#1Famous people · DeSoto
Of the 15 famous people born in DeSoto, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Jordan Walsh, with articles in 11 languages. Since 1970, 13 were born, the most of any period. From Elizabeth Bernard in 1890 to Jordan Walsh in 2004, the births cover 114 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 635 towns in Texas with famous people list more.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Jordan Walsh
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Elizabeth Bernard
Youngest
2004
Jordan Walsh
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about DeSoto’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When DeSoto’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 7.
SportsMusicFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What DeSoto is known for
DeSoto has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
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 DeSoto
All three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in DeSoto
Here are 12 more, born from 1890 to 1999.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is DeSoto 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 (10)
- Jordan Walsh: Gamecock Central, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus Gray: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Reagan: deerstop, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Murphy: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damontre Moore: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erica Banks: HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Bernard: Abilene Christian University Brown Library Milliken Special Collections; Center for Restoration Studies; Bob Hunter Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Black: Gamecock Central, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Thomas: Jessica Blanton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Moore: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons