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Famous people · Kyle
6 famous people were born in Kyle
The best known is the American football player Junior Coffey, with articles in 5 languages. The next two names are I.B. Donalson and Jack Creel. The largest group, 5, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Junior Coffey, born in 1942, is the youngest, and Edwin Jackson Kyle, born in 1876, the first on record.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Junior Coffey
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Edwin Jackson Kyle
Youngest
1942
Junior Coffey
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Kyle
The three are covered in 5, 3 and 2 languages: Junior Coffey, I.B. Donalson and Jack Creel.
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Military
I.B. Donalson
1915–2006Colonel in the United States Air Force and flying ace in World War II
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Kyle’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1910s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kyle is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kyle
Here are 3 more, born from 1876 to 1918.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, San Marcos counts 15 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kyle 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 (4)
- Edwin Jackson Kyle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Otto Jürgen Hofmann: Family photos mostly or the photographer is dead., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucious Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons