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Famous people · Coral Gables
Of the 37 famous people born in Coral Gables, an unusual share are performers
Most widely known is Mimi Rogers, the American actress, with articles in 42 languages. Thurston Moore, the American guitarist, comes second, with Bob Lazar third. The largest group, 32, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.4, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Mimi Rogers
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
Dana Shires
Youngest
1992
Patrick McCain
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Coral Gables’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Coral Gables’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 12 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicBusinessWriting & ArtsFaithScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Coral Gables is known for
Compared with the usual town, business people are the most over-represented field, at 3.1 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 Coral Gables
Three names lead: Mimi Rogers (42 languages), Thurston Moore (39) and Bob Lazar (28).
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Coral Gables
34 more, 12 of them athletes.
Dana Shires
born 1932American medical doctor, nephrologist, researcher, co-inventor of Gatorade, philanthropist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
William Holly
born 1968BusinessWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Coral Gables home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Coral Gables, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Miami: 25.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coral Gables 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 (18)
- Thurston Moore: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Graham: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Kurtz: Elonka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Dixson: Regal Entertainment, Inc., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Robey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxine Clark: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John F. Cosgrove: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy K. Kopp: MarylandGovPics c/o:Joe Andrucyk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dane Johnson: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Bystrom: Philadelphia Phillies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Damian: Mvr67ucla, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert C. Hartnett: Florida Gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Renuart: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Russell: City of Miami, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Holly: Rahulcharu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeb Bush: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emeraude Toubia: German Film & Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Poitier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons