#1Film, TV & Stage
Debbie Reynolds
1932–2016American actress, singer, and dancer
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Famous people · El Paso
Of the 35 famous people born in El Paso, an unusual share are performers
With articles in 85 languages, Debbie Reynolds is the most widely known. Second place goes to the American television screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry, third to Sandra Day O'Connor. The largest group, 19, was born between 1920 and 1969. Births since 1970 account for 14 of the names.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Debbie Reynolds
in 85 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Albert Arnold Gillespie
Youngest
2003
Ricardo Pepi
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
15 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about El Paso’s famous people
A town of performersAmong the 35 people born here, 15 are performers: 4.5 times the usual share.Known worldwideRead in 85 languages, Debbie Reynolds is known far beyond the town.Still making names21 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2003.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live in El Paso, including Cormac McCarthy.
★ What stands out · Known for
What El Paso is known for
Performers stand out most, at 4.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in El Paso
Performers take two of the three places.
#1GR#2
Film, TV & Stage
Gene Roddenberry
1921–1991American television screenwriter and producer
61 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
SO#3
Politics & Law
Sandra Day O'Connor
1930–2023American lawyer and jurist
54 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When El Paso’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 5.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in El Paso
32 more names, born between 1899 and 2003.
John Cameron Mitchell
born 1963American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director
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A chosen home
Also called El Paso home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Cormac McCarthy.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering El Paso.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Paso 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 (10)
- Debbie Reynolds: Studio photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulina Chávez: Criticologos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Guerrero: EDDIE_GUERRERO.jpg: paddynapper derivative work: RanZag, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Ochs: Chip.berlet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Bluth: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susana Martinez: New Mexico State Government, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cormac McCarthy: From dust jacket: "Photograph of Cormac McCarthy by David Styles", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Harring: Laura Harring, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Hay: Ruth Waterbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Silvestre Reyes: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons