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Famous people · Del Rio
19 famous people were born in Del Rio, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Lance Blanks, covered in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Tara Cunningham and Evelyn Peirce. For every 10,000 residents there are 5.5 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7. The oldest name on the list belongs to Hooks Warner, born in 1894, the newest to Cory James, born in 1993.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Lance Blanks
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Hooks Warner
Youngest
1993
Cory James
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Del Rio’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Del Rio’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 5 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Del Rio
Lance Blanks leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Tara Cunningham (15) and Evelyn Peirce (12).
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What Del Rio is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Del Rio
The rest number 16, with 8 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Del Rio 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 (8)
- Evelyn Peirce: Picture-Play Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Silman: © James F. Perry, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory James: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Edwin Smith: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Mayfield: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Chalk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larvell Blanks: Cleveland Indians / Axel Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucius Desha Bunton III: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons