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Famous people · Anadarko
Athletes stand out among the 14 famous people born in Anadarko
Jim Thompson, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. 9 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 304 towns in Oklahoma with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents there are 25.1 on the list, well above the typical Oklahoma town’s 6.2.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Jim Thompson
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Louis Weller
Youngest
1971
Butch Huskey
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Anadarko’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Anadarko is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Anadarko
Ranked by languages covered: Jim Thompson with 28, then Butch Huskey with 4 and Doris McLemore with 4.
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#3Through the years
When Anadarko’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Anadarko
11 more names, born between 1904 and 1953.
Richard Aitson
1953–2022Kiowa-Kiowa Apache bead artist and poet from Oklahoma
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Anadarko 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 (4)
- Doris McLemore: Neddy1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Aitson: Uyvsdi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Garner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Gene Smith: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons