#1Writing & Arts
Bob Ross
1942–1995American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant
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Famous people · Daytona Beach
51 famous people were born in Daytona Beach, more of them athletes than in most towns
With articles in 49 languages, Bob Ross is the most widely known. Births since 1970 account for 22 of the names. The first birth on record is Howard Thurman’s, in 1899, and the last Tank Dell’s, in 1999. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 6.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
51
notable people
Best known
Bob Ross
in 49 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Howard Thurman
Youngest
1999
Tank Dell
Most common field
Sports
29 people
What stands out about Daytona Beach’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Daytona Beach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 9.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Daytona Beach
The three are covered in 49, 44 and 17 languages: Bob Ross, Vince Carter and Kenneth C. Griffin.
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Kenneth C. Griffin
born 1968American billionaire hedge fund manager
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Known for
What Daytona Beach is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Daytona Beach
Here are 48 more, born from 1899 to 1999.
Walter Mayberry
1915–1944American football player, U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot, Purple Heart recipient
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Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.
1940–2025Former president, St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Ormond Beach counts 6 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Daytona Beach 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 (17)
- Bob Ross: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Carter: Danny Bollinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth C. Griffin: Paul Elledge, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee H. Hamilton: 9/11 Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Teague: Trenton International Speedway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Mitchell: Владимир Яроцкий, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriella Pession: Gabriella_Pession_&_Edward_Allen_Bernero_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg: Frantogian derivative work: RanZag, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Vanterpool: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland G. Fryer, Jr.: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Thurman: Fourandsixty, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Hinson: TigerNet.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George McCloud: SSGT DESHAN WOODS, USAF. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Hays: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricardo Allen: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Gustafson: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Morley: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alli Owens: Captain19, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons