#1Famous people · Lakeland
Sam Moll, born in 1992, is Lakeland’s famous person on record
Sam Moll, the American professional baseball pitcher, was born in 1992. Readers can find them written up in 4 languages. Of the bordering towns, Memphis has the longest list: 30, with Morgan Freeman at the top. The Tennessee lists hold names for 236 towns.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Sam Moll
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1992
Sam Moll
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Lakeland
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lakeland 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)
- Sam Moll: Scott U, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Freeman: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons