
Born near Tildenville: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Dee Strange-Gordon is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. Next door, Winter Garden lists 8, led by Jeff Demps. Closest of all is Jeff Demps, from Winter Garden, 1 mi away. The longest list of any town in Florida belongs to St. Petersburg, with 57.
What stands out about Tildenville’s famous people
Famous people born near Tildenville
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.











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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tildenville 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 (11)
- Dee Strange-Gordon: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Demps: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Hooten: Judith Moffett, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Brigham: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jalen Carter: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Anderson: eagle102.net, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Greene: Ian D'Andrea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark E. Walker: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Gomber: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kalup Linzy: Kdl772018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Munger: Free Market Institute, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
