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Texas ranks 4,701st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fécamp, Rajahmundry, and Thimphu. Memorable people born in Texas include Yusuf Estes, Michael Bowen, and Marshall Allman. Memorable people who died in Texas include David M. Brown, William C. McCool, and Ilan Ramon. Texas has been the birth place of many actors, and religious figures and the death place of many astronauts, and musicians. Texas is located in United States.

Texas is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km2) and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state in the United States by area and population. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State for the single star on its flag, symbolic of its former status as an independent country, the Republic of Texas. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1853 and 1984, Texas was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Yusuf Estes, Michael Bowen, and Marshall Allman. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Texas including David M. Brown, William C. McCool, and Ilan Ramon. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Texas than were born there.

People Born in Texas

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Texas were actors (2), religious figures (1), and social activists (1),  while most who died were astronauts (7), and musicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Texas, including Michael Bowen, and Marshall Allman. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Texas, including Michael Bowen, and Marshall Allman.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Texas since 1700.