Famous people · Payne Springs
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Payne Springs
Closest of all is Lindley Beckworth, from Mabank, 7 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Payne Springs yet. Ted Healy is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. 677 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
25 mi
Ted Healy
Best known
Ted Healy
in 17 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Payne Springs’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Payne Springs
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Blair Cherry
1901–1966American football player and coach, baseball coach
Ted Healy
1896–1937American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Payne Springs 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 (7)
- Ted Healy: Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan G. Sanders: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald D. Griffin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindley Beckworth: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Graham: U.S. Navy photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sid W. Richardson: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Van E. Chandler: USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons