#12 famous people were born in Windermere
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Dee Strange-Gordon, covered in 13 languages. The only other name is the racing driver Ethan Ringel. The first birth on record is Dee Strange-Gordon’s, in 1988, and the last Ethan Ringel’s, in 1994. No town in Florida lists more than St. Petersburg, with 57.

What stands out about Windermere’s famous people
Born in Windermere
#1Also called Windermere home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Tiger Woods.




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Windermere 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 (5)
- Dee Strange-Gordon: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiger Woods: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Michael Thomas: President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elin Nordegren: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Siegel: Ron Bennett--HUD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons