#1Famous people · Dade City
10 famous people were born in Dade City, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Roy Roberts, the American actor, with articles in 16 languages. 5 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 284 towns in Florida with famous people list more. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Roy Roberts
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Roy Roberts
Youngest
1995
Joey Ivie
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Dade City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dade City’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dade City is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 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 Dade City
By how many languages cover them, Roy Roberts comes first (16), then Dallas Eakins (10) and Clinton Hart (4).
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Everyone else born in Dade City
Another 7, the earliest born in 1938.
Dave Eiland
born 1966American college baseball player, Major League baseball player, pitcher, coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dade City 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 (6)
- Roy Roberts: Trailer for " The Brasher Doubloon" (1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Johnson: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Eiland: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Barnett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Ivie: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Maggard: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons