Famous people · Hamshire
Born near Hamshire: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Robert Crippen, from Beaumont, 19 mi away. The best known of them is Janis Joplin, with articles in 100 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Hamshire yet. 638 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Janis Joplin
Best known
Janis Joplin
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hamshire’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hamshire
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert Rauschenberg
1925–2008American painter and graphic artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hamshire and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. 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)
- Janis Joplin: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias: World Wide Photos/ Archival by La Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rauschenberg: Fvlcrvm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crippen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Winter: Masahiro Sumori, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Keyes: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. W. Bailey: Towpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons