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Famous people · Gilmer
18 famous people were born in Gilmer, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Don Henley, the American rock musician, with articles in 42 languages. Close behind are Freddie King and Johnny Mathis. The list comes to 35.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas. Fewer than a quarter of the 627 towns in Texas with famous people list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Don Henley
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Robert L. Stephens
Youngest
1996
Kris Boyd
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Gilmer’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gilmer’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gilmer
Languages with an article: 42 for Don Henley, 33 for Freddie King, 32 for Johnny Mathis.
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What Gilmer is known for
Gilmer has 3× the usual share of musicians.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gilmer 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 (7)
- Freddie King: Lionel Decoster, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Mathis: MCA-Music Corporation of America (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Norton: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Moss: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Baird: Texasjustice99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Childress: Stuart Seeger from College Station, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. Stephens: USAF Airman; name unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons