#1Famous people · Punta Gorda
4 famous people call Punta Gorda their birthplace
Articles in 6 languages make the American jazz trumpeter Arthur Parker Whetsol the best known. Second place goes to the thai bicycle racer Amanda Mildred Carr, third to Darin Hinshaw. Arthur Parker Whetsol, born in 1905, is the earliest name and Amanda Mildred Carr, born in 1990, the latest. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Arthur Parker Whetsol
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Arthur Parker Whetsol
Youngest
1990
Amanda Mildred Carr
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Punta Gorda
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Punta Gorda’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Punta Gorda is known for
Punta Gorda has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Punta Gorda
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Punta Gorda home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Punta Gorda, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Punta Gorda 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 (1)
- Arthur Parker Whetsol: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons