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Famous people · Prairie View
Prairie View is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Debra Sapenter, the American sprinter, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. Behind the leader come Walter Booker and Margaret E. Grigsby. From Margaret E. Grigsby in 1923 to Debra Sapenter in 1952, the births cover 29 years. Per head, the list is long: 4.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Debra Sapenter
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Margaret E. Grigsby
Youngest
1952
Debra Sapenter
The best known
Born in Prairie View
Counted by languages, Debra Sapenter is ahead of Walter Booker and Margaret E. Grigsby: 13, 9 and 4.
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Science & Medicine
Margaret E. Grigsby
1923–2009African American physician
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Prairie View’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
NotableMusicScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Prairie View is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Prairie View
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Prairie View.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prairie View 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)
- Walter Booker: Krajazz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Phillips: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons