Famous people · Alex
Born near Alex: 31 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Rex Cecil, from Lindsay, 11 mi away. Lee Pace is the most widely known, written about in 45 languages. No entry yet names Alex as a birthplace. 297 of the towns in Oklahoma list at least one person.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Lee Pace
Best known
Lee Pace
in 45 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Alex’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Alex
They were born in 14 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Tony K. Burris
1929–1951United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Woody Bledsoe
1921–1995American mathematician and computer scientist
Herman C. Wallace
1924–1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
John Lucian Smith
1914–1972United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alex and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Lee Pace: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don McNeill: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleavon Little: Zodiac Photographers, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendra Horn: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester Lane: Wichita Vickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katrina Elam: The original uploader was Dwightmccann at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason White: Hilo2012 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Simpson: Bbqsauce13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. D. Morgan: Associated Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lucian Smith: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Cecil: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roseann A. Ketchmark: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony K. Burris: en:American Battle Monuments Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake McNiece: U.S. Army photo/Released, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons