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Famous people · Osceola
17 famous people were born in Osceola, more of them musicians than in most towns
Articles in 10 languages make the player of American football Cortez Kennedy the best known. Son Seals, the American electric blues guitarist and singer, comes second, with William J. Driver third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 9 of them. Per head, the list is long: 25.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Arkansas has 3.8.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Cortez Kennedy
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
William J. Driver
Youngest
1981
Ran Carthon
Most common field
Sports
8 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Osceola’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Osceola is known for
Osceola has 4.3× 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 Osceola’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Osceola
Cortez Kennedy leads with articles in 10 languages, ahead of Son Seals (10) and William J. Driver (8).
#2Music
Son Seals
1942–2004American electric blues guitarist and singer
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Osceola
A further 14 follow, born between 1876 and 1981.
Calvin Frazier
1915–1972American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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A chosen home
Also called Osceola home
One more notable person made the town home: David Burnett.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Osceola and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Son Seals: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Driver: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Murphy: Supreme Pictures, A. W. Hackel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin O'Neal: University of Michigan. News and Information Services., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Williams: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Ramsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ran Carthon: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank L. Gillespie: Souvenir of Negro progress: Chicago, 1779-1925 (NYPL digital collection), CC0, Wikimedia Commons