Photo: Johnyy0398 · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person yet from Zapata
635 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Texas is Beaumont’s, with 63 names. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Zapata), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Zapata has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Zapata 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.