Bean, PGA Tour golfer Ahmad Black, NFL player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Keon Broxton- Milwaukee Brewers Center Fielder Desmond Clark, NFL player, Chicago Bears Lance Davis, MLB player, Cincinnati Reds Matt Diaz, former MLB player Paul Edinger, NFL player, Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears Justin Forsett, running back, UC Berkeley Carson Fulmer, former Vanderbilt baseball player, drafted 8th overall by Chicago White Sox Kenneth Gant, NFL safety Ronnie Ghent, football player Matt Grothe, quarterback, South Florida Bulls Nick Hamilton, pro wrestling referee Killian Hayes, basketball player Alice Haylett, AAGPBL All-Star pitcher Drew Hutchison, MLB pitcher Lee Janzen, PGA Tour golfer, U.S. Open winner Ray Lewis, NFL player, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl champion and MVP, 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Freddie Mitchell, NFL player, Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs Joe Nemechek, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Joe Niekro, MLB knuckleball pitcher Lance Niekro, MLB player, San Francisco Giants Steve Pearce, MLB player, Boston Red Sox Maurkice Pouncey, NFL player, Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Pouncey, former NFL player Boog Powell, former MLB player Chris Rainey, NFL player, Pittsburgh Steelers Andrew Reynolds, professional skateboarder Chris Sale, MLB player, Boston Red Sox Brenda Sell, Taekwondo Grandmaster Rod Smart, NFL & XFL player Donnell Smith, NFL player, Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots Ron Smith, NFL player, Los Angeles Rams Bill Spivey, basketball player Jameson Taillon, MLB pitcher, New York Yankees Adarius Taylor, NFL linebacker Jim Thomas, NBA player Justin Verlander, MLB pitcher, Houston Astros Chris Waters, former MLB player Brooks Wilson, MLB pitcher, Atlanta Braves Other Charles T. Canady, Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court Lawton Chiles, Senator and Governor of Florida Carol Jenkins Barnett, philanthropist and businesswoman, the daughter of George W. Jenkins George W. Jenkins, founder of Publix Super Markets R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Marvin Pipkin, scientist engineer that had many inventions and innovations for the light bulb. Gene Ready, Florida businessman and state legislator Charles Z. Smith, Associate Justice, Washington State Supreme Court Park Trammell, Mayor of Lakeland, Florida Attorney General, Governor of Florida and U.S. Senator Sister cities Lakeland Sister Cities International (LSCI), a chapter of Sister Cities International, was formed in 1990 with Lakeland's first sister city Richmond Hill, Canada. Bălți, Moldova (since 1997) Chongming County, Shanghai, China (since 2007) Imabari, Ehime, Japan (since 1995) Portmore, Jamaica (since 2009) Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (since 1990) In popular culture In 1990, Lakeland made its