This is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or spent significant time in the U.S. state of

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Eli Abaev Eli Abaev (Hebrew: אלי אבייב; born December 13, 1998) is an American-Israeli basketball player who last played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the power forward and center positions. He played college ...

(born 1998), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer (born April 7, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She was a USTA national collegiate doubles champion in 1977, won a bronze medal in singles and a silver medal in doubles for the United States at ...

(born 1956), professional tennis player *

Richard Bleier Richard Sidney Bleier (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins. In hig ...

(born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

Angela Buxton Angela Buxton (16 August 193414 August 2020) was a British tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner Althea Gibson. Early life Buxton was born in Liverpool ...

(1934–2020), English tennis player *

Toney Douglas Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. He played college basketball for Auburn for one year, eventually becoming frustrated with his role on t ...

(born 1986), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the

* David Efianayi (born 1995), basketball player in the

, raised in Orlando * Ronald Green (1944–2012), American-Israeli basketball player, born in Miami Beach * Shawn Jones (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the

Maurice Kemp Maurice Kemp (born February 2, 1991) is an American basketball player who plays the power forward position for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He previously played for the Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the same league, and i ...

(born 1991), basketball player in the

Cameron Long Cameron Scott "Cam" Long (born December 30, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Premier League. A combo guard, he played college basketball for the George Mason University ...

(born 1988), basketball player *

Dov Markus Dov Markus (born January 31, 1946) is an Israeli-American former soccer player. At Long Island University he was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy, as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year, and was a two-time All American. I ...

(born 1946), Israeli-American soccer player, lives in Boynton Beach *

Ed Rubinoff Edward 'Ed' Rubinoff (born July 12, 1935) is an American male former tennis player who was active in the 1960s. He won the 1952 singles title at the Orange Bowl junior tennis tournament, and the 1953 mixed doubles title the following year. At th ...

(born 1935), tennis player * David Schneider (born 1955), South African-Israeli tennis player *

Speedy Smith Kenneth J. "Speedy" Smith Jr. (born January 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was named Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015. Early li ...

(born 1993), basketball player for

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's lead ...

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