Famous people · La Ward
32 famous people were born within 35 miles of La Ward
Closest of all is Patrick Flores, from Ganado, 14 mi away. The best known of them is Mal Whitfield, with articles in 29 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in La Ward. The longest list in Texas is Beaumont’s, with 63 names.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
32 mi
Mal Whitfield
Best known
Mal Whitfield
in 29 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about La Ward’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near La Ward
The 32 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Hope Dworaczyk Smith
born 1984American entrepreneur, model and tv personality
Nelva Gonzales Ramos
born 1965Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Christia Adair
1893–1989American civil-rights activist and suffragist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is La Ward 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 (15)
- Gale Storm: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Prokop: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bates: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Dworaczyk Smith: Josh Ryan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michale Kyser: Basketball Champions League, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Flores: Larry Evans (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward F. Knipling: Photo by Scott Bauer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kolb: Wigstruck on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary W. Janak: GatewayStar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Sparkman: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Hunt: original: Sgt. 1st Class April Davis of Oregon National Guardderivative: Diddykong1130, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Priscilla Richman: United States of America's Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sharp: Tamusystem, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monty Stratton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nelva Gonzales Ramos: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons