#1Famous people · Sanford
23 famous people from Sanford, many of them athletes
Jim Courier, the American tennis player, is the most widely known, written about in 52 languages. Second and third on the list are Naomi and Tammy Cleland. The largest group, 12, was born between 1920 and 1969. Births since 1970 account for 10 of the names.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Jim Courier
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Douglas Stenstrom
Youngest
1993
Tion Green
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Sanford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sanford’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sanford
All three are athletes.
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#2TC#3
Known for
What Sanford is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Sanford
20 more, 11 of them athletes.
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Of the towns around it, Lake Mary has the most on record: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sanford 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 (8)
- Jim Courier: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Naomi: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eckstein: Djh57, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Hagan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Lord: Decca Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Franklin: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Branch: USAG Ansbach from Ansbach, Germany, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aubrey Peeples: Aubspeeps, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons