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Famous people · Joaquin

Joaquin is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Winston Hill, the player of American football, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Lou Smith and Orren R. Whiddon. The oldest name on the list belongs to Lou Smith, born in 1928, the newest to Winston Hill, born in 1941. No town in Texas lists more than Beaumont, with 63.

#3 best knownOrren R. WhiddonMilitary · 1935–2016
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Winston Hill
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Lou Smith
Youngest
1941
Winston Hill
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Joaquin

Counted by languages, Winston Hill is ahead of Lou Smith and Orren R. Whiddon: 6, 2 and 2.

WH#1
Sports

Winston Hill

1941–2016

Player of American football

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LS#2
Music

Lou Smith

1928–2007

American singer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Orren R. Whiddon#3
Military

Orren R. Whiddon

1935–2016

U.S. Army officer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Joaquin 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.

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