#1Famous people · Brooksville
13 famous people from Brooksville, many of them athletes
Bray Wyatt, the American professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 43 languages. The American professional wrestler Bo Dallas ranks second, ahead of John Capel. More than half were born since 1970, 7 in all. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 13.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Bray Wyatt
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1943
Adrian Garrett
Youngest
1995
Christian Arroyo
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Brooksville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brooksville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Brooksville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brooksville
Ranked by languages covered: Bray Wyatt with 43, then Bo Dallas with 26 and John Capel with 18.
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John Capel
born 1978American football player, track and field athlete, sprinter, Olympic athlete
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Brooksville
The other 10 span the years 1943 to 1995.
Jerome Brown
1965–1992All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brooksville 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 (7)
- Bray Wyatt: Shared Account, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Dallas: slamem3 from Round Lake Park, usa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Capel: U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Hampton: Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill McCollum: State of Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrone Woods: sun_summer on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Arroyo: Blake Handley on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons