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Famous people · Coleman
Most of the 9 famous people born in Coleman came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Frank Lewis, the Olympic medalist in wrestling, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. From Carobeth Laird in 1895 to J.W. Harris in 1986, the births cover 91 years. Per head, the list is long: 22.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7. Only 127 of the 633 towns in Texas with anyone on record list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Frank Lewis
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Carobeth Laird
Youngest
1986
J.W. Harris
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Coleman
Frank Lewis, Ronnie Dunn and Tex Rudloff are written about in 15, 7 and 5 languages.
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Through the years
When Coleman’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsMusicScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Coleman is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
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 Coleman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coleman 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)
- Ronnie Dunn: Keith Hinkle at https://www.flickr.com/photos/burningkarma/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons