#1Famous people · Leesburg
Most of the 12 famous people born in Leesburg came into the world between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American basketball player Red Robbins, with articles in 10 languages. The earliest on the list is Johnny Thunder, born in 1932, and the youngest Tory Harrison, born in 1987. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.9, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there. 4 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Red Robbins
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
Johnny Thunder
Youngest
1987
Tory Harrison
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Leesburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Leesburg’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Leesburg
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Leesburg is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Leesburg
Of the other 9, 4 are athletes.
Jonathan Hay
born 1973American publicist, record producer and entrepreneur
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Wildwood counts 4 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leesburg 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 (8)
- Red Robbins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theo Croker: Williamcroker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Hinote: Herkie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Harrison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Thunder: en:Murray the K (real name Murray Kaufman), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Hay: BIG&2PAC, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Fechtel, Jr.: Florida Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Cook: John Slusser, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons