Famous people · Medley
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Medley
Closest of all is Neil Covone, from Hialeah, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Sidney Poitier, with articles in 100 languages. Next door, Hialeah Gardens lists 2, led by Zack Moss. Not one famous person on record comes from Medley yet.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Sidney Poitier
Best known
Sidney Poitier
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Medley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Medley
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Chris Cavanaugh
born 1962American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Alex Avila
born 1987Professional baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Gwen Graham
born 1963American attorney, politician and member of the Democratic Party
Sidney Poitier
1927–2022Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
Marco Rubio
born 197172nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
Debbie Harry
born 1945American singer, songwriter and actress, frontwoman of Blondie
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The most names next door are in Hialeah Gardens: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Medley 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 (14)
- Sidney Poitier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Rubio: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Mendes: Nicolas Genin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Macy: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Debbie Harry: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Derulo: Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sachia Vickery: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geno Smith: Talltodd66, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Cavanaugh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Graham: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gio Gonzalez: muohace_dc on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Wayne Casey: BradP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Avila: RMTip21 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Moss: Benny.papenny, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons