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Marreese Speights (b. 1987), basketball player for NCAA champion Florida and NBA champion Golden State Warriors [28] Pat Terrell (b. 1968), professional NFL player; Doug Waechter (b. 1981), MLB pitcher [29] Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), Indy Racing League driver (killed in 15-car crash on October 16, 2011) [30] Frank Wren (b. 1958), MLB general ...
Founded Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg in 1962 Thomas James (1942/43–) Businessman; chairman of Raymond James Financial, an S&P 500-listed financial services company headquartered in St. Petersburg: Lives in St. Petersburg; graduated from Stetson College of Law in St. Petersburg: George W. Jenkins (1907–1996) Businessman; founder ...
The museum was founded by Mary Wheeler Eaton [1] in 1920 as the St. Petersburg Memorial Historical Society. The city of St. Petersburg granted the organization the site after the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane destroyed the aquarium standing on the land. It is the oldest museum in Pinellas County. [2]
Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Petersburg (5 P) Pages in category "People from St. Petersburg, Florida" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.
The Florida Department of State and the Florida League of Cities created the program in 1998 to help celebrate the approaching end of the millennium.The process dedicated a special series of commemorative panels in cities throughout the state recognizing deceased individuals who made significant contributions to the history and culture of Florida.
Jupiter’s favorite son, who passed away in 2018 at age 82, lived all over the area, including his former ranch, museum and dinner theater. He’s called Jupiter “the best place in the world.”
Peggy Mitchell Peterman (née Mitchell; ca. 1936 – August 19, 2004) was an African American journalist and columnist at the St. Petersburg Times in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. She was known for initiating the integration of the news that had previously been on a page devoted to blacks throughout the newspaper.
Peter Demens (May 13 [O.S. May 1] 1850 – January 21, 1919), [1] born Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Дементьев), was a Russian nobleman who migrated in 1881 to the United States and became a railway owner and one of the founders of St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.