#1Famous people · Cocoa
11 famous people from Cocoa, many of them athletes
Articles in 9 languages make the American football player Chauncey Gardner-Johnson the best known. Jamel Dean and Jawaan Taylor follow. The largest group, 8, was born since 1970. Only 62 of the 284 towns in Florida with anyone on record list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
R. Travis Osborne
Youngest
1997
Jawaan Taylor
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Cocoa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cocoa’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 5 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cocoa is known for
Cocoa has 2.3× the usual share of athletes.
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 Cocoa
All three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Cocoa
The other 8 span the years 1913 to 1995.
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Nearby, Rockledge has the most on record, with 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cocoa 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 (5)
- Chauncey Gardner-Johnson: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamel Dean: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jawaan Taylor: Time2Football, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Weaver: Philadelphia_Eagles_offensive_linemen_at_2009_training_camp.jpg: Jennifer Snyder derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrot Top: Hoggarazzi Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons