List of people from Miami
The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Miami, Florida.
Artists and designers
- Jorge Arango, Colombia-born architect
- Natalia Arbelaez American ceramicist, educator, born in Miami
- Hernan Bas, visual artist
- Clandestine Culture, contemporary artist
- Sebastian Spreng, visual artist and journalist
- Robert Law Weed, architect
- Kat Reeder, Peruvian-born illustrator, graphic designer, and artist
- Arturo Rodríguez, Cuban-born painter
- Cesar Santos, Cuban-born painter
- Purvis Young, painter
- Jonathan Crenshaw, an armless, homeless street painter
Authors, writers, and journalists
- T. D. Allman, foreign correspondent, historian
- Dave Barry, columnist and humorist
- James Carlos Blake, fiction writer and essayist
- Edna Buchanan, novelist and Miami journalist
- Patricia Cornwell, novelist
- Daína Chaviano, author of historical, scifi & fantasy novels, born in Havana.
- Reed Cowan, journalist
- Jennine Capó Crucet, novelist, essayist, short story writer
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, conservationist and writer of fiction and non-fiction
- Eric Garcia, writer whose Matchstick Men was adapted into a movie
- Dr. Lillian Glass, body-language expert, author, columnist, TV commentator
- Thomas Harris, author of novels featuring Hannibal Lecter
- Carl Hiaasen, novelist and former Miami Herald columnist, originally from Plantation, Florida
- Dan Le Batard, columnist and sports radio host
- Jeff Lindsay, author of novels featuring Dexter Morgan
- Tom Llamas, ABC and NBC News correspondent
- Kirk Munroe, author of children's books
- Chris Myers, sportscaster and host of The Chris Myers Interview
- Ferdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali's cornerman and doctor, TV commentator, artist, writer
- Amy Serrano, poet, essayist, author, filmmaker
Actors and entertainers
- Jencarlos Canela,Cuban American actor/singer/songwriter
- Mickey Rourke Actor, Moved to Miami Beach aged 6, graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1971
Business
- Benjamin Breier, president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors for Kindred Healthcare
- Terri Dial, former leader of Citigroup's North American consumer banking business
- Jorge Mas, sporting executive and chairman of MasTec and the Cuban American National Foundation
- Blake Ross, co-founder of Mozilla Firefox
- David Venable, intelligence officer, diplomat, and cybersecurity executive
Criminals
- Paul Bilzerian, financier convicted of securities fraud
- William Calley, war criminal
- Al Capone, infamous Chicago mobster
- Adolfo Constanzo, Cuban-American serial killer
- Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
- Jeffrey Feltner, serial killer
- Jonathan James, youngest person ever to be incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States
Musicians and singers
- Maluma, Colombian singer living in Miami
Politicians, honor civil servants, and activists
- Victor Agosto, anti-war activist
- G. Holmes Braddock, politician
- George P. Bush, Texas General Land Office commissioner
- Jeb Bush, politician, 43rd governor of Florida
- Kathy Castor, U.S. representative for Florida
- Mattie Belle Davis, judge
- Mario Díaz-Balart, U.S. representative and former Florida Senator and Florida Representative
- Anitere Flores, politician
- Carlos A. Giménez, U.S. representative and former mayor of Miami-Dade County
- Renita Holmes, housing activist
- Carlos López-Cantera, politician
- Scott James Meyer, attorney and former stand-up comedian
- Yeshimabeit Milner, technologist and activist
- Daniel Noboa, 48th President of Ecuador
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. representative
- Marco Rubio, U.S. senator for Florida and U.S. secretary of State
- María Elvira Salazar, U.S. representative and journalist
- Francis Suarez, 43rd Mayor of Miami
- Robert H. Traurig, co-founder of Greenberg Traurig, one of the nation's largest law and lobbying firms
- Frederica Wilson, U.S. representative
Sports
Autoracing
- Bobby Allison and family, NASCAR drivers
- Zach Banks, racing driver
- Enzo Fittipaldi, Formula 3 driver
- Pietro Fittipaldi, Indycar and Formula One driver
- Bobby Johns, NASCAR driver
- Tony Kanaan, 2013 Indianapolis 500 Champion, 2004 IndyCar Series Champion and 2015 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona overall winner
- Carlos Munoz, IndyCar Series racing driver
- Juan Pablo Montoya, 2001 and 2015 Indianapolis 500 Champion and Formula One racing driver
Golf
- Daniel Berger, professional PGA Tour golfer
- Erik Compton, professional golfer
Mixed martial artists
- Alex Caceres, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
- Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
- Mike Rio, professional mixed martial arts fighter, former member of the UFC
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, professional wrestler and occasional actor
Soccer
- George Acosta, midfielder
- Bryan Arguez, midfielder
- Steven Cabas, forward
- Luis Cálix, defender
- Shawn Chin, midfielder and forward
- Benjamin Cremaschi, midfielder and 2024 Olympian
- Konrad de la Fuente, forward
Tennis
- Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer, former professional tennis player
- Jay Berger, former tennis player; highest world ranking # 7
- Alexis Blokhina, tennis player
- Anne Grousbeck
- Anna Kournikova, professional tennis player
- Van Winitsky, former tennis player ranked World No. 7 in doubles
Multiple disciplines
- Eddy Alvarez, Olympic short track speed skater and baseball player, and Major League Baseball second baseman
Other sports
- Fannie Barrios, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Fabiano Caruana, former United States Chess champion
- Lisa Cross, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Layla El, former WWE professional wrestler
- Margie Goldstein-Engle, equestrian
- Brian Ginsberg, gymnast, two-time US junior national gymnastics champion
- Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler, actor
- Ashleigh Johnson, water polo goalkeeper
- Glen Johnson, former world light heavyweight boxing champion
- Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
- Floyd Mayweather Jr., professional boxer, boxing promoter
- Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Hans Pienitz, American-born German professional ice hockey player
- Andrew Talansky, professional cyclist
- Betty Viana-Adkins, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Lola Vice, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist
- Montel Vontavious Porter, professional wrestler
Miscellaneous
- Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist at the Weather Channel since 2003
- Nina Agdal, Danish model
- Richard A. Appelbaum, U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral
- Don Aronow, speedboat builder and racer
- Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg, supportive housing developer
- Princess Eugénie of Bourbon, relative of the Spanish royal family
- Black Chiney, Jamaican sound system
- Leslie Cochran, Austin, Texas, resident who personified "Keep Austin Weird"
- Kyan Douglas, star of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Howard Engle, physician and lead plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit against the tobacco industry
- Manuel J. Fernandez, U.S. Air Force fighter ace; raised in Miami
- Roy Firestone, TV personality
- Don Francisco, TV host
- Kid Fury, vlogger and co-host of podcast The Read
- Dave Graveline, talk radio host
- Leroy Griffith, theater and club proprietor
- Charlie Hall, firefighter and member of the Florida House of Representatives
- José Luis de Jesús, leader of the Creciendo en Gracia cult and self-declared messiah
- Valeria Morales, Miss Colombia 2018
- Richard L. Hoxie, U.S. Army brigadier general
- Arefeh Mansouri, fashion and costume designer
- Jeanine Mason, winner of So You Think You Can Dance, actress
- Ana Navarro, political strategist, political commentator for CNN, co-host of The View
- Adriana Paniagua, Miss Nicaragua 2018
- Bella Rodriguez-Torres, pediatric cancer patient whose story inspired the #LiveLikeBella movement and the Live Like Bella Childhood Cancer Foundation.
- Edward C. Peter II, U.S. Army lieutenant general; raised in Miami
- Allen Lawrence Pope, former military and paramilitary aviator who was shot down over Indonesia during the Permesta Rebellion
- Brett Ratner, director of the Rush Hour films
- Albert Reed, model, Dancing with the Stars
- Crystal Renn, plus-size model
- Daniel Schechter, child psychiatrist and researcher
- Robert L. Shevin, politician and judge
- O.J. Simpson, football player, actor
- Ondi Timoner, film director
- Dayanara Torres, Miss Universe 1993
- Rick Tyler, white supremacist and political candidate from Tennessee.
- Pedro Zamora, AIDS educator and The Real World: San Francisco television personality