Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Eagle Lake is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Howie Fitzgerald, covered in 3 languages. Josh Ashton and Allen Aldridge follow. Per head, the list is long: 11.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7. From Howie Fitzgerald to Kevin Dogins, the births on the list run from 1902 to 1972.
Born in Eagle Lake
The three best known are all athletes.
When Eagle Lake’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone else born in Eagle Lake
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Eagle Lake?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Eagle Lake’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eagle Lake 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.