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Famous people · Bradenton
Athletes stand out among the 37 famous people born in Bradenton
Sebastian Korda, the American tennis player, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Most were born since 1970: 31 of them. Born in 1921, Clyde Nelson is the first name on record, and Preston Plambeck, born in 2005, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.5, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Sebastian Korda
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Clyde Nelson
Youngest
2005
Preston Plambeck
Most common field
Sports
31 people
Also called it home
21
notable residents
What stands out about Bradenton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bradenton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 11 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bradenton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bradenton
Counted by languages, Sebastian Korda is ahead of Nelly Korda and Clifford Rozier: 23, 22 and 9.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bradenton
The other 34 span the years 1921 to 2005.
Robby Stevenson
born 1976American college football player, punter, placekicker, national championship team member
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A chosen home
Also called Bradenton home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 21 in all, led by Maria Sharapova.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bradenton 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 (15)
- Nelly Korda: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Sharapova: Tourism Victoria, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kei Nishikori: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabine Lisicki: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Haas: ZBOBZ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Petr Korda: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Watson: Peter Menzel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Dent: tripletrouble, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Bouzková: Hameltion derivative work: Kacir, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ričardas Berankis: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Krajicek: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabrice Martin: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Duval: Christian Mesiano, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Mmoh: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ingrid Neel: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons