
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Tamiami
Eric Hosmer, born in South Miami, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Mimi Rogers, with articles in 42 languages. The list for Tamiami is empty for now. Across Florida, the lists cover 284 towns.
What stands out about Tamiami’s famous people
Famous people born near Tamiami
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Bob Graham
1936–2024American lawyer, author, and politician


Chris Cavanaugh
born 1962American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder


Alex Avila
born 1987Professional baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tamiami 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 (10)
- Thurston Moore: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Graham: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Hosmer: Ryan Casey Aguinaldo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Kurtz: Elonka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Cavanaugh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gio Gonzalez: muohace_dc on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Avila: RMTip21 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Moss: Benny.papenny, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Coulter: Staff Sgt. Helen Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Stevens: Glenn Photography, CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons