Buchanan, automobile dealer and member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 16th congressional district, which includes Longboat Key Frank Swift Chase, post-impressionist painter Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking instructor and cookbook author Harber H. Hall (1920–2020), member of the Illinois Senate from 1973 to 1979. He resided in Longboat Key during his retirement. Al Hirshberg, Boston-based sportswriter Nathan J. Kaplan, Illinois jurist and politician Jesse W. Markham, economist Charlie Maxwell, baseball player for Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox Peter Mellor (born 1947), English-born American footballer and coach Ed Miracle, artist Frank Mockler, 47th Governor of American Samoa Joe Perry, lead guitarist for rock band Aerosmith Ronna Romney, former Michigan Republican politician and sister-in-law to Governor Mitt Romney See also Rufus P. Jordan House References External links Town of Longboat Key official website Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Towns in Manatee County, Florida Towns in Sarasota County, Florida 1882 establishments in Florida