#1Famous people · Victoria
31 famous people from Victoria, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American actor Matt Prokop, covered in 20 languages. Behind the leader come Michael Bates and Christia Adair. Between 1920 and 1969, 13 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 4.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Matt Prokop
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
Otto Praeger
Youngest
1995
Lexie Elkins
Most common field
Sports
21 people
What stands out about Victoria’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Victoria’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Victoria is known for
Victoria has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Victoria
Three names lead: Matt Prokop (20 languages), Michael Bates (14) and Christia Adair (9).
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Politics & Law
Christia Adair
1893–1989American civil-rights activist and suffragist
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Victoria
28 more, best known first.
Doug Drabek
born 1962Minor League Baseball pitching coach and retired Major League Baseball pitcher
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Conrad O. Johnson
1915–2008American bandleader, educator, music producer, and musician
MusicWikipedia ↗
Dolester Miles
born 1957NotableWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Victoria 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 (8)
- Matt Prokop: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bates: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michale Kyser: Basketball Champions League, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward F. Knipling: Photo by Scott Bauer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kolb: Wigstruck on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Drabek: flickr user James G, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Drabek: Goaliedudegreg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Gant: DVIDSHUB, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons