#1Famous people · Giddings
The 5 famous people born in Giddings, led by Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Articles in 13 languages make the American writer Gwendolyn B. Bennett the best known. Second and third on the list are Larry Wade and Thomas Sanders. The biggest group are athletes: 2. The list comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Youngest
1974
Larry Wade
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Giddings
Counted by languages, Gwendolyn B. Bennett is ahead of Larry Wade and Thomas Sanders: 13, 6 and 4.
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Through the years
When Giddings’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law
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Known for
What Giddings is known for
Share of Giddings’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Giddings
2 more, best known first.
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A chosen home
Also called Giddings home
Born elsewhere, David J. Porter lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Giddings 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 (2)
- Gwendolyn B. Bennett: Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection at NYPL Digital Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David J. Porter: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons