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Don Meredith
1938–2010American football player, television sportscaster
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Famous people · Mount Vernon
3 famous people come from Mount Vernon, Don Meredith the best known
Best known of all is Don Meredith, written about in 10 languages. Bobby Maples is second and Butch Maples third. Per head, the list is long: 11.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7. Over 4 years of births, the list goes from Don Meredith (1938) to Bobby Maples (1942).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Don Meredith
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1938
Don Meredith
Youngest
1942
Bobby Maples
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Mount Vernon
First, Don Meredith (10 languages), then Bobby Maples (2) and Butch Maples (1).
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Vernon 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 (1)
- Don Meredith: Columbia Pictures Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons