Sarasota, Florida
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Sarasota is a county on the West coast of Florida, in the United States. It is the headquarters and winter home of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Its primary city of Sarasota has a population of 52,715 (US. Census 2000). Many celebrities have lived in the city including:
- Dick Vitale, NBA Hall of Fame broadcaster
- Dickie Betts, guitarist
- Chris Browne, author and cartoonist
- Monica Seles, tennis player
- Mary Pierce, tennis player
- Tom Cruise, actor
- Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer
- Brian Johnson, lead singer of rock band AC/DC
- Jerry Springer, talk show host
- Nick Bollettieri, tennis coach
- Mark Guthrie, former Major League Baseball player
- Bobby Seay, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Stephen Root, actor
- Katherine Harris, congresswoman and former Secretary of State of Florida
- Sean Cw Johnson, actor
- Andre Agassi, tennis player
- Randy Savage, pro wrestler
- Dick Smothers, comedian (The Smothers Brothers - TV Show)
- Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, actor
- Gene Lamont, former Major League Baseball manager and player
- Bryson Voirin, environmental scientist
- Keith Fitzgerald, political scientist and politician
- Barbara Hicks, political scientist
- Randy Gonzalez, criminologist
- Rick Doblin, president and founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)
- Bob Russell (Entertainer), (1908-1998), Miss America emcee