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Famous people · Eagle Lake

Eagle 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 here
4
notable people
Best known
Howie Fitzgerald
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Howie Fitzgerald
Youngest
1972
Kevin Dogins
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known

Born in Eagle Lake

The three best known are all athletes.

HF#1
Sports

Howie Fitzgerald

1902–1959

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JA#2
Sports

Josh Ashton

1949–1993

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AA#3
Sports

Allen Aldridge

1945–2015

American sportsperson

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Eagle Lake’s famous people were born

The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000
Sports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Eagle Lake

1 more, best known first.

KD

Kevin Dogins

born 1972

American football player

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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.