Waco, Texas
Waco, Texas ranks 878th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Royal Palace of Turin, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Gori, Georgia. Memorable people born in Waco, Texas include Steve Martin, C. Wright Mills, and Robert Wilson. Waco, Texas has been the birth place of many actors and writers. Waco, Texas is located in United States.
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2022 population of 143,984, making it the 24th-most populous city in the state. The Waco metropolitan statistical area consists of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties, which had a 2020 population of 295,782. Bosque County was added to the Waco MSA in 2023. The 2023 U.S. census population estimate for the Waco metropolitan area was 304,865 residents. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1894 and 1984, Waco, Texas was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Steve Martin, C. Wright Mills, and Robert Wilson.
People Born in Waco, Texas
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Steve Martin
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 1
C. Wright Mills
1916 - 1962
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 2
Robert Wilson
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
Jennifer Love Hewitt
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 4
Doris Miller
1919 - 1943
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 5
Sandra Brown
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 6
Corinne Griffith
1894 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 7
Anne Gwynne
1918 - 2003
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 8
Tom Wilson
1931 - 1978
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 9
Roy Hargrove
1969 - 2018
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 10
Ashlee Simpson
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 11
Peri Gilpin
1961 - Present
HPI: 31.33
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Waco, Texas
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Most individuals born in present day Waco, Texas were actors (4), writers (3), politicians (2), comedians (1), and sociologists (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Waco, Texas, including Robert Wilson, Sandra Brown, and Tom Wilson. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Waco, Texas, including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Corinne Griffith, and Anne Gwynne.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Waco, Texas since 1700.
