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Famous people · Glidden

No one born in Glidden has made the famous people list yet

Across the town line, Columbus lists 6, Bo Schobel first. In all of Texas, the famous people on record come from 628 towns. No town in Texas lists more than Beaumont, with 63. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Glidden), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Glidden has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Glidden

Around it, Columbus has the most people on record, 6 of them.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glidden 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.