#1Famous people · Belle Glade
34 famous people from Belle Glade, many of them athletes
Articles in 14 languages make the American football wide receiver Santonio Holmes the best known. The next two names are Kelvin Benjamin and Barkevious Mingo. Since 1970, 27 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 20 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
34
notable people
Best known
Santonio Holmes
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
Joe Strawder
Youngest
2001
Mike Morris
Most common field
Sports
34 people
What stands out about Belle Glade’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Belle Glade’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 12 people born in that decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Belle Glade
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone else born in Belle Glade
31 more, 31 of them athletes.
Louis Oliver
born 1966All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety
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Johnny Rutledge
born 1977American college football player, professional football player, linebacker
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belle Glade and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Santonio Holmes: Marianne O'Leary, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelvin Benjamin: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barkevious Mingo: Erik Daniel Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Banks: SSgt B. J. Swenson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Damien Berry: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deonte Thompson: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Moreland: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Morris: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Likely: 2C2K Photography from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons