
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Pine Lakes
The nearest, Jacob deGrom, was born in DeLand, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Jim Courier, with articles in 52 languages. No famous person’s birth in Pine Lakes is on record yet. St. Petersburg’s 57 names make the longest list in Florida.
What stands out about Pine Lakes’ famous people
Famous people born near Pine Lakes
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.












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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pine Lakes and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (12)
- Jim Courier: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Zusi: Conman33, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Naomi: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aubrey Peeples: Aubspeeps, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob deGrom: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chipper Jones: Djh57, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Solomon Jones: Original uploader was Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keon Ellis: The University of Alabama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eckstein: Djh57, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Hagan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jalen Carter: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Anderson: eagle102.net, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons