Well, a man named Juan Ponce De Leon was very important. He was a Spanish nobleman. He had heard rumors about the Fountain of Youth so he wanted to find it. He set sail and he landed on Florida. He had no luck in finding it, but he decided to settle there. He came back from Spain with 250 men and 50 horses but he was defeated by the Native Americans. SO he was very important to Florida. And I know this because of a school project.