Sanford, Florida:Prominent people

Mayor

 * Linda Kuhn

Notable natives and residents

 * Jeff Blake, football player
 * Charlie Carlson, author
 * Jim Courier, tennis player
 * Chris DiMarco, professional golfer (Heathrow)
 * David Eckstein, baseball player
 * Altermease Bentley, historian and author
 * Elvira Garner, children's author and illustrator
 * Larry the Cable Guy, comedian and actor
 * Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, lived in Sanford as a child.
 * Jeno F. Paulucci, frozen food tycoon (founder of Michelina's and primary developer of Heathrow, a master-planned, private, gated residential community)
 * Tim Raines, baseball player (Heathrow)
 * Tim Raines, Jr., baseball player (Heathrow)
 * Henry Shelton Sanford, diplomat, businessman & founder of Sanford
 * Jeff Faine, football player (New Orleans Saints)
 * Zach Johnson, professional golfer
 * Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita, better known as "Haku" and "Meng" in professional wrestling