
Born near Harbour Heights: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Matt LaPorta, from Port Charlotte, 7 mi away. The best known of them is Jay Garner, with articles in 22 languages. No famous person on record lists Harbour Heights as their birthplace yet. St. Petersburg’s 57 names make the longest list in Florida.
What stands out about Harbour Heights’ famous people
Famous people born near Harbour Heights
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Jay Garner
born 1938United States Army general and United States Marine




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harbour Heights 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 (7)
- Jay Garner: DoD photo by R.D. Ward. (Released) ID: 030311-D-9880W-032, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Zunino: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt LaPorta: jiazi on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Parker Whetsol: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dane Eagle: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Vogelbach: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Lynch: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons