#1Renée Zellweger and 12 more famous people were born in Katy
The American actress Renée Zellweger is written about in 93 languages. Most were born since 1970: 11 of them. Athletes are unusually common here: 8, 1.7 times the usual share. The list comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
What stands out about Katy’s famous people
Born in Katy
Renée Zellweger has articles in 93 languages, Andy Dalton in 15 and Elijah Hall in 11.
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#3When Katy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 5.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Katy is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Katy
Of the other 10, 7 are athletes.

No one matches both filters.
Also called Katy home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Katy, though born elsewhere.
Who’s the most famous person from Katy?
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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Katy 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)
- Renée Zellweger: Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Dalton: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elijah Hall: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sanaz Marand: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary Duff: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
