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Famous people · Roxton

Roxton is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Jack Hawkins is the best known, with articles in 3 languages. The American baseball player Bill Lattimore ranks second, ahead of Oberia Dempsey. Over 32 years of births, the list goes from Bill Lattimore (1884) to Jack Hawkins (1916). In Texas, 656 towns have someone on the list.

#1 best knownJack HawkinsMilitary · 1916–2013
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jack Hawkins
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Bill Lattimore
Youngest
1916
Jack Hawkins
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known

Born in Roxton

The three are covered in 3, 2 and 1 languages: Jack Hawkins, Bill Lattimore and Oberia Dempsey.

Jack Hawkins#1
Military

Jack Hawkins

1916–2013

U.S. Marine Corps officer and author

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BL#2
Sports

Bill Lattimore

1884–1919

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
OD#3
Faith

Oberia Dempsey

1914–1982

American minister

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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1 of them work in Military, the biggest field.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roxton 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.

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