#1Famous people · Brenham
31 famous people were born in Brenham
From 1874 to 2000. The best known: Blind Willie Johnson, Frank Malina and Andra Manson.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Blind Willie Johnson
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Hugh C. McClung
Youngest
2000
Dee Winters
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Brenham’s famous people
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★ What stands out · Known for
What Brenham is known for
Brenham has 2.3× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Brenham’s famous people were born
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born. Most were born in today (12).
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The best known
Born in Brenham
Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages have an article about them.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Frank Malina
1912–1981American aeronautical engineer and painter
13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AM#3
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Everyone else born in Brenham
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William Ezell
1892–1963United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Jenna Jacobson
born 1982American financial advisor and Democratic politician
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A chosen home
Also called Brenham home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Brenham, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brenham, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Blind Willie Johnson: Columbia Records "race series", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Malina: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtland Sutton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Cooper: yeeland on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcom Brown: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Limas Sweed: Enoch Lai, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Kolkhorst: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleveland Franklin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons