#1Famous people · Palm Beach Gardens
9 famous people were born in Palm Beach Gardens, more of them athletes than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American actor Matthew Mercer, covered in 25 languages. Most were born since 1970: 9 of them. The earliest on the list is Jillian Bach, born in 1973, and the youngest Te'von Coney, born in 1997. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 1.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Matthew Mercer
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1973
Jillian Bach
Youngest
1997
Te'von Coney
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
6
notable residents
What stands out about Palm Beach Gardens’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Palm Beach Gardens’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Palm Beach Gardens is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3.6 times as common.
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 Palm Beach Gardens
Matthew Mercer leads with articles in 25 languages, ahead of Jillian Bach (13) and Chris Volstad (8).
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Everyone else born in Palm Beach Gardens
A further 6 follow, born between 1984 and 1997.
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A chosen home
Also called Palm Beach Gardens home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 6 in all, led by Serena Williams.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
West Palm Beach has the longest list next door: 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palm Beach Gardens 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)
- Matthew Mercer: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jillian Bach: LolaNankin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Volstad: kla4067 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Blue: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Serena Williams: Edwin Martinez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Venus Williams: Tatiana from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carly Gullickson: Markabq, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Goldschmidt: YESNetwork, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany Trump: Ali Shaker/VOA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Kirkwood: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devin Hester: Jauerback, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons