Famous people · Pinewood
Born near Pinewood: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Harry Wayne Casey, born in Opa-locka, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Sidney Poitier, with articles in 100 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Pinewood. No town in Florida lists more than St. Petersburg, with 57.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Sidney Poitier
Best known
Sidney Poitier
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pinewood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pinewood
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Chris Cavanaugh
born 1962American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Alex Avila
born 1987Professional baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Laila Ali
born 1977American television personality and retired professional boxer
Brett Ratner
born 1969American film director and producer
Billy Milligay
1955–2014First suspect acquitted by reason of dissociative identity disorder
Sidney Poitier
1927–2022Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
Marco Rubio
born 197172nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
Debbie Harry
born 1945American singer, songwriter and actress, frontwoman of Blondie
Gwen Graham
born 1963American attorney, politician and member of the Democratic Party
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pinewood 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 (13)
- Sidney Poitier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Rubio: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Mendes: Nicolas Genin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Macy: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Debbie Harry: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laila Ali: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Hines: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett McGill: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Cavanaugh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Graham: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gio Gonzalez: muohace_dc on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Wayne Casey: BradP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Avila: RMTip21 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons