Photo: Flimbone08 · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person born in Murphy is listed yet
Of the bordering towns, Plano has the longest list: 33, with Kevin McHale at the top. Across Texas, the lists cover 627 towns. Beaumont’s 63 names make the longest list in Texas. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Murphy), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Murphy has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Murphy
Of the towns nearby, Plano lists the most people: 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Murphy 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)
- Kevin McHale: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Nguyen: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert M. Shelton: Doris Kanter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Devin Duvernay: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons