16 famous people were born within 35 miles of South Venice
Carla Gugino is the most widely known, written about in 60 languages. Closest of all is Forrest Lamp, from Venice, 5 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in South Venice. In all of Florida, the famous people on record come from 285 towns.
What stands out about South Venice’s famous people
Famous people born near South Venice
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Venice 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.
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- Ashley Rickards: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shanley Caswell: EsotericSapience (Flickr profile), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt LaPorta: jiazi on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivian E. Browne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trey Burton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irene Petrie: As noted in book, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hall: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Williams: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons