Famous people · Irving
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Irving
Closest of all is Hugh H. Price, from Black River Falls, 9 mi away. The best known of them is Deke Slayton, with articles in 40 languages. Thomas Brooks Mills is the one name listed next door in Manchester. The list for Irving is empty for now.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Deke Slayton
Best known
Deke Slayton
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Irving’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Irving
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Stanley R. Christianson
1925–1950United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Edgar Stillman Kelley
1857–1944American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music
Robert Herman Flock
born 1956American Roman-Catholic bishop working in Bolivia
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Manchester leads the towns around it, with one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Irving 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 (9)
- Deke Slayton: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doane Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Stillman Kelley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward E. Lyon: Sheppyhill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh H. Price: "The Los Angeles Times" (Los Angeles, CA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley R. Christianson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hawley Atwell: St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Schendel: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Brooks Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons