Laila Ali
born 1977American television personality and retired professional boxer
Famous people · Fisher Island
Born near Fisher Island: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Laila Ali, from Miami Beach, 3 mi away. Among those who made it their home is Bharat Desai. The best known of them is Sidney Poitier, with articles in 100 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Fisher Island.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Sidney Poitier
Best known
Sidney Poitier
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fisher Island’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fisher Island
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Brett Ratner
born 1969American film director and producer
Billy Milligay
1955–2014First suspect acquitted by reason of dissociative identity disorder
Sidney Poitier
1927–2022Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
Marco Rubio
born 197172nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
Debbie Harry
born 1945American singer, songwriter and actress, frontwoman of Blondie
Bob Graham
1936–2024American lawyer, author, and politician
A chosen home
Also called Fisher Island home
Born elsewhere, Bharat Desai lived here.
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Miami Beach has the longest list next door: 51.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fisher Island 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 (14)
- Sidney Poitier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Rubio: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Mendes: Nicolas Genin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Macy: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Debbie Harry: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laila Ali: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Hines: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thurston Moore: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett McGill: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Graham: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Hosmer: Ryan Casey Aguinaldo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Kurtz: Elonka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Wayne Casey: BradP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mizrachi: Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons