DS#1
Film, TV & Stage
Dean Smith
1932–2023American athletics competitor, stuntman and actor
22 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Breckenridge
Most of the 8 famous people born in Breckenridge came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Best known of all is Dean Smith, written about in 22 languages. Close behind are Byron Katie and Stephen McNallen. From Derrell Palmer in 1922 to Stephen McNallen in 1948, the births cover 26 years. Per head, the list is long: 15.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Dean Smith
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Derrell Palmer
Youngest
1948
Stephen McNallen
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Breckenridge
Two of the three are writers and artists.
BK#2
#3Through the years
When Breckenridge’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Breckenridge is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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 Breckenridge
Another 5, 4 of them athletes.
John Hill
1923–2007Texas lawyer, Democratic politician, and judge, born 1923
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Breckenridge?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Breckenridge’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Breckenridge 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)
- Stephen McNallen: Stephen McNallen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons