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Jimmy Buffett

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Performer, songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett has made Key West his home for more than 30 years, a period that saw him rise from an unknown street musician to the heights of fame and fortune. For his millions of fans around the world, Buffett…

Fernando Bujones

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A world-renowned ballet artist, Miami-born Fernando Bujones (pronounced "boo-HOH-nays) led an extraordinary career that will have a lasting impact on dance in Florida and around the globe. His immense power, technical brilliance and exuberance won…

Bo Diddley

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The late Bo Diddley of Archer, near Gainesville, was one of rock music's principal architects in the 1950s. He is generally credited as the man who gave rock its beat—the "rock" upon which the "roll" was built. His innovative and original style of…

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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The name "Marjory Stoneman Douglas" will resonate forever as one of the most important voices to emerge from the dawning of environmental consciousness in 20th Century America. A lifelong crusader for conservation and women's rights through her…

Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Fajarda was born in Havana, Cuba in 1957 but didn’t spend much time there. Her father took the family to live in Miami following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. As a teenager Gloria had little time for a social life. While her mother worked to…

George Firestone

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Florida's 20th Secretary of State, Firestone has been a Florida resident since 1936. He served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Senate before being elected secretary of state in 1978. As chief cultural officer of Florida, Firestone…

William P. Foster

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William Patrick Foster, recognized as one of the world's most renowned band directors, was the creator and band director of the internationally acclaimed Florida A&M University (FAMU) Marching "100" Band for over 50 years. His innovative…

Duane Hanson

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A leading figure in contemporary sculpture, Duane Hanson adopted South Florida as his home in 1965. The style Hanson called "superrealism" produced a long series of life-sized sculptures of ordinary people in stunning detail. Hanson's work caught…

Martin Johnson Heade

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A major figure in late 19th Century American art, Martin Johnson Heade spent the last 21 years of his life as a resident of St. Augustine. Some of his most important works were created there, brilliant floral paintings of coastal environs, flowers…

Ernest Hemingway

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This preeminent literary figure of the 20th century moved to Key West in 1928, living there periodically through 1940. Hemmingway wrote all or part of his most famous works including A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, To Have and Have Not…

Zora Neale Hurston

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Zora Neale Hurston not only stands as the most celebrated black female writer ever to work in Florida, but also one of the undisputed titans of African-American literature in U.S. history. A major figure of New York's Harlem Renaissance in the…

James F. Hutchinson

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James Hutchinson's lifelong passion for capturing the beauty and diversity of Florida's natural environment and heritage has won him the respect of art lovers and fellow landscape artists the world over. In the 1960s and '70s, his keen interest in…

Lou Jacobs

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Lou Jacobs was one of the most famous professional clowns in the world, a favorite to American circus-lovers for 60 years. Touring with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus based in Sarasota, Jacobs touched the lives of both adults…

James Weldon Johnson

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The legacy of James Weldon Johnson–Florida-born educator, poet, novelist, journalist, anthologist, diplomat, lyricist, lawyer and civil rights activist–stands as an icon in the cultural heritage of America's black community.

John Rosamond Johnson

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A native of Jacksonville, John Rosamond Johnson was a musical prodigy–at age 4, he was an accomplished pianist. After studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Johnson returned to Jacksonville and served for a time as the musical director…