Born near Iona: 15 famous people within 35 miles
David McCagg, born in Fort Myers Beach, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Haley Bennett, with articles in 46 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Iona. In Florida, 284 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Iona’s famous people
Famous people born near Iona
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Sam Bailey
1924–2010American football, basketball, and baseball coach


Deion Sanders
born 1967American football and baseball player and football coach




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Iona 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)
- Haley Bennett: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deion Sanders: Flickr user ericifeng, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Mack IV: Stephanie DuBois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elissa Steamer: Incase, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tarah Kayne: Harmonia Amanda, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Zunino: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Vogelbach: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons