[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by mrf0151

So, the bottom line is that there are no really famous people that live here.

None that want to be published on a social board and bothered by old people.

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

one of the Yankees lives here and plays softball
there is an NBA retiree who loves pickleball
There is a familiar hollywood actor currently living and has posted here
There is the parents of HGTVs my lottery dream home host
There is a famous Canadien ballet dancer who lives here
The father of US Youth Soccer lives here, daughter was the coach of the USWNT who won the World cup last time.

There is Stu who posts here

Not sure you are who I'm thinking of, but might you have some baseball fame as well coach?!

[Braddock]

Lou Fa

[Taltarzac725]

I know some of the posters over the almost 17 years I have been on Talk of the Villages think I am a legend in my own mind.

I started on Talk of the Villages in July 2007 after Talk Host gave a speech at a Villages Computer Club meeting. They also had a lottery going with the club.

I had been looking for some way to communicate my interests after an incredibly persistent and creative troll made my experiences on Findlaw miserable.

I have met some of the fellow posters over the years especially at the old Crispers Friday at 3 PM meetings.

One of two of them had connections to famous people.

I did talk a little bit a few weeks ago to a woman whose son won a Silver Medal in the last Winter Olympics. His grandmother was a great neighbor here in the Villages.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Me too. But, unlike you, I'm nobody special. But, my wife thinks I'm special. Does that count? 🤓

My wife thinks I'm extremally intelligent.
She keeps telling me I'm a smart @ss.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

The only one I know that lives there is Don “The Preacher” Fenneya pool player he I’m guessing is 94 yrs. old now. The only other on I know of that doesn’t live there but does have a home there is Nancy Lopez a retired womens pro golfer. I’m sure there others but I don’t know who they are.

I walked by Nancy Lopez and her husband on the Spanish Springs Town square during a Market Day. Believe he is a retired MLB player.

[Rodneysblue]

How about scientists and engineers? Or maybe doctors and teachers. Let’s not forget first responders.

[Heytubes]

Yes. Me. But I don’t want to give out my name for fear of being mobbed by autograph seekers wanting selfies.

[garykoca427@gmail.com]

A couple of retired MLB players from our generation live in the Villages.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I walked by Nancy Lopez and her husband on the Spanish Springs Town square during a Market Day. Believe he is a retired MLB player.

Nancy & Ray have been divorced for 15 years, so that must have been a long time ago.

Nancy's Wiki page says she still lives in TV, but I heard she sold her house here, about 5-6 years ago.

[inda50]

Originally Posted by justjim

Nancy Lopez owned a home here on her golf course. Harold Schwartz, founding developer, actually lived in The Villages. I’m sure there are other noteworthy persons who lived or currently live in The Villages and may like their privacy. I have met some very interesting people here in my eighteen years of owning property in The Villages.

Meet her on line at the local Wells Fargo bank, friendly and nice as can be.

[HORNET]

Yes! And they are the kind that keep it to themselves, not like the ones that do articles about themselves in the Daily Sun!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Nancy & Ray have been divorced for 15 years, so that must have been a long time ago.

Nancy's Wiki page says she still lives in TV, but I heard she sold her house here, about 5-6 years ago.

We have been here in the Villages since 2005. Moved here in June or so.

This was probably around 2005 or 2006.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by HORNET

Yes! And they are the kind that keep it to themselves, not like the ones that do articles about themselves in the Daily Sun!

Gary Corsair wrote an article about me back in 2007 or so for The Villages Daily Sun. It was about my efforts to get the Florida Victim Services Directory linked to Villages' area library webpages. Part of my 224 613 Project that I had been working on since mid-1991 but had not acquired those two numbers until late 1992.

Gary Corsair lived near the Villages and wrote a few books. One of these is about the Groveland Four. The other is about history of high school basketball in this area of Florida.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Out of the 150,000 people in The Villages, are there any noteworthy residents from sports, entertainment, etc? Just wondering...
Not looking for joke answers. A serious question.

A serious answer: Almost everyone who owns property in TV has lived long, full & prosperous lives and are all equally important (or unimportant) in the eyes of our Creator whose judgment is the only noteworthiness that matters.