#1Famous people · Wildwood
4 famous people come from Wildwood, Elizabeth Cook the best known
At the top of the list is the American singer Elizabeth Cook, covered in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Ellis Johnson and Ron Dixon. Births span 1968 to 1976, from Wayne Anderson to Ron Dixon. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 2.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Elizabeth Cook
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1968
Wayne Anderson
Youngest
1976
Ron Dixon
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Wildwood
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1EJ#2
Sports
Ellis Johnson
born 1973All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive tackle
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RD#3
Through the years
When Wildwood’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wildwood is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wildwood
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Leesburg has the most people on record, 12 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wildwood 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 (2)
- Elizabeth Cook: John Slusser, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Robbins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons