Famous people · Rice
Born near Rice: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Mary Brian is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. Closest of all is Chase Craig, from Ennis, 10 mi away. Across Texas, 628 towns list someone born there. The list for Rice is empty for now.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Mary Brian
Best known
Mary Brian
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rice’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rice
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bob Banner
1921–2011American television director and producer
Blair Cherry
1901–1966American football player and coach, baseball coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rice 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)
- Mary Brian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Logan: Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Johnson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maceo Baston: Avi kedmi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Joe Shaver: derivative work: Entheta Billy_Joe_Shaver.JPG: Digdug13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mae Boren Axton: Nicoleon, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Carroll: produced by Warner Bros. and supplied to CINELANDIA magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons