Famous people · Blessing
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Blessing
Closest of all is Daniel E. Flores, from Palacios, 11 mi away. Dan Rather is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Blessing. In all of Texas, the famous people on record come from 654 towns.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
31 mi
Dan Rather
Best known
Dan Rather
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blessing’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Blessing
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Steven Saylor
born 1956American author of historical novels
Hope Dworaczyk Smith
born 1984American entrepreneur, model and tv personality
Johnnie Lee Higgins
born 1983American football player, wide receiver, return specialist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blessing 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 (7)
- Hope Dworaczyk Smith: Josh Ryan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Flores: Larry Evans (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac Sweeney: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary W. Janak: GatewayStar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Farmer Burgess: Bell, Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnnie Lee Higgins: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Priscilla Richman: United States of America's Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons