Lakeland, Florida

===Entertainment===
* [[Nat Adderley]], jazz [[cornet]]ist and composer<ref name="NPR's Jazz Profiles">{{cite web
| url = https://legacy.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/adderley_n.html| title = NPR's Jazz Profiles| access-date = 2010-09-19
| publisher = NPR}}</ref>
* [[Lindsey Alley]], [[The Mickey Mouse Club|Mouseketeer]] and actress
* [[Bobby Braddock]], record producer in [[List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees|Country Music Hall of Fame]]
* [[Howard J. Buss]], composer<ref name="Composer's Muses Found on Earth, Heavens">{{cite magazine
| url = http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=248003| title = Polk Life Magazine| pages=52, 53, and 60 | access-date = 2015-02-25
}}</ref>
* [[Charleene Closshey]], film/Broadway actress, musician, and producer
* [[Copeland (band)|Copeland]], pop/alternative rock band
* [[Jonny Diaz]], Christian musician
* [[Samantha Dorman]], ''[[Playboy]]'' [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate]]
* [[Rhea Durham]], [[Victoria's Secret]] model
* [[Faith Evans]], singer
* [[Stephen Baron Johnson]], painter
* [[Frances Langford]], singer, actress, and radio star (1930s and 1940s)
* [[Neva Jane Langley]], [[Miss America 1953]]
* [[Mike Marshall (musician)|Mike Marshall]], bluegrass musician and mandolinist
* [[Kara Monaco]], ''Playboy'' Playmate
* [[Robert Phillips (Guitarist)|Robert Phillips]], guitarist
* [[Lauren Miller Rogen]], actress
* [[Forrest Sawyer]], [[NBC]] reporter and anchor
* [[SoulJa (rapper)|SoulJa]], rapper
* [[Steve1989MREInfo]], YouTube personality
* [[J. D. Sumner]], singer and songwriter
* [[Dan White (actor)|Dan White]] (1908–1980), American actor in film and television
* [[Monte Yoho]], drummer for [[Outlaws (band)|Outlaws]]