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Famous people · Sarasota
53 famous people were born in Sarasota, more of them performers than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American actress Carla Gugino, covered in 60 languages. Only 2 towns in Florida list more. The largest group, 31, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.3, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
53
notable people
Best known
Carla Gugino
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Robert Lopshire
Youngest
2001
Theodore Winegar
Most common field
Sports
33 people
Also called it home
14
notable residents
What stands out about Sarasota’s famous people
Still making names47 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2001.A town of performers12 of the 53 people born here are performers, 2.4× the usual share.Known worldwideCarla Gugino has a Wikipedia article in 60 languages.A chosen home14 more notable people chose to live here, Martina Navratilova among them.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sarasota’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 12.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sarasota is known for
Sarasota has 2.4× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Sarasota
First, Carla Gugino (60 languages), then Stephen Root (39) and Ashley Rickards (30).
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Everyone else born in Sarasota
50 more names, born between 1927 and 2001.
Nik Wallenda
born 1979American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, and high wire artist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Daniel Myrick
born 1963American film director, screenwriter and film producer
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Todd Combs
born 1971American businessman, investment manager at Berkshire Hathaway, chief executive officer of GEICO
BusinessWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Sarasota home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 14 in all, led by Martina Navratilova.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sarasota 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 (15)
- Ashley Rickards: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shanley Caswell: EsotericSapience (Flickr profile), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nik Wallenda: Dave Pape, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Myrick: Hamedgamaoun, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wes Matthews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Desmond: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martina Navratilova: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monica Seles: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Springer: Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Mirnyi: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Malisse: Tatiana from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paolo Lorenzi: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrence McNally: ReadingReed43, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audrey Landers: 4412videoproducties, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons