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Famous people · Shiner

4 famous people were born in Shiner

Articles in 8 languages make the American baseball player Ross Youngs the best known. The next two names are Carroll Sembera and Vic Roznovsky. From Ross Youngs in 1897 to Jeremy Fikac in 1975, the births cover 78 years. The biggest group are athletes: 4.

#1 best knownRoss YoungsSports · 1897–1927
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ross Youngs
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Ross Youngs
Youngest
1975
Jeremy Fikac
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known

Born in Shiner

Ross Youngs, Carroll Sembera and Vic Roznovsky are written about in 8, 3 and 3 languages.

Ross Youngs#1
Sports

Ross Youngs

1897–1927

American baseball player

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CS#2
Sports

Carroll Sembera

1941–2005

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Vic Roznovsky#3
Sports

Vic Roznovsky

1938–2022

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Shiner’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 1 births.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Vic RoznovskyRoss Youngs
Sports

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Shiner

1 more, best known first.

JF

Jeremy Fikac

born 1975

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shiner 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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