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The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Lockhart, Texas. Pages in category "People from Lockhart, Texas" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Anton-Wolfgang "Toni" Lothar Andreas Graf von Faber-Castell (June 7, 1941, in Bamberg – January 21, 2016, in Houston, Texas) was a German entrepreneur and member of the Faber-Castell industrial and noble family. He was the eighth-generation chairman of the board of the stationery manufacturer Faber-Castell for nearly 40 years.
On July 30, 2016, sixteen people were killed when the hot air balloon they were riding in struck power lines, crashed and caught fire in the unincorporated community of Maxwell, near Lockhart, Texas, 30 miles (50 km) south of the state capital Austin. It is the deadliest ballooning disaster to ever occur in the United States. [1] [2]
The West Freeway Church of Christ shooting took place on December 29, 2019, in White Settlement, Texas, in the United States. Two people in the congregation were killed before the gunman was fatally shot by 71-year-old Jack Wilson, a volunteer security team member. The attack was live-streamed, as are all services at the church. [2]
Charley R. Lockhart (August 1876 - 1954) was Texas State Treasurer from 1931 until 1941. He was the shortest Texas elected official at 3'9" (114 cm) tall. Early life
Anton was founded in 1924 near the center of the north pasture of the former Spade Ranch when ranch owner William Leonard Ellwood contracted with the Anton Townsite Company to plat a town at the site of Danforth Switch, a spur of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway. The town was named in honor of J.F. Anton, a Santa Fe railroad executive. [4]
He was born in Lensahn the son of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg (1897–1970) and his first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948). Duke Anton-Günther was a grandson of Frederick Augustus II, the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and through his mother a grandson of Friedrich, the last Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.