
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Bay Lake
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Bay Lake. The nearest, Dee Strange-Gordon, was born in Windermere, 8 mi away. In Florida, 285 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Florida is St. Petersburg’s, with 57 names.
What stands out about Bay Lake’s famous people
Famous people born near Bay Lake
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.












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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bay Lake and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (12)
- Dee Strange-Gordon: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Demps: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Hooten: Judith Moffett, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Young: Richard Young, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Brigham: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Greene: Ian D'Andrea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark E. Walker: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Gomber: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kalup Linzy: Kdl772018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Jones: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Munger: Free Market Institute, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cap Capi: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons