14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Trinidad
The nearest, Clay Smothers, was born in Malakoff, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Mary Brian, with articles in 24 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Trinidad yet. In all of Texas, the famous people on record come from 654 towns.
What stands out about Trinidad’s famous people
Famous people born near Trinidad
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Blair Cherry
1901–1966American football player and coach, baseball coach







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Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trinidad 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 (7)
- Mary Brian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Logan: Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Johnson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maceo Baston: Avi kedmi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Joe Shaver: derivative work: Entheta Billy_Joe_Shaver.JPG: Digdug13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald D. Griffin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindley Beckworth: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons