Famous People from Miami, Florida

• Cornwell, Patricia

  The best-selling author of the Kay Scarpetta series

• Harry, Deborah

  Lead singer for the group Blondie

• Hilton, Perez

  The online gossip columnist who runs PerezHilton.com

• Jenkins, Barry

  The director of 2016's 'Moonlight'

• Keener, Catherine

  Harper Lee in the movie Capote

• Macy, William

  The shifty, inept car salesman in the movie Fargo

• Mendes, Eva

  The Cuban-American co-star of Training Day and Hitch

• Poitier, Sidney

  The star of the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night

• Pretty Ricky

  The four-brother band who sang "Grind With Me"

• Reichardt, Kelly

  The independent filmmaker who did 'Meek's Cutoff'

• Reno, Janet

  78th Attorney General of the United States

• Rodriguez, Maggie

  Co-host of the CBS morning program The Early Show

• Rubio, Marco

  U.S. Senator from Florida, 2011-present

• Sterger, Jenn

  The prominent Florida State co-ed who became a broadcaster

• Taylor-Joy, Anya

  Chess genius Beth Harmon in 'The Queen's Gambit'

• Taylor, Niki

  The supermodel nearly killed in a 2001 car crash

• Thomas, Kurt

  World champion gymnast and star of Gymkata

• Vereen, Ben

  "Leading Player" in the Broadway show Pippin

• Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe

  The first woman composer to win a Pulitzer

See also: Born in Florida