Longview, Texas
Longview, Texas ranks 2,418th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vitória, Espírito Santo, Zittau, and Sombor. Memorable people born in Longview, Texas include Forest Whitaker, John Lee Hancock, and Karen Silkwood. Longview, Texas has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors. Longview, Texas is located in United States.
Longview is a city in, and county seat of, Gregg County, Texas, United States. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. highways 80 and 259 converge just north of the Sabine River. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a population of 81,638. Longview is the principal city of the Longview metropolitan statistical area, comprising Gregg, Upshur, and Rusk counties. The population of the metropolitan area as of 2021 census estimates was 287,858. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1946 and 2003, Longview, Texas was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Forest Whitaker, John Lee Hancock, and Karen Silkwood.
People Born in Longview, Texas
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Forest Whitaker
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 1
John Lee Hancock
FILM DIRECTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 2
Karen Silkwood
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1946 - 1974
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3
Miranda Lambert
MUSICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.01
Rank: 4
José Francisco Torres
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.15
Rank: 5
Montana Jordan
ACTOR
2003 - Present
HPI: 26.02
Rank: 6
Madison Hu
ACTOR
2002 - Present
HPI: 18.43
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Longview, Texas
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Most individuals born in present day Longview, Texas were actors (3), film directors (1), social activists (1), musicians (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Longview, Texas, including Forest Whitaker, Montana Jordan, and Madison Hu. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Longview, Texas, including Forest Whitaker, Montana Jordan, and Madison Hu.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Longview, Texas since 1700.
