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Famous people · Palmetto
6 famous people were born in Palmetto, more of them athletes than in most towns
George Dickie, the American philosopher, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. Born in 1926, George Dickie is the first name on record, and Nick Neri, born in 1995, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.4, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
George Dickie
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
George Dickie
Youngest
1995
Nick Neri
Most common field
Sports
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What stands out about Palmetto’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Palmetto’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Palmetto is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
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 Palmetto
Counted by languages, George Dickie is ahead of Alvoid Mays and Keith Smith: 14, 3 and 3.
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Everyone else born in Palmetto
Another 3, 3 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palmetto 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 (2)
- Mistral Raymond: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Hills: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons