
Born near Doffing: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Lloyd Bentsen, was born in Mission, 6 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Doffing. Across Texas, the lists cover 627 towns. Beaumont has the most of any town in Texas: 63.
What stands out about Doffing’s famous people
Famous people born near Doffing
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Trinidad Silva
1950–1988Native Mexican-American character actor


Sergio Castillo
born 1990American Canadian-football placekicker and punter

Mike Heath
born 1964American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder





Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez
1946–1968Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Doffing and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (12)
- Lloyd Bentsen: Department of the Treasury[1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tito Santana: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Heath: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Landry: Big Cowboy Kev, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Pulido: Kim-bodia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois January: Willis Kent Productions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Ruiz: The Paparazzi Gamer (TPG), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jorge Cantú: Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fortunato Benavides: Fifth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez: Petty Officer 1st Class Michelle Lucht, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Canales: Curtisbeaumont, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sergio Castillo: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons