14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Central Gardens
The nearest, Ariel Abshire, was born in Nederland, 2 mi away. Janis Joplin is the most widely known, written about in 100 languages. Of the towns next door, Nederland lists the most: 9, with Kendrick Perkins first. 654 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Central Gardens’ famous people
Famous people born near Central Gardens
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Robert Rauschenberg
1925–2008American painter and graphic artist




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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Nederland has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central Gardens 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 (8)
- Janis Joplin: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias: World Wide Photos/ Archival by La Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rauschenberg: Fvlcrvm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crippen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Winter: Masahiro Sumori, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay Panabaker: John B. Mueller, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Keyes: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendrick Perkins: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
