#1Famous people · Irving
31 famous people were born in Irving, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American track athlete Jeremy Wariner, with articles in 35 languages. Since 1970, 28 were born, the most of any period. Only 28 of the 630 towns in Texas with anyone on record list more. For every 10,000 residents there are 1.2 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Jeremy Wariner
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
L. M. Kit Carson
Youngest
2009
Calah Lane
Most common field
Sports
22 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Irving’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Irving’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 13 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Irving is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Irving
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Irving
Of the other 28, 20 are athletes.
Claire Legrand
born 1986American writer of children's and young adult literature
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A chosen home
Also called Irving home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Irving, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Irving 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 (10)
- Jeremy Wariner: Thomas Faivre-Duboz, cropped by MachoCarioca from File:Wariner Paris 2006.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Wasson: Eduardo Sciammarella, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marquez Haynes: FrancescoSoliani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Odyssey Sims: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Story: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Omar Suleiman: FeaturingDallas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Van Duyne: U.S. House of Representatives - Office of the Clerk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Connaughton: André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Meili: Sgt. James K. McCann, U.S. Army, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Bilka: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons