#1Famous people · Alice
Most of the 17 famous people born in Alice came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 59 languages make the American chemist Robert Curl the best known. For every 10,000 residents there are 9.6 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7. Joe Pate (1892) and Chris Brazzell (1976) mark the two ends of the list. The biggest group are athletes: 6.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Robert Curl
in 59 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Joe Pate
Youngest
1976
Chris Brazzell
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Alice’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Alice
Two of the three are scientists and doctors.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
James P. Allison
born 1948American immunologist and Nobel laureate
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#3Through the years
When Alice’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 6.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alice is known for
Alice has 3× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
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 Alice
Still to come: 14 more, from 1892 to 1976.
David Valdez
born 1949American photographer, the Chief Official White House Photographer from 1989 to 1993, during the presidency of George H. W. Bush
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Alonso S. Perales
1898–1960American lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alice 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 (9)
- Robert Curl: Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James P. Allison: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Henry: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond L. Johnson: Lenoreblum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Salinas: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Valdez: LBJ Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Cuellar: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmundo Mireles Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Pate: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons