Famous people · Edmonson
26 famous people were born within 35 miles of Edmonson
The nearest, Stella Garza-Hicks, was born in Kress, 10 mi away. James H. Clark is the most widely known, written about in 25 languages. Across Texas, 662 towns list someone born there. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Edmonson.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
James H. Clark
Best known
James H. Clark
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Edmonson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Edmonson
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
James H. Clark
born 1944American entrepreneur and computer scientist
William Carey Mathes
1899–1967United States federal judge
Emzy Harvey Lynch
1895–1979American football and basketball coach
Gilbert Ford
1931–2017American basketball player and business executive
Maurice Ewing
1906–1974American geophysicist and oceanographer
Sharon Welch
born 1952American academic scholar, social ethicist and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edmonson 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 (13)
- James H. Clark: Knnkanda, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ewing: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Knox: TGC-Topps Gum Cards-photo from Roulette Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jodey Arrington: U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Hance: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garry Templeton: Mark Mauno on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Hewitt Owens: Poncho1963, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louie Welch: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stella Garza-Hicks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn DeBerry Stump: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald F. Keeling: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Jaquess: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshal Dutton: Bruteforce7700, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons