#1Famous people · Dickinson
4 famous people call Dickinson their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American businessman Bill Gurley, covered in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Donnie Little and Stephanie Strom. Per head, the list is long: 1.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7. From Donnie Little to Jalen Wydermyer, the births on the list run from 1960 to 2000.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bill Gurley
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1960
Donnie Little
Youngest
2000
Jalen Wydermyer
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Dickinson
Bill Gurley, Donnie Little and Stephanie Strom are written about in 4, 3 and 3 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Dickinson’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 3 births.
SportsBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dickinson is known for
Share of Dickinson’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dickinson
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Dickinson home
One more notable person made the town home: James Oberg.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Texas City has the most people on record, 27 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dickinson 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 (5)
- Bill Gurley: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Strom: Cambodia4kids.org Beth Kanter from California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Oberg: RobertoTenore, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Brown: Sumori, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarred Cosart: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons