#1Music
Roy Gaines
1937–2021American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Famous people · Waskom
6 famous people were born in Waskom from 1874 to 1980
Best known of all is Roy Gaines, written about in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Grady Gaines and Shelby Singleton. 4 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Roy Gaines was born in 1937.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Roy Gaines
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Eliza Eubanks Peterson Johnson
Youngest
1980
Kimberly Connor
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Waskom
Musicians take two of the three places.
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#2Music
Grady Gaines
1934–2021American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist
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SS#3
Film, TV & Stage
Shelby Singleton
1931–2009American record producer, music executive
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Through the years
When Waskom’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Waskom is known for
2 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Waskom
Still to come: 3 more, from 1874 to 1980.
Eliza Eubanks Peterson Johnson
1874–1966American leader in the woman’s temperance movement and suffragist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waskom 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 (2)
- Roy Gaines: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grady Gaines: Republic Country Club, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons