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Famous people · Brownwood
Athletes stand out among the 26 famous people born in Brownwood
Articles in 18 languages make the American actress Madylin Sweeten the best known. Sawyer Sweeten and Case Keenum follow. The largest group, 11, was born in the age of mills and railroads. 8 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Madylin Sweeten
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
George M. Shelton
Youngest
2001
Mauricio Isaís
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Brownwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brownwood is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 3.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Brownwood’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 6.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brownwood
Performers take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Brownwood
23 more, from 1877 to 2001.
John Anderson Moore
1910–1944American World War II submarine commander and naval hero
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A chosen home
Also called Brownwood home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Brownwood, though born elsewhere.
O. L. Bodenhamer
1891–1933National commander of the American Legion from 1929 to 1930
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brownwood 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 (13)
- Case Keenum: Kevin B Long, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe M. Kilgore: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy R. Rubottom, Jr.: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Harrell: Gabriel Cervantes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Vaccaro: original: Randall Chancellorderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slim Harriss: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elda Vokel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Anderson Moore: Navy Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack T. Bradley: USAAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Don Gleaton: Kansas City Royals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt McCrane: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- O. L. Bodenhamer: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons