musicians Perry Baker, rugby player for U.S. national team Fulgencio Batista, 19th President of Cuba Pete Carr, musician Vince Carter, basketball player, 8-time NBA All-Star Ed Charles, former Major League Baseball player Bill France Sr., founder of NASCAR Roland G. Fryer Jr., economist; In 2007, at age 30, he became the youngest African-American to be given tenure at Harvard University Lee H. Hamilton former Indiana U.S. Congressman Danielle Harris, actress Carrenza Howard, baseball pitcher Zora Neale Hurston, writer, anthropologist Alex Kinsey, singer E. J. Kuale, professional football player Gary Russell Libby, art historian, curator, and former director of Museum of Arts and Sciences Ryan Lochte, swimmer, winner of 12 Olympic medals including six gold Martin Mayhew, pro football player and executive Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights activist Walter M. Miller Jr., author of A Canticle for Leibowitz Matthew Tyler Musto, musician Kevin Nash, professional WWE wrestler No Kum-sok, North Korean defector Ransom Eli Olds, automobile pioneer Pavlina Osta, radio host Josef Papp, engineer Kitty Pryde, rapper Glen "Fireball" Roberts, NASCAR driver Jackie Robinson, professional baseball player Bob Ross, artist and television host Galen Seaman, lawyer, Wisconsin State Assemblyman, and mayor of Daytona Beach David Sholtz, 26th governor of Florida Mike Skinner, NASCAR driver Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter Howard Thurman, author and theologian Denzel Washington, actor Eric Weems, professional football player T. K. Wetherell, president of Florida State University Robert Wright, musical theater writer Aileen Wuornos, serial killer executed in 2002 Smokey Yunick, mechanic and motor racing innovator See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Volusia County, Florida References Citations General sources Kettlewell, Mike. "Daytona", in Northey, Tom, ed. World of Automobiles, Volume 10, pp. 501–503. London: Orbis, 1974. Northey, Tom, "Land-speed record: The Fastest Men on Earth", in Northey, Tom, ed. World of Automobiles'', Volume 10, pp. 1161–1166. London: Orbis, 1974. External links City of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce Daytona Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau A History of Central Florida Podcast – "Leather Cap and Goggles", "Rum Runner" 1876 establishments in Florida Beaches of Florida Beaches of Volusia County, Florida Cities in Florida Cities in Volusia County, Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean Populated places established in 1876 Seaside resorts in Florida