Sarasota, Florida

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Sarasota is a county on the West coast of Florida, in the United States. It is the headquarters and winter home of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Its primary city of Sarasota has a population of 52,715 (US. Census 2000). Many celebrities have lived in the city including:

  • Dick Vitale, NBA Hall of Fame broadcaster
  • Dickie Betts, guitarist
  • Chris Browne, author and cartoonist
  • Monica Seles, tennis player
  • Mary Pierce, tennis player
  • Tom Cruise, actor
  • Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer
  • Brian Johnson, lead singer of rock band AC/DC
  • Jerry Springer, talk show host
  • Nick Bollettieri, tennis coach
  • Mark Guthrie, former Major League Baseball player
  • Bobby Seay, Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Stephen Root, actor
  • Katherine Harris, congresswoman and former Secretary of State of Florida
  • Sean Cw Johnson, actor
  • Andre Agassi, tennis player
  • Randy Savage, pro wrestler
  • Dick Smothers, comedian (The Smothers Brothers - TV Show)
  • Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, actor
  • Gene Lamont, former Major League Baseball manager and player
  • Bryson Voirin, environmental scientist
  • Keith Fitzgerald, political scientist and politician
  • Barbara Hicks, political scientist
  • Randy Gonzalez, criminologist
  • Rick Doblin, president and founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)
  • Bob Russell (Entertainer), (1908-1998), Miss America emcee

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