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Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Pharr
4 famous people were born in Pharr
Omar Ontiveros, the American soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Mando Alvarado and Leo Araguz. Over 48 years of births, the list goes from Baldemar Velasquez (1947) to Omar Ontiveros (1995). Per 10,000 residents, the town has 0.5, close to the 0.7 of the typical Texas town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Omar Ontiveros
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1947
Baldemar Velasquez
Youngest
1995
Omar Ontiveros
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Pharr
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Pharr is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Pharr
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Pharr home
One more notable person made the town home: Harry Nyquist.
Harry Nyquist
1889–1976Swedish-American physicist and electrical engineer
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Of the towns around it, McAllen has the most on record: 23.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pharr 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.