
Born near La Tina Ranch: 18 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Freddy Fender, was born in San Benito, 11 mi away. Kris Kristofferson is the most widely known, written about in 65 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from La Tina Ranch yet. Across Texas, 671 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about La Tina Ranch’s famous people
Famous people born near La Tina Ranch
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

T. R. Fehrenbach
1925–2013American historian and columnist





Kris Kristofferson
1936–2024American country singer, songwriter and actor
Bruce Sterling
born 1954American author, speaker and futurist

Grace Napolitano
born 1936U.S. Representative from California

James Anthony Tamayo
born 1949American Roman-Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston, titular bishop of Ita, bishop of Laredo
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is La Tina Ranch and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Kris Kristofferson: Agency: Magna Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Morrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Stahl: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Napolitano: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Freddy Fender: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Nielsen Chapman: Dr Photo / Kevin Smith, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Filemon Vela: Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Anthony Tamayo: GatewayStar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons