
Born near Summerfield: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Edgar Mitchell, born in Hereford, 8 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Summerfield yet. Across Texas, the lists cover 677 towns. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63.
What stands out about Summerfield’s famous people
Famous people born near Summerfield
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Sharon Welch
born 1952American academic scholar, social ethicist and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Summerfield 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 (4)
- Edgar Mitchell: NASA/Alan Shepard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Ely: Warner Bros, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Hance: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Parker Bridwell: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons