Desoto Lakes has yet to put a famous person on the list
St. Petersburg has the most of any town in Florida: 57. After St. Petersburg, the next longest list in Florida is Hollywood’s, with 56. In Florida, 285 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Desoto Lakes), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Desoto Lakes has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Desoto Lakes 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.