List of people from Palatka, Florida

This is a List of Palatkans, notable citizens of Palatka, Florida.

Born and raised in Palatka

The following people were born and spent a significant amount of their growing-up years in Palatka.

• Bill Foster, college basketball coach
• Charles Sharon, professional football player
• Clayton Beauford, professional football player
• Jarvis Williams (American football), professional football player
• John Crawford, author
• John Henry Lloyd, National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1977
• John Williams (fullback), professional football player
• Kevis Coley, professional football player
• Michelle McCool, WWE professional wrestler
• Steven Douglas Merryday, judge
• William L. Calhoun, admiral
• Willie Offord, professional football player

Born elsewhere, raised in Palatka

The following people were not born in Palatka, but spent a significant amount of their growing-up years in the city.

• Omar Ahmad, Internet entrepreneur and politician^[1]
• Isaac Guillory, American folk musician
• Johnny Tillotson, American singer and songwriter
• Kelly R. Smith, congressman
• Robert H. Jenkins, Jr., Vietnam Veteran, Medal of Honor recipient

Born in Palatka, raised elsewhere

The following people were born in Palatka but spent most (if not all) of their growing-up years away from the city.

• Earl Leggett professional football player
• George Tucker, jazz musician
• Joseph Warren Stilwell, general
• Medwin Peek, Florida architect
• Odell Barnes, entrepreneur

Significant to Palatka

The following people were born and raise elsewhere, but played a significant role in the community.

• Isaac H. Bronson, judge and congressman
• Hubbard Hart, steamboat operator and hotelier
• Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, founder Bethune Cookman University
• William A. Forward, politician and judge
• William Dunn Moseley, first governor of Florida

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