Born near Pine Island: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Debra Sapenter, from Prairie View, 4 mi away. Renée Zellweger is the most widely known, written about in 94 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Pine Island yet. In all of Texas, the famous people on record come from 638 towns.
What stands out about Pine Island’s famous people
Famous people born near Pine Island
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Johnny Holland
born 1965All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker


Nick Mitchell
born 1982American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist

Frank Malina
1912–1981American aeronautical engineer and painter


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pine Island 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 (5)
- Renée Zellweger: Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nneka Ogwumike: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Dalton: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dobie Gray: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Malina: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons