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Famous people · Sealy

5 famous people come from Sealy, Patrick Zurek the best known

Patrick Zurek, the American RC bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second and third on the list are Eric Dickerson and Ernie Koy. The first birth on record is Ernie Koy’s, in 1909, and the last Eric Dickerson’s, in 1960. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 3 of them.

#2 best knownEric DickersonSports · born 1960
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Patrick Zurek
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Ernie Koy
Youngest
1960
Eric Dickerson
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known

Born in Sealy

Patrick Zurek has articles in 12 languages, Eric Dickerson in 11 and Ernie Koy in 6.

PZ#1
Faith

Patrick Zurek

born 1948

American RC bishop

12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Eric Dickerson#2
Sports

Eric Dickerson

born 1960

American football player

11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Ernie Koy#3
Sports

Ernie Koy

1909–2007

American baseball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Sealy’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1940s, with 1 people born in that decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Ernie KoyEric Dickerson
SportsFaith

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Sealy is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.3 times as common.

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 Sealy

Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.

MP

Mel Preibisch

1914–1980

American baseball player

WZ

Willie Zapalac

1920–2010

American football coach

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sealy 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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