#1Famous people · Corsicana
32 famous people were born in Corsicana, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Mary Brian, the American actress, with articles in 24 languages. Close behind are Jacqueline Logan and Wesley Johnson. 8 of them were born since 1970. The list comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
Born here
32
notable people
Best known
Mary Brian
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
John W. Carpenter
Youngest
1990
Eddie Hassell
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Corsicana’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Corsicana’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Corsicana
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Known for
What Corsicana is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 1.7 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Corsicana 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)
- Mary Brian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Logan: Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Johnson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maceo Baston: Avi kedmi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Joe Shaver: derivative work: Entheta Billy_Joe_Shaver.JPG: Digdug13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lefty Frizzell: Columbia Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beauford H. Jester: University of Texas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons