#1Famous people · Richardson
14 famous people from Richardson, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American soccer player Lee Nguyen, covered in 22 languages. Since 1970, 11 were born, the most of any period. Over 119 years of births, the list goes from Charles E. Turner (1886) to Liam McNeeley (2005). The list comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Lee Nguyen
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Charles E. Turner
Youngest
2005
Liam McNeeley
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Richardson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Richardson’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 5 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Richardson is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Richardson
Lee Nguyen, Scott Turner and Justin Che are written about in 22, 18 and 13 languages.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Scott Turner
born 1972United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JC#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Richardson
11 more, 7 of them athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Richardson home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Richardson, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Garland, at 47.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richardson 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 (9)
- Lee Nguyen: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Turner: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keenan Evans: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keaton Wallace: Davidr1974, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Timme: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Woods: Andrew Magill, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nolan Fontana: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Landry Jones: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin McHale: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons