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Brooke Rollins tops a list of 5 famous people born in Glen Rose

Most widely known is Brooke Rollins, the American attorney and politician, with articles in 21 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Sammy Hale, third to Dennis Hadley Currie. For every 10,000 residents there are 17.6 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7. Dennis Hadley Currie, born in 1874, is the earliest name and Brooke Rollins, born in 1972, the latest.

#1 best knownBrooke RollinsPolitics & Law · born 1972
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5
notable people
Best known
Brooke Rollins
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Dennis Hadley Currie
Youngest
1972
Brooke Rollins
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Glen Rose

Brooke Rollins has articles in 21 languages, Sammy Hale in 4 and Dennis Hadley Currie in 2.

Brooke Rollins#1
Politics & Law

Brooke Rollins

born 1972

American attorney and politician

21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Sammy Hale#2
Sports

Sammy Hale

1896–1974

American baseball player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Dennis Hadley Currie#3
Military

Dennis Hadley Currie

1874–1928

United States military officer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Glen Rose’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 1.

Mills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Dennis Hadley CurrieSammy HaleBrooke Rollins
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryMusic

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What Glen Rose is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest 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 Glen Rose

2 more, best known first.

PD

Peaches Davis

1905–1995

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glen Rose 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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