Famous people · Mesquite
Born near Mesquite: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Sarah Silva, born in Vado, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Debbie Reynolds, with articles in 86 languages. No entry yet names Mesquite as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in New Mexico belongs to Albuquerque, with 51.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
27 mi
Debbie Reynolds
Best known
Debbie Reynolds
in 86 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mesquite’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mesquite
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jerry Hines
1903–1963American football and basketball player, coach, college athletics administrator
Anwar al-Awlaki
1971–2011American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist
Debbie Reynolds
1932–2016American actress, singer, and dancer
Gene Roddenberry
1921–1991American television screenwriter and producer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mesquite 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 (8)
- Debbie Reynolds: Studio photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anwar al-Awlaki: Awlaki_1008.JPG: Muhammad ud-Deen derivative work: Greg A L, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulina Chávez: Criticologos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawnacy Barber: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Castillo: Hefebreo from Tijuana, Mexico, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Roberson: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Silvestre Reyes: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Herrera: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons