12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Quail Ridge
Closest of all is Huey Whittaker, from Spring Hill, 9 mi away. The best known of them is Brooke Magnanti, with articles in 16 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Quail Ridge yet. Across Florida, the lists cover 285 towns.
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Famous people born near Quail Ridge
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Quail Ridge 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 (5)
- Brooke Magnanti: Paul Clarke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Feely: GMO66. Cropped by User:Blueag9., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Quackenbush: Jameboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Rabelo: User verbirk on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Pearson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons