Born near Inez: 15 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Oliver Henry Radkey, was born in Edna, 11 mi away. Fred Hansen is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. No famous person on record lists Inez as their birthplace yet. 629 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Inez’s famous people
Famous people born near Inez
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Christia Adair
1893–1989American civil-rights activist and suffragist

Steven Saylor
born 1956American author of historical novels

Hope Dworaczyk Smith
born 1984American entrepreneur, model and tv personality



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Inez 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)
- Fred Hansen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gale Storm: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Prokop: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bates: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Dworaczyk Smith: Josh Ryan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Cordon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Flores: Larry Evans (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons