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Famous people · Rockdale
Rockdale’s famous people span 105 years: 7 births from 1881 to 1986
Best known of all is Mary Sue Hubbard, written about in 6 languages. The American journalist George Sessions Perry ranks second, ahead of Billy Ray Locklin. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 4 in all. The list comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Mary Sue Hubbard
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Forrest Crawford
Youngest
1986
Stryker Sulak
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Rockdale
The three are covered in 6, 4 and 3 languages: Mary Sue Hubbard, George Sessions Perry and Billy Ray Locklin.
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Sports
Billy Ray Locklin
1937–2019Player of American and Canadian football
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Rockdale’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rockdale is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
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 Rockdale
Here are 4 more, born from 1881 to 1986.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockdale 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 (1)
- Russell L. Vittrup: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons