Photo: Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Catch up quick: Jai alai, which originated in the Basque region of Spain and France before landing in the U.S. in 1904, has a 100-plus-year history in Florida.

Here are a seven people shaped the Florida we live in today in business, environment, population, culture, politics and sports.

Florida's sports industry was way better known greyhound, horse racing and jai-alai betting ... The impact was first felt in music as Spanish-language performers Willy Chirino and Celia Cruz ...

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"A decade after the country was written off as a basket case," said The Times, Spain is enjoying "a new age of prosperity". It's been named by The Economist as the world's best-performing rich ...