#1Famous people · Cleburne
Of the 23 famous people born in Cleburne, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American baseball player Dillon Gee, with articles in 8 languages. The largest group, 11, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. From Eula Whitehouse in 1892 to Scotty Walden in 1989, the births cover 97 years.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Dillon Gee
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Eula Whitehouse
Youngest
1989
Scotty Walden
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Cleburne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cleburne is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Cleburne
Two of the three are musicians.
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Music
Willie Lewis
1905–1971American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
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Through the years
When Cleburne’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cleburne
A further 20 follow, born between 1892 and 1989.
Jennifer Archer
born 1957Author of young adult/teen fiction/women's fiction/romance
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleburne 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 (7)
- Dillon Gee: Stegas4, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Carroll: Robman94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spike Owen: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Baird: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Fine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Polk: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Milstead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons