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Famous people · Cape Coral

11 famous people were born in Cape Coral, more of them athletes than in most towns

At the top of the list is the American baseball catcher Mike Zunino, covered in 9 languages. Niko Price and Curtis Kitchen follow. Most were born since 1970: 10 of them. From Curtis Kitchen to Isabella Gamez, the births on the list run from 1964 to 1999.

#1 best knownMike ZuninoSports · born 1991
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Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Mike Zunino
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1964
Curtis Kitchen
Youngest
1999
Isabella Gamez
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents

What stands out about Cape Coral’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Cape Coral’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 6.

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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Cape Coral is known for

The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.8 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 Cape Coral

Ranked by languages covered: Mike Zunino with 9, then Niko Price with 7 and Curtis Kitchen with 6.

Mike Zunino#1
Sports

Mike Zunino

born 1991

American baseball catcher

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
NP#2
Notable

Niko Price

born 1989

American mixed martial arts fighter

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CK#3
Sports

Curtis Kitchen

born 1964

American basketball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Cape Coral

Of the other 8, 5 are athletes.

Dane Eagle

Dane Eagle

born 1983

Florida State Representative

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Demi Busatta Cabrera

Demi Busatta Cabrera

born 1990

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
BA

Blaze Alexander

born 1999

American professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Corey Lynch

Corey Lynch

born 1985

Player of American football

Isabella Gamez

Isabella Gamez

born 1999

Filipino-American pair skater

JJ

Jonathan Jimenez

born 1997

Trinidadian-American soccer player

SP

Seth Petruzelli

born 1979

American martial artist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
A chosen home

Also called Cape Coral home

2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Xiomara Alfaro the best known.

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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Fort Myers has the most on record: 51.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cape Coral 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.

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