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Famous people · Port Isabel
3 famous people call Port Isabel their birthplace
Mariano Simon Garriga, the Catholic bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Juan Castillo and Juan Alamia. The earliest on the list is Juan Alamia, born in 1876, and the youngest Juan Castillo, born in 1959. Per head, the list is long: 5.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Mariano Simon Garriga
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Juan Alamia
Youngest
1959
Juan Castillo
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Port Isabel
Mariano Simon Garriga has articles in 6 languages, Juan Castillo in 3 and Juan Alamia in 1.
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Known for
What Port Isabel is known for
Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Brownsville has the longest list next door: 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Isabel 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 (2)
- Juan Castillo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Kristofferson: Agency: Magna Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons