#1Famous people · Crosby
Crosby is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American football player Allie White, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player J. R. Towles, third to Austin Walter. Over 81 years of births, the list goes from Allie White (1915) to Austin Walter (1996). For every 10,000 residents there are 6.5 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Allie White
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Allie White
Youngest
1996
Austin Walter
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Crosby
Allie White has articles in 4 languages, J. R. Towles in 4 and Austin Walter in 2.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crosby 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 (2)
- Allie White: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. R. Towles: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons