#1Famous people · Fort Pierce
Athletes stand out among the 28 famous people born in Fort Pierce
Larry Sanders, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. 15 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Only 25 of the 285 towns in Florida with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 5.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Larry Sanders
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
A. E. Backus
Youngest
1996
Luke Muller
Most common field
Sports
24 people
What stands out about Fort Pierce’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Pierce’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Pierce is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
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 Pierce
The three are covered in 17, 16 and 12 languages: Larry Sanders, Ricou Browning and Khalil Mack.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Ricou Browning
1930–2023American film actor and director
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Pierce
25 more, 22 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Pierce 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 (6)
- Larry Sanders: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricou Browning: Florida Memory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Khalil Mack: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel T. McCarty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Ankiel: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Johnson: Adam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons