A: Gloria Estefan on her Florida hotels|website=USATODAY.com|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710151625/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2010-01-28-gloria-estefan-hotels_N.htm|archive-date=July 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Tom Fadden]], actor<ref name="desmoinesregister">{{cite web|url=http://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/tom-fadden|title=Famous Iowans - Tom Fadden|website=DesMoinesRegister.com|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150221195123/http://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/tom-fadden|archive-date=February 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Prince Fielder]], former professional [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] baseball player<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/mar/17/no-headline---tc_spt_fielder_1c/|title=Fielder's career path takes him from St. Edward's to the Tigers Β» TCPalm.com|last=Santucci|first=Jon|date=March 17, 2012|work=[[Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers]]|access-date=July 25, 2012|quote=Fielder, who lived briefly in Vero Beach growing up, spoke with Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers about his memories of St. Edward's high school, his off-season and his new team.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724092530/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/mar/17/no-headline---tc_spt_fielder_1c/|archive-date=July 24, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Mardy Fish]], former professional tennis player and Olympic Silver medalist *[[Calvin Souther Fuller]], inventor of the solar cell, died 1994<ref>{{cite news|title=SOLAR CELL INVENTOR DIES|date=2 November 1994|work=[[Palm Beach Post]]}}</ref> *[[Horace Gifford]], architect *[[David Alan Gore]], serial killer *[[Carl Hiaasen]], journalist, novelist, and author<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Carl-Hiaasen-relishes-reachinga-new-generation-of-1183986.php|title=Carl Hiaasen relishes reachinga new generation of greenies|last=Goodnow|first=Cecelia|date=September 29, 2005|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|access-date=July 27, 2012|quote=Hiaasen said by phone from his home in Vero Beach, Fla.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106195125/http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Carl-Hiaasen-relishes-reachinga-new-generation-of-1183986.php|archive-date=November 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Sandy Koufax]], former MLB professional baseball player, member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Begley |first1=Janet |title=Centennial: Vero Beach, Indian River County had big share of famous sports celebrities over the years |url=https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/verobeachcentennial/2019/03/14/centennial-sports-celebrities-frequented-vero-over-years/3056358002/ |work=[[Treasure Coast Newspapers|TCPalm]] |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref> *[[Ivan Lendl]], former professional tennis player, member of the [[Tennis Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2006-12-07-lendl_x.htm|title=Fatherhood, golf keep Lendl busy|last=Potter|first=Jerry|date=December 7, 2006|work=USA Today|access-date=July 25, 2012|quote=He lives with his family in Florida, splitting time between Vero Beach and Bradenton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210184505/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2006-12-07-lendl_x.htm|archive-date=December 10, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Richard Littlejohn]], columnist for the [[Daily Mail]], lives in Vero Beach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/the-vero-beach-florida-home-of-richard-littlejohn-image226891230.html|title=The Vero Beach, Florida home of Richard Littlejohn Stock Photo: 226891230 - Alamy|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213004918/https://www.alamy.com/the-vero-beach-florida-home-of-richard-littlejohn-image226891230.html|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live }}</ref> *[[City Girls|JT]], hip hop artist and member of [[City Girls]] *[[Debbie Mayfield]], Florida state senator<ref name="flsenate">{{cite web|url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s17|title=Senator Mayfield - The Florida Senate|website=flsenate.gov|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113233139/http://flsenate.gov/Senators/s17|archive-date=November 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[F. James McDonald]], former president and chief operating officer of [[General Motors]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16mcdonald.html "F. James McDonald, Former G.M. President, Is Dead at 87"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109085235/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16mcdonald.html|date=2016-11-09 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2010.</ref> *[[Alison Mosshart]], lead singer of [[The Kills]] and [[The Dead Weather]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/51497447.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU&refer=y|title=Weather front: An interview with Alison Mosshart|last=RIEMENSCHNEIDER|first=Chris|date=July 28, 2009|work=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=July 27, 2012|quote=having spent her childhood in Vero Beach, Fla., where she fronted an emo-ish punk band|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106195117/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/51497447.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU&refer=y|archive-date=November 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Mark Mulvoy]], sports journalist and ''Sports Illustrated'' managing editor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/mark-mulvoy-to-receive-elmer-ferguson-memorial-award|title='Groundbreaking' Mulvoy set to accept Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=November 5, 2023|website=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref> *[[Jake Owen]], country music singer-songwriter, graduate of Vero Beach High School, 1999<ref name="hometown">{{cite web|url=http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=35730|title=Country music star comes home to Vero Beach|last=Isenberg|first=Barbara|date=December 14, 2007|work=My Hometown News|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213235034/http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=35730|archive-date=February 13, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gac">{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_artists_a-z/article/0,,GAC_26071_4751625,00.html|title=Jake Owen biography|work=[[Great American Country]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102155646/http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_artists_a-z/article/0,,GAC_26071_4751625,00.html|archive-date=January 2, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=April 6, 2008}}</ref> *[[Peter George Peterson]], co-founder, [[Blackstone Group]]<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegacyst00heym|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanlegacyst00heym/page/487 487]|quote=Pete Peterson Vero Beach.|title=American legacy: the story of John & Caroline Kennedy β Clemens David Heymann|year=2007|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> *[[Albert Reed (model)|Albert Reed]], model, 2007 ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' competitor, actor, graduate of Vero Beach High School, 2003<ref name="Good">[[Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers|Vero Beach Press Journal]] (August 13, 2005) ''Good for you.'' Section: Today on the Treasure Coast; Page E8.</ref> *[[Muni Long|Priscilla Renea]], singer-songwriter signed to [[Capitol Records]], debut album entitled "[[Jukebox (Priscilla Renea album)|Jukebox]]" released in 2009<ref name="Priscilla Reneas">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627028/priscilla-reneas-jukebox-on-leak.jhtml|title=Jukebox|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|work=Priscilla Renea's Jukebox on the Link|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112094905/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627028/priscilla-reneas-jukebox-on-leak.jhtml|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Norman Sas]], inventor of [[Electric Football]]<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/business/norman-sas-inventor-of-electric-football-dies-at-87.html|title=Norman Sas, Inventor of Electric Football, Dies at 87|last=Yardley|first=William|date=July 12, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719212359/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/business/norman-sas-inventor-of-electric-football-dies-at-87.html|archive-date=July 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Waldo E. Sexton]], early settler and pioneer *[[Parvati Shallow]], winner of ''[[Survivor: Micronesia]]'', runner-up in ''[[Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/S/Survivor/2008/06/11/5839011-sun.html|title=CANOE β JAM! Television β TV Shows β Survivor: 'Survivor' gal sexy & Shallow|last=Harris|first=Bill|work=[[Canoe.ca]]|access-date=July 27, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115062122/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/S/Survivor/2008/06/11/5839011-sun.html|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=usurped}}</ref> *[[Eric Smith (wide receiver)|Eric Smith]], former professional football player for the [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] *[[Bryan Stork]], former professional football player for the [[Washington Redskins]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]] *[[Roscoe Tanner]], former professional tennis player<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/sports/tennis/roscoe-tanner-ex-tennis-star-says-hes-trying-to-change.html?pagewanted=all Roscoe Tanner, Ex-Tennis Star, Says He's Trying to Change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701102318/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/sports/tennis/roscoe-tanner-ex-tennis-star-says-hes-trying-to-change.html?pagewanted=all|date=2017-07-01 }} New York Times, February 13, 2012.</ref> *[[Rick Wiles]], Christian broadcaster and antisemitic conspiracy theorist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/will-maule/pastor-rick-wiles-asks-for-100-million-to-set-up-end-times-global-broadcasting-network.html|title=Pastor Rick Wiles Asks for $100 Million to Set-Up End Times Global Broadcasting Network|website=ChristianHeadlines.com|access-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831010457/https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/will-maule/pastor-rick-wiles-asks-for-100-million-to-set-up-end-times-global-broadcasting-network.html|archive-date=August 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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