#1Music
Blake Shelton
born 1976American country music singer and television personality
42 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Ada
Performers stand out among the 28 famous people born in Ada
With articles in 42 languages, Blake Shelton is the most widely known. The largest group, 12, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 16.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma. Abb Curtis (1902) and Vitto Brown (1995) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Blake Shelton
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Abb Curtis
Youngest
1995
Vitto Brown
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Ada’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Ada
Three names lead: Blake Shelton (42 languages), Oral Roberts (16) and Johny Hendricks (14).
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#2Writing & Arts
Oral Roberts
1918–2009Christian religious leader, healing evangelist, author, educator, television personality
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Sports
Johny Hendricks
born 1983American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist
14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Ada’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ada is known for
Ada has 1.5× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ada
25 more, from 1902 to 1995.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Byng’s: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ada 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 (7)
- Blake Shelton: DoD News, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oral Roberts: Gordon Lindsay (Life time: NA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johny Hendricks: Nicknotify, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Keirsey: Edgeoforder, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Edwards: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Shockey: Alexa (Flickr profile), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Brecheen: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons