#1Famous people · Orange Park
13 famous people from Orange Park, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American bobsledder Christopher Fogt, covered in 14 languages. Most were born since 1970: 12 of them. From Florida Scott-Maxwell in 1883 to Chris Westry in 1997, the births cover 114 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 285 towns in Florida with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Christopher Fogt
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Florida Scott-Maxwell
Youngest
1997
Chris Westry
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Orange Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Orange Park’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 6 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Orange Park is known for
Orange Park has 2.4× 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 Orange Park
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Orange Park
The other 10 span the years 1883 to 1997.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Orange Park 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)
- Christopher Fogt: Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_U.S._Olympic_Bobsled_Team_Contenders.jpg: The U.S. Army derivative work: Daryona, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Butler: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dane Dunning: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Silberman: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Bird: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florida Scott-Maxwell: Amanda Brewster Sewell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Archibald Wheeler: Emielke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Celia Fleming: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons