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Famous people · Meridian

Meridian is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Bill Curtis, the software engineer, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The list has one more: the American football player Will Cureton. Births span 1948 to 1950, from Bill Curtis to Will Cureton. The longest list in Texas is Beaumont’s, with 63 names.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bill Curtis
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1948
Bill Curtis
Youngest
1950
Will Cureton
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known

Born in Meridian

BC#1
Science & Medicine

Bill Curtis

born 1948

Software engineer

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
WC#2
Sports

Will Cureton

born 1950

American football player

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Meridian 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.