
Born near Lake Butler: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Dee Strange-Gordon, from Windermere, 2 mi away. Next door, Winter Garden lists 8, led by Jeff Demps. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lake Butler. 286 towns across Florida can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Lake Butler’s famous people
Famous people born near Lake Butler
The 10 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Winter Garden counts 8 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Butler 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)
- 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
- Peter Hooten: Judith Moffett, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Brigham: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Greene: Ian D'Andrea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark E. Walker: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Munger: Free Market Institute, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

