No famous person from Joshua yet, but Cleburne next door has 23
638 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Texas is Beaumont’s, with 63 names. Abilene has the second-longest list in Texas, after Beaumont, with 57. The best known born in Cleburne is Dillon Gee.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Joshua), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Joshua has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Joshua
The best known from each town bordering Joshua.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Joshua 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)
- Dillon Gee: Stegas4, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons