#1Famous people · Fort Myers
51 famous people from Fort Myers, many of them athletes
Haley Bennett, the American actress and singer, is the most widely known, written about in 46 languages. Second and third on the list are Mindy McCready and Deion Sanders. Most were born since 1970: 33 of them. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 5.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
51
notable people
Best known
Haley Bennett
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1912
Blanche Seale Hunt
Youngest
1999
Jeshaun Jones
Most common field
Sports
34 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Fort Myers’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Myers’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 16 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Myers is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.9 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.
The best known
Born in Fort Myers
Haley Bennett, Mindy McCready and Deion Sanders are written about in 46, 23 and 17 languages.
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#3Sports
Deion Sanders
born 1967American football and baseball player and football coach
17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Myers
48 more names, born between 1912 and 1999.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Fort Myers home
Born elsewhere, Lizbeth Benacquisto lived here.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Cape Coral’s, at 11 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Myers 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 (25)
- Haley Bennett: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deion Sanders: Flickr user ericifeng, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Mack IV: Stephanie DuBois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elissa Steamer: Incase, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tarah Kayne: Harmonia Amanda, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Watkins: Mr.schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- De'Vondre Campbell: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Wesley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Dolan: @sebastian1906, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Coleman: mjl816 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Senior: United States Air Force Master Sergeant Lono Kollars, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Destanni Henderson: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jade Jolie: Patrick Finnegan from Lafayette, IN, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jevon Kearse: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Allen: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrence Cody: Terrence_Cody.jpg: Latics derivative work: Bender235, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Corben: MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gil Kerlikowske: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jayron Kearse: TigerNet.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noel Devine: User:Red Deadeye, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tre Boston: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lizbeth Benacquisto: Florida General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Zunino: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Vogelbach: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quan Martin: Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons