12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hernando Beach
Huey Whittaker, born in Spring Hill, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Bray Wyatt, with articles in 43 languages. No famous person’s birth in Hernando Beach is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Florida belongs to St. Petersburg, with 57.
What stands out about Hernando Beach’s famous people
Famous people born near Hernando Beach
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



John Capel
born 1978American football player, track and field athlete, sprinter, Olympic athlete


Mike Hampton
born 1972American professional baseball player, pitcher


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hernando Beach 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)
- Bray Wyatt: Shared Account, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Dallas: slamem3 from Round Lake Park, usa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Capel: U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooke Magnanti: Paul Clarke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Hampton: Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill McCollum: State of Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Rabelo: User verbirk on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons