
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Crooked Lake Park
Closest of all is Amar'e Stoudemire, from Lake Wales, 6 mi away. Across Florida, 286 towns list someone born there. No entry yet names Crooked Lake Park as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Florida belongs to St. Petersburg, with 57.
What stands out about Crooked Lake Park’s famous people
Famous people born near Crooked Lake Park
Nobody born in Crooked Lake Park is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.





Michael Tomasello
born 1950American developmental psychologist


Spessard Holland
1892–1971Former Senator and Governor of Florida



Rowdy Gaines
born 1959American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, television sports commentator





Morgan Ortagus
born 1982American television commentator, financial analyst and political advisor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crooked Lake Park and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. 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)
- Amar'e Stoudemire: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gram Parsons: Reprise Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vin Baker: Cavic Steve Lipofsky (Me), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowdy Gaines: Vasco77, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andre Berto: Arvee Eco from QUEENS, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Ortagus: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Tomasello: Karl-Heinz Schalk, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis Birdsong: Kansas City Kings / NBA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew McCutchen: The Office of Governor Tom Wolf on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sevyn Streeter: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Bradley: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Jones: Erik Drost from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spessard Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tree Rollins: Back9Network, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Putnam: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons