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Famous people · Ballinger
4 famous people call Ballinger their birthplace
Roxy Gordon is the best known, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come David Wendell Guion and Dalton Hoffman. The list comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas. Born in 1892, David Wendell Guion is the first name on record, and Hal Underwood, born in 1945, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Roxy Gordon
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
David Wendell Guion
Youngest
1945
Hal Underwood
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballinger
Three names lead: Roxy Gordon (4 languages), David Wendell Guion (3) and Dalton Hoffman (1).
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Through the years
When Ballinger’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballinger is known for
Music leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballinger
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ballinger 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 (1)
- David Wendell Guion: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons