#1Military
Joe N. Ballard
born 1942Lieutenant General in the United States Army
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Famous people · Oakdale
Oakdale is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Joe N. Ballard, the lieutenant General in the United States army, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The American football player and coach Curtis Buckley ranks second, ahead of R. C. Slocum. The list comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Louisiana, at 4. The earliest on the list is Joe N. Ballard, born in 1942, and the youngest Curtis Buckley, born in 1970.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Joe N. Ballard
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
Joe N. Ballard
Youngest
1970
Curtis Buckley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Oakdale
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Oakdale is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oakdale 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 (2)
- Joe N. Ballard: US Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. C. Slocum: RC Slocum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons