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Famous people · Dallas
Performers stand out among the 24 famous people born in Dallas
Articles in 86 languages make the American philanthropist Melinda Gates the best known. Usher and Owen Wilson follow. More than half were born since 1970, 14 in all. For its size the list is short: 0.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical Texas town.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Melinda Gates
in 86 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Jerry Hardin
Youngest
2007
Mason Thames
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
16 people
Also called it home
7
notable residents
What stands out about Dallas’ famous people
A town of performersPerformers make up 16 of the 24, 7.1 times the usual share.Known worldwideRead in 86 languages, Melinda Gates is known far beyond the town.Still making names20 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2007.A chosen home7 more notable people chose to live in Dallas, including George W. Bush.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dallas is known for
Performers stand out most, at 7.1 times the usual share.
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 Dallas
Counted by languages, Melinda Gates is ahead of Usher and Owen Wilson: 86, 81 and 77.
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Through the years
When Dallas’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 7.
Film, TV & StageMusicNotableBusinessSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dallas
A further 21 follow, born between 1929 and 2007.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Dallas home
7 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, George W. Bush the best known.
Steven Crowder
born 1987American-Canadian conservative political commentator
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Dallas.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dallas 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 (14)
- Usher: US Embassy Italy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Tate: United Press International (UPI), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jensen Ackles: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meat Loaf: Ronden Talent Management, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stevie Ray Vaughan: Bbadventure, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Bush: Eric Draper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyrie Irving: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johann Deisenhofer: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Landry Jones: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Wariner: Thomas Faivre-Duboz, cropped by MachoCarioca from File:Wariner Paris 2006.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tara Davis-Woodhall: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Meili: Sgt. James K. McCann, U.S. Army, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Umbrella Man: Richard Oscar Bothun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Bilka: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons