No famous person from Heidelberg yet, but Mercedes next door has 10
Famous people are on record for 651 of the towns in Texas. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63. Abilene has the second-longest list in Texas, after Beaumont, with 57. The best known born in Mercedes is Kika de la Garza.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Heidelberg), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Heidelberg has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Heidelberg
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Heidelberg 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 (1)
- Kika de la Garza: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons