#1Famous people · Texas City
Musicians stand out among the 27 famous people born in Texas City
Charles Brown, the American blues singer and pianist, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are Joe Caldwell and Allene Ray. The largest group, 13, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 12 were born since 1970.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Charles Brown
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Allene Ray
Youngest
1996
D'Onta Foreman
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Texas City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Texas City is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Texas City’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 6 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Texas City
Languages with an article: 17 for Charles Brown, 16 for Joe Caldwell, 10 for Allene Ray.
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Everyone else born in Texas City
The rest number 24, with 14 athletes among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Galveston counts 41 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Texas City 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.
Photo credits (12)
- Charles Brown: Sumori, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allene Ray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D'Onta Foreman: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Raines: Tlsmeltzer at Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Bruner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Gray: Joe Bielawa on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vernon Crawford: Michael Wilson on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry White: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Hannan: Kasiajulka, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarred Cosart: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Gurley: TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Cobb: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons