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Famous people · Vero Beach
Athletes stand out among the 14 famous people born in Vero Beach
At the top of the list is the American football player and coach Jennifer Welter, covered in 8 languages. 11 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 285 towns in Florida with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.2, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Jennifer Welter
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
Horace Gifford
Youngest
1996
Ledarius Mack
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Vero Beach’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Vero Beach’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 6 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Vero Beach is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
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 Vero Beach
Two of the three are athletes.
BD#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Parvati Shallow
born 1982American television personality
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Vero Beach
11 more names, born between 1932 and 1996.
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A chosen home
Also called Vero Beach home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Vero Beach, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Gifford: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vero Beach 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 (6)
- Parvati Shallow: Troy and/or Donna Kuretich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zeke Motta: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Gifford: Everybodysayyeah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Hobbs: Dan Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Yury Right: Yuri Nesterenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muni Long: WBLS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons