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Photo: HIM Nguyen · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Willis
4 famous people call Willis their birthplace
The best known is the American businessman Bernard Garrett, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Cliff Young and D. D. Terry. The oldest name on the list belongs to Bernard Garrett, born in 1925, the newest to D. D. Terry, born in 1984. Per head, the list is long: 5.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Texas has 0.7.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bernard Garrett
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
Bernard Garrett
Youngest
1984
D. D. Terry
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Willis
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Willis’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1 births.
SportsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Willis is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
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 Willis
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Conroe’s, with 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Willis 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 (1)
- Colin Edwards: Original: Box Repsol / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons