and playwright Mike Figga (born 1970), professional baseball player G Leo Gallagher (born 1947), better known as Gallagher, watermelon-smashing comedian Robert Gant (born 1968), actor Joanna Garcia (born 1979), actress Steve Garvey (born 1948), professional baseball player Walter Lee Gibbons (1928–2015), pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Minor Leagues Mychal Givens (born 1990), MLB pitcher Graham Godfrey (born 1984), professional baseball player Luis Gonzalez (born 1967), professional baseball player Dwight Gooden (born 1964), professional baseball player Arjun Gupta (born 1986), actor H Bob Hall (born 1942), member of Texas State Senate Denny Hamlin (born 1980), professional stock car driver Garry Hancock (1954–2015), professional baseball player Rondo Hatton (1894–1946), actor/reporter Eric Hayes (born 1967), football player Mike Heath (born 1955), professional baseball player Jaclyn Hill (born 1990), American entrepreneur and internet personality Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler Melissa Howard (born 1977), actress/comedian Rodney Howard-Brown, Christian evangelist and pastor of River Church John Hudek (born 1966), professional baseball player Gary Huff (born 1951), professional football player Lauren Hutton (born 1943), supermodel, actress I Paul D. Irving (born 1957), Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives J Rick Jacobson, The grouper king of Tampa Carter Jenkins (born 1991), actor Matt Joyce (born 1984), professional baseball player K Kamelot (formed 1991), power metal band Jill Kelley (born 1975), philanthropist and advocate Tarence Kinsey (born 1984), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian rapper Ryszard Kukliński, Polish soldier and CIA agent Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer Bert Kreischer, comedian L Tony LaRussa (born 1944), professional baseball player Tony Little (born 1956), fitness equipment pitchman Al López (1908–2005), professional baseball player Vance Lovelace (born 1963), professional baseball player Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), businessman, civic leader, National Guard commander and segregationist political figure M Dave Magadan (born 1962), professional baseball player Matt Mantei (born 1973), professional baseball player Sam Marsonek (born 1978), professional baseball player Andrew Martin (1975–2009), Canadian professional wrestler, died in Tampa Robert Martinez (born 1934), politician, former Governor of Florida Tino Martinez (born 1967), professional baseball player Billy Mays (1958–2009), TV commercial pitchman Eugene McCaslin (born 1977), professional football player Lance McCullers (born 1964), professional baseball player Tom McEwen (1923–2011), sportswriter Fred McGriff (born 1963), professional baseball player Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995), actress, Gone with the Wind Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American soccer player and coach Jason Michaels