#1Famous people · Lake Wales
Of the 18 famous people born in Lake Wales, an unusual share are athletes
Amar'e Stoudemire, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. Second and third on the list are Vin Baker and Dominique Jones. More than half were born since 1970, 11 in all. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.7, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Amar'e Stoudemire
in 40 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Buford Long
Youngest
2001
Gervon Dexter
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Lake Wales’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lake Wales’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake Wales is known for
Lake Wales 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 Lake Wales
All three are athletes.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Lake Wales
15 more names, born between 1931 and 2001.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Winter Haven has the most on record, with 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Wales 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 (11)
- Amar'e Stoudemire: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vin Baker: Cavic Steve Lipofsky (Me), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Jones: Erik Drost from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade Davis: mwlguide on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Robinson: John Skinner from Windsor, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Terrell Hodges: United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buford Long: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Vogt: Florida Gov't, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Shafer: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee T Lasseter, USMC: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gram Parsons: Reprise Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons