#1Politics & Law
Henry Paulson
born 194674th United States Secretary of the Treasury
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Famous people · Palm Beach
Most of the 21 famous people born in Palm Beach came into the world since 1970
Best known of all is Henry Paulson, written about in 36 languages. Skyler Gisondo, the American actor, comes second, with Poorstacy third. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 22.5 for every 10,000 residents. From Louis G. Hill in 1924 to Robert Edward Deziel Jr. in 2005, the births cover 81 years.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Henry Paulson
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Louis G. Hill
Youngest
2005
Robert Edward Deziel Jr.
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
11
notable residents
What stands out about Palm Beach’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Palm Beach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 6.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Palm Beach
Counted by languages, Henry Paulson is ahead of Skyler Gisondo and Poorstacy: 36, 23 and 6.
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Known for
What Palm Beach is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
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Everyone else born in Palm Beach
18 more, 11 of them athletes.
Cameron Lickle
American Navy veteran, nuclear engineer, businessperson, and tennis instructor
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Norma Hotaling
1951–2008American women's-rights and anti-sex trafficking activist
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Palm Beach home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 11 in all, led by Rudy Giuliani.
Mehmet Öz
born 1960Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to West Palm Beach, with 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palm Beach 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)
- Henry Paulson: Treasury Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Skyler Gisondo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudy Giuliani: Palácio do Planalto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Robbins: Randy Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rush Limbaugh: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hamilton: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mehmet Öz: United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sculley: Judae1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany Trump: Ali Shaker/VOA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- GHOSTEMANE: DavidMolinaVera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devin Hester: Jauerback, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons