
Born near Fort Green: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Doyle E. Carlton, born in Wauchula, 10 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Tracy McGrady, with articles in 45 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Fort Green. Across Florida, 286 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Fort Green’s famous people
Famous people born near Fort Green
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


George William Whitehurst
1891–1974United States federal judge

James Henry Mills
1923–1973United States Army Medal of Honor recipient



Michael Tomasello
born 1950American developmental psychologist


Spessard Holland
1892–1971Former Senator and Governor of Florida








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Green 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 (16)
- Tracy McGrady: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Tomasello: Karl-Heinz Schalk, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew McCutchen: The Office of Governor Tom Wolf on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Bradley: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spessard Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Putnam: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernice Mosby: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Stewart: Mark, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doyle E. Carlton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal McRae: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B. J. McLeod: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deanie Parish: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Gordon: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nickell Robey: Shotgun Spratling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard E. Skipper: Howard_Skipper,_from_Southern_Research_Institute_in_Birmingham,_Alabama.jpg: National Cancer Institute (NCI) derivative work: Jan Arkesteijn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Onterio McCalebb: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons