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Abraham Byrd House · Photo: Maria573 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge has just one famous person to its name: Gene Bess
Gene Bess, the American basketball coach, was born in 1935. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. 2 languages have an article about them. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 393 towns.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Gene Bess
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Gene Bess
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Oak Ridge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Ridge 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.