Famous people · Byers
Born near Byers: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Ron Howard is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. Closest of all is Reed Hadley, from Petrolia, 5 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Byers. 651 of the towns in Texas list at least one person.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
31 mi
Ron Howard
Best known
Ron Howard
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Byers’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Byers
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bennie G. Adkins
1934–2020United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
James W. McCord, Jr.
1924–2017Member of Watergate scandal: break-in team member
Gary Chapman
born 1957American singer-songwriter and television personality
LaDonna Harris
born 1931American politician, Native American activist
Greyson Chance
born 1997American singer, songwriter, and musician
Viola Fletcher
1914–2025Oldest known living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre
Boyd Morgan
1915–1988American actor, stuntman and American football player
Ron Howard
born 1954American film director, producer, and actor
Jeane Kirkpatrick
1926–2006American diplomat and Presidential advisor
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Byers?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Byers’ most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Byers 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 (15)
- Rex Tillerson: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Abbott: NASA Johnson Space Center / NASA-JSC/ROBERT MARKOWITZ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Van Heflin: Clarence Sinclair Bull, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoyt Axton: news service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Mullane: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Lee: AlonsoTav, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Reid: Marcus Blechman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred R. Harris: Jay Godwin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reed Hadley: film screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bennie G. Adkins: The U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller/Photojournalist to the Under Secretary of the Army/Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jari Askins: Air Force photo/Margo Wright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Dark: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Morgan: film screenshot (American International Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- LaDonna Harris: Marion County, Oregon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. McCord, Jr.: Newsday (Suffolk Edition), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons