Born near Englewood: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Forrest Lamp, from Venice, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Matt LaPorta, with articles in 8 languages. No famous person’s birth in Englewood is on record yet. 285 towns across Florida can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Englewood’s famous people
Famous people born near Englewood
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Englewood 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 (7)
- Matt LaPorta: jiazi on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Parker Whetsol: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivian E. Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Nelson: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trey Burton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hall: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Williams: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons