#1Famous people · Pampa
18 famous people were born in Pampa, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 7 languages make the American football player Zach Thomas the best known. Kenneth Minihan is second and Les Brownlee third. The list comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas. More are athletes than anything else, 7 in all.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Zach Thomas
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Dave Melton
Youngest
1976
Cody Canada
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Pampa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pampa’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 6 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableMilitaryMusicBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pampa
Ranked by languages covered: Zach Thomas with 7, then Kenneth Minihan with 6 and Les Brownlee with 6.
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What Pampa is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pampa 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)
- Zach Thomas: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Minihan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Brownlee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Canada: Jack Newton at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdn/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons