#1Famous people · Immokalee
6 famous people from Immokalee, many of them athletes
Best known of all is Edgerrin James, written about in 9 languages. J. C. Jackson is second and Brian Rolle third. The largest group, 5, was born since 1970. Over 18 years of births, the list goes from Edgerrin James (1978) to D'Ernest Johnson (1996).
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Edgerrin James
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1978
Edgerrin James
Youngest
1996
D'Ernest Johnson
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Immokalee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Immokalee’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Immokalee is known for
Immokalee has 2.3× the usual share of athletes.
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 Immokalee
Edgerrin James, J. C. Jackson and Brian Rolle are written about in 9, 6 and 3 languages.
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Everyone else born in Immokalee
Of the other 3, 2 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Immokalee 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 (4)
- Edgerrin James: John Martinez Pavliga, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. C. Jackson: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Rolle: flickr user scott stuart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Ernest Johnson: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons