Famous people · West Miami
Born near West Miami: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Eric Hosmer, born in South Miami, 3 mi away, is the closest. Among those who made it their home is Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio. The best known of them is Sidney Poitier, with articles in 100 languages. Famous people are on record for 285 of the towns in Florida.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Sidney Poitier
Best known
Sidney Poitier
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about West Miami’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near West Miami
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Sidney Poitier
1927–2022Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
Marco Rubio
born 197172nd United States Secretary of State since 2025
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
A chosen home
Also called West Miami home
One more notable person made the town home: Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio.
Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio
born 1973American former Miami Dolphins cheerleader
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Miami 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)
- Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Poitier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Rubio: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Mendes: Nicolas Genin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Macy: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabiano Caruana: Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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