Editing Marlin, Texas (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Danario Alexander]], wide receiver for the [[San Diego Chargers]], was born in Marlin and graduated from [[Marlin High School (Texas)|Marlin High School]] in 2006
* [[Ken Carter|Ken "Coach" Carter]] (second home), opened an unconventional boarding school in town in the fall of 2009 which has not been open for years and sits vacant<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgefox.edu/featured_stories/Ken%20Carter.html|title=Coach Ken Carter: From Lockout to Open Doors|access-date=Aug 18, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ben Clarkson Connally]] was appointed a federal district judge by [[President Harry Truman]]
* [[Tom Connally]], U.S. senator, 1928–1952, was chairman of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] during World War II, and member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], 1918–1928
* [[Bruce Curry]], world champion boxer, was born in Marlin in 1956
* [[Bobbi Humphrey]], jazz [[flautist]] and singer, was born in Marlin in 1950
* [[Blind Willie Johnson]], [[blues]]/[[gospel music|gospel]] street musician, had  Marlin as his attributed birthplace, although his birth records are lost; his birthplace has also been traced to [[Beaumont, Texas]]
* [[Dan Kubiak]], [[Texas House of Representatives|state representative]], graduated from Marlin High School in 1957<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=3216| title=Daniel Kubiak| publisher=cemetery.state.tx.us| access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Curtis Modkins]], running backs coach for [[Chicago Bears]], is a former offensive coordinator for the [[San Francisco 49ers]]
* [[O.L. Rapson]] was the first manager of the [[Grand Rapids Hotel]] and manager of a small store outside of Marlin
* [[Bob Reeves (actor)|Bob (Robert Jasper) Reeves]] (1892–1960) was a Western movie actor
* [[Ben Herbert Rice, Jr.]] Was a federal district judge appointed by President Harry Truman
* [[LaDainian Tomlinson]], the great [[San Diego Chargers]] and [[New York Jets]] [[running back]], was born in Marlin; [[Tomlinson Hill, Texas|Tomlinson Hill]], an unincorporated community just {{convert|5|mi|0}} west of Marlin, is named for antebellum plantation owner [[James K. Tomlinson]], from whom his slaves, including LaDainian Tomlinson's nineteenth century ancestors, took their name
* [[Phillip Wellman|Phil Wellman]], minor league baseball player and manager, is infamous for a 2007 tirade against umpires after his ejection from a game