#1Film, TV & Stage
Sidney Poitier
1927–2022Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
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Famous people · Miami
Of the 25 famous people born in Miami, none is better known than Sidney Poitier
100 languages have an article about the bahamian and American actor and diplomat Sidney Poitier. The largest group, 16, was born since 1970. With 9 performers, the list holds 3.8 times the share found across U.S. towns. Only 28 of the 284 towns in Florida with anyone on record list more.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Sidney Poitier
in 100 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Sidney Poitier
Youngest
2005
Benjamin Cremaschi
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
9 people
Also called it home
11
notable residents
What stands out about Miami’s famous people
Known worldwideSidney Poitier is written about in 100 languages.A town of performersAmong the 25 people born here, 9 are performers: 3.8 times the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 21 of them have been born here, the latest in 2005.A chosen home11 more notable people chose to live here, Enrique Iglesias among them.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Miami
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Marco Rubio
born 197172nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
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#3Known for
What Miami is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Miami’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 5.
Film, TV & StageMusicSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Miami
22 more, from 1927 to 2005.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Miami home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Miami, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Miami Beach’s, at 51 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Miami 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 (17)
- 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
- Fabiano Caruana: Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Keener: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Hill: Stuart Seeger from College Station, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enrique Iglesias: Eva Rinaldi from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Kournikova: Senior Airman Felicia Juenke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camila Cabello: ReverendPoppins, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bay: Romina Espinosa at http://www.rominaespinosa.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwyane Wade: Flickr user Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Juan Martín del Potro: Jay Calderón, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Jonas: NotAnotherAKA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nadia Petrova: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laila Ali: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons