#1Famous people · Nacogdoches
38 famous people come from Nacogdoches, Clint Dempsey the best known
At the top of the list is the American soccer player Clint Dempsey, covered in 57 languages. Since 1970, 16 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas. Fewer than a quarter of the 654 towns in Texas with famous people list more.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Clint Dempsey
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Thomas C. Barret
Youngest
2003
Will Greer
Most common field
Sports
20 people
What stands out about Nacogdoches’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Nacogdoches
Two of the three are athletes.
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When Nacogdoches’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 8.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Nacogdoches is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Nacogdoches
35 more, best known first.
Greg Roberts
born 1956All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nacogdoches 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 (13)
- Clint Dempsey: Victor Araiza from Houston, TX, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Belt: SD Dirk on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Thomas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Humber: Keith Allison on Flickr derivative work: Muboshgu, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hargis: Dave Payton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lera Millard Thomas: Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar P. Austin: United States Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kasey Lansdale: PKDASD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas C. Barret: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlos Dews: Carlos Dews, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jabara Williams: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Leistikow: No machine-readable author provided. Loganl assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Thompson: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons