#1Famous people · Gonzales
Gonzales counts 13 famous people, first among them Jerry Hall
At the top of the list is the American model Jerry Hall, covered in 36 languages. 5 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. The first birth on record is Phil Coe’s, in 1839, and the last Jerry Hall’s, in 1956. Fewer than a quarter of the 654 towns in Texas with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Jerry Hall
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Phil Coe
Youngest
1956
Jerry Hall
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Gonzales
First, Jerry Hall (36 languages), then Big Walter Price (6) and Milton Horace West (5).
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#3Through the years
When Gonzales’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Gonzales is known for
5 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 Gonzales
Still to come: 10 more, from 1839 to 1955.
Phyllis Robinson
born 1946US teacher and conservative Democrat politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives for district 31 from 1983 to 1991
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Theron J. Fouts
1893–1954American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, track and field coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gonzales 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)
- Jerry Hall: derivative work: Wildhartlivie Jerry Hall 1.jpg: Piers Allardyce, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton Horace West: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalva Allen: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Midkiff: George Burke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronnie Floyd: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Coe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theron J. Fouts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons