List of people from Bartow, Florida
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Jaime Faith Edmondson, Playboy Playmate, born in Bartow[1][2]
- Matt West, born in Bartow
Government and politics
- Charles O. Andrews, U.S. senator 1938–1946; attended the South Florida Military Institute in Bartow[3]
- Frank Clark, former Bartow city attorney, U.S. representative for the 2nd District 1905–1925[4]
- Stephen H. Grimes, former Florida Supreme Court chief justice[5]
- Katherine Harris, former U.S. congressman, Florida 13th District; Florida's secretary of state during the controversial Florida recount of 2000[6]
- Spessard Holland, 28th Florida governor and U.S. senator; author of the 24th amendment to the Constitution of the United States[7]
- Jack Latvala, member of Florida Senate, candidate for governor, 2018[8]
- Adam Putnam, former U.S. congressman, Florida secretary of agriculture and candidate for governor, 2018,[9] CEO of Ducks Unlimited
- Jacob Summerlin, the "King of the Crackers", first baby born in Florida after it was ceded from Spain to the United States; founder of both Bartow and Orlando[10]
Military
- Albert H. Blanding, general[11]
- J. Adrian Jackson, rear admiral, U.S. Navy[12]
- Evander McIvor Law, Confederate general during American Civil War[13]
- James Van Fleet, general during the Korean War