#1Tommy Lee Jones
born 1946American actor and film director
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The American actor and film director Tommy Lee Jones is written about in 82 languages. The largest group, 5, was born in the age of mills and railroads. With 6 athletes, the list holds 1.7 times the share found across U.S. towns. Bill Burns, born in 1880, is the earliest name and J. D. Smart, born in 1973, the latest.
Tommy Lee Jones has articles in 82 languages, M. King Hubbert in 21 and Thomas Stewart in 9.
#1American actor and film director
#2San Saba has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1900s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Of the other 7, 6 are athletes.


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is San Saba 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.