Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Jacksonville Beach is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Bryan Barker, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American football player Noah Jackson. The earliest on the list is Noah Jackson, born in 1951, and the youngest Bryan Barker, born in 1964. 285 towns across Florida can name a famous person born there.
Born in Jacksonville Beach
Who’s the most famous person from Jacksonville Beach?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Jacksonville, at 32.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jacksonville 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 (2)
- John Archibald Wheeler: Emielke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Gamel: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

