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Famous people · Floydada

4 famous people come from Floydada, Don Williams the best known

Most widely known is Don Williams, the American country singer, with articles in 24 languages. The next two names are Price Brookfield and H. Jeff Kimble. The biggest group are athletes: 2. The earliest on the list is Price Brookfield, born in 1920, and the youngest David Terrell, born in 1975.

#1 best knownDon WilliamsMusic · 1939–2017
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Don Williams
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Price Brookfield
Youngest
1975
David Terrell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Floydada

Counted by languages, Don Williams is ahead of Price Brookfield and H. Jeff Kimble: 24, 10 and 8.

Don Williams#1
Music

Don Williams

1939–2017

American country singer

24 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Price Brookfield#2
Sports

Price Brookfield

1920–2006

American basketball player

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
HK#3
Science & Medicine

H. Jeff Kimble

1949–2024

American physicist

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Floydada’s famous people were born

The 1930s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Price Brookfield
SportsMusicScience & Medicine

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Everyone

Everyone else born in Floydada

1 more, best known first.

DT

David Terrell

born 1975

American football player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Floydada 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.

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