
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of St. Pete Beach
Of the towns next door, St. Petersburg lists the most: 57, with Danielle Collins first. So far, no famous person on record was born in St. Pete Beach. Closest of all is Danielle Collins, from St. Petersburg, 7 mi away. The longest list in Florida is St. Petersburg’s, with 57 names.
What stands out about St. Pete Beach’s famous people
Famous people born near St. Pete Beach
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







Mike Cope
born 1962American stock car racing driver and team owner






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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering St. Pete Beach.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Pete Beach 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 (13)
- Danielle Collins: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Violett Beane: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monica Raymund: Hispanic Lifestyle, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marreese Speights: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrence McNally: ReadingReed43, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anastasija Zolotic: Diplomatic Security Service from Washington, D.C., United States of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tfue: Leon Lush, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Phillips: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester B. McMullen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter McCluster: Guiltlessgecko, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meggie Dougherty Howard: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Qwell Jackson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Litsch: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
