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Famous people · Jasper
19 famous people were born in Jasper, more of them athletes than in most towns
Best known of all is Bryan Bronson, written about in 9 languages. The largest group, 10, was born since 1970. The list comes to 26 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas. The first birth on record is Buddy Ace’s, in 1936, and the last Robert Hunt’s, in 1996.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Bryan Bronson
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1936
Buddy Ace
Youngest
1996
Robert Hunt
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Jasper’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Jasper’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jasper is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 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 Jasper
Counted by languages, Bryan Bronson is ahead of Chad Beck and Buddy Ace: 9, 6 and 5.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Jasper
Still to come: 16 more, from 1938 to 1996.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jasper 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 (5)
- Chad Beck: James G on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Bryant: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Hadnot: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Alvis: Exhibits W461, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Hennigan: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons