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Famous people · Grand Prairie
Selena Gomez leads the 16 famous people born in Grand Prairie
175 languages have an article about the American singer and actress Selena Gomez. The next two names are Dimebag Darrell and E. P. Sanders. More than half were born since 1970, 11 in all. With 10 athletes, the list holds 1.8 times the share found across U.S. towns.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Selena Gomez
in 175 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Jud Larson
Youngest
1999
Jeff Okudah
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Grand Prairie’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Grand Prairie
Two of the three are musicians.
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Through the years
When Grand Prairie’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsMusicFaithScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grand Prairie is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 3.4 times.
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 Grand Prairie
The rest number 13, with 10 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Grand Prairie home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Grand Prairie, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grand Prairie 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 (11)
- Dimebag Darrell: April Ashford-Forsythe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Okudah: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Taylor: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andre Akpan: Elomen76, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Drummond: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darvis Patton: Eckhard Pecher (Arcimboldo), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Stone: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Wariner: Thomas Faivre-Duboz, cropped by MachoCarioca from File:Wariner Paris 2006.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelley Duvall: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Mae Morse: Metronome, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Thomas: Jessica Blanton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons