#14 famous people were born in Port St. Joe
Calvin Pryor, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The American baseball player Roman Quinn ranks second, ahead of Clifford Chester Sims. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 11.1 for every 10,000 residents. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born in Port St. Joe
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Clifford Chester Sims
1942–1968United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
When Port St. Joe’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Port St. Joe is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Port St. Joe
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port St. Joe 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 (3)
- Calvin Pryor: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Quinn: Ian D'Andrea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Chester Sims: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons