Tampa, Florida

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Tampa is a city in Florida, a state of the United States. It has a population of about 340,000 people as of 2008. Tampa is the 53rd largest city in the USA.

Sports

Tampa is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm.

People from Tampa

• Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
• Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
• Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900 – 2001), Ybor business pioneer
• Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues singer, pianist
• Aaron Carter (born 1987), actor/singer
• Oba Chandler (born 1946) murderer (lived there since early 80s)
• Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler