
Born near Lake Buena Vista: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Dee Strange-Gordon, from Windermere, 8 mi away. Emma Myers is the most widely known, written about in 45 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lake Buena Vista. No town in Florida lists more than St. Petersburg, with 57.
What stands out about Lake Buena Vista’s famous people
Famous people born near Lake Buena Vista
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Buena Vista 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)
- Emma Myers: 티비텐 TV10, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delta Burke: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Traylor Howard: Spc. Jon H. Arguello, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dee Strange-Gordon: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Demps: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Young: Richard Young, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Brigham: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons