Born near New Hope: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Guinn Smith, was born in McKinney, 6 mi away. No famous person’s birth in New Hope is on record yet. The best known of them is Kevin McHale, with articles in 34 languages. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63.
What stands out about New Hope’s famous people
Famous people born near New Hope
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.












Scott Turner
born 1972United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Hope 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 (12)
- Kevin McHale: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenton Duty: Mary Spencer - WATTOonline, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herb Ellis: vernon.hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Nguyen: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marsai Martin: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amber Glenn: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Parrack: DoD News Features, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Murchison: Underwood Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Turner: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Haga: Pedro Semitiel from Cehegín, España, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert M. Shelton: Doris Kanter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Erwin Hagin: User:Deepdown19 on the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons