#1Famous people · Fort Walton Beach
17 famous people were born in Fort Walton Beach, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the Chilean tennis player Alexa Guarachi, with articles in 15 languages. Aric Almirola, the racecar driver, comes second, with Jason Elam third. The largest group, 12, was born since 1970. Only 43 of the 286 towns in Florida with anyone on record list more.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Alexa Guarachi
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
Ronnie Bass
Youngest
1999
Alex Ward
Most common field
Sports
15 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Fort Walton Beach’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Walton Beach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 5.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Walton Beach is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.5 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 Walton Beach
Alexa Guarachi has articles in 15 languages, Aric Almirola in 10 and Jason Elam in 10.
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Everyone else born in Fort Walton Beach
Another 14, the earliest born in 1955.
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A chosen home
Also called Fort Walton Beach home
One more notable person made the town home: Matt Gaetz.
Matt Gaetz
born 1982United States Representative from Florida from 2017 to 2024
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Walton Beach 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)
- Alexa Guarachi: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aric Almirola: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Elam: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Moore: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Wuerffel: Senior Airman Sheila DeVera, USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Sansom: FL Gov't (PD), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons