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Famous people · Karnes City

4 famous people come from Karnes City, Goldie Hill the best known

At the top of the list is the American musician Goldie Hill, covered in 13 languages. Behind the leader come David Crews and Maria Moreno. Born in 1901, Adela Sloss Vento is the first name on record, and David Crews, born in 1933, the most recent. Per head, the list is long: 11.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.

Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Goldie Hill
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Adela Sloss Vento
Youngest
1933
David Crews
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known

Born in Karnes City

Ranked by languages covered: Goldie Hill with 13, then David Crews with 3 and Maria Moreno with 2.

GH#1
Music

Goldie Hill

1933–2005

American musician

13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DC#2
Politics & Law

David Crews

1933–2015

American lawyer and politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MM#3
Notable

Maria Moreno

1920–1988

American farmworker and labor organizer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Karnes City’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000
MusicPolitics & LawNotableWriting & Arts

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What Karnes City is known for

Share of Karnes City’s famous people in each field.

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Everyone

Everyone else born in Karnes City

1 more, best known first.

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Adela Sloss Vento

1901–1998

American writer

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Karnes City 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.