Born near Runaway Bay: 22 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Cotton Price, was born in Bridgeport, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Robert E. Howard, with articles in 61 languages. No famous person’s birth in Runaway Bay is on record yet. Across Texas, the lists cover 662 towns.
What stands out about Runaway Bay’s famous people
Famous people born near Runaway Bay
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Mike Brumbelow
1906–1977American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Abe Martin
1908–1979American football player and coach, college athletics administrator


Millie Hughes-Fulford
1945–2021Astronaut, academic researcher


Alvy Ray Smith
born 1943American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of Pixar



Jayne Loader
born 1951American film director and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Runaway Bay 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 (8)
- Robert E. Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Hughes-Fulford: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Rahm: Greg Hernandez (Greg in Hollywood), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Simpson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvy Ray Smith: Alvy Ray Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Lynn: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons