#1Famous people · Odessa
Athletes stand out among the 37 famous people born in Odessa
The best known is the US Navy SEAL and author Chris Kyle, with articles in 52 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 19 were born, the most of any period. Ed Gray, born in 1935, is the earliest name and Bradley Marquez, born in 1992, the latest. Only 18 of the 651 towns in Texas with anyone on record list more.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Chris Kyle
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Ed Gray
Youngest
1992
Bradley Marquez
Most common field
Sports
23 people
What stands out about Odessa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Odessa’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 9 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Odessa
Chris Kyle leads with articles in 52 languages, ahead of Karan Ashley (17) and Victor Aaron (17).
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What Odessa is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Odessa
Of the other 34, 23 are athletes.
Kelvin Clark
born 1956All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Odessa 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 (6)
- Chris Kyle: Cpl. Damien Gutierrez, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karan Ashley: Florida Supercon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Herrera: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Williams: Parkut61 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Baron Batch: Jeff Tinnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Harper: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons