#1Famous people · Ardmore
Of the 33 famous people born in Ardmore, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American football coach and analyst Rex Ryan, with articles in 11 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 21 of them. Births span 1898 to 1993, from Sylvan Goldman to Mauree Turner. Per head, the list is long: 13.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Oklahoma has 6.2.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Rex Ryan
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Sylvan Goldman
Youngest
1993
Mauree Turner
Most common field
Sports
18 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Ardmore’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ardmore’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ardmore is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 3.5 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 Ardmore
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Politics & Law
Mauree Turner
born 1993American politician and community organizer
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ardmore
30 more, 17 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Ardmore home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Ardmore, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ardmore 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 (15)
- Rex Ryan: BellaMeghan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Hefley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mauree Turner: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermaine Gresham: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurkice Pouncey: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Pouncey: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William K. Brewster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Warner: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Boydston: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Ryan: scott mecum, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Spangler: TravisHaynes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Hays: Rryandavis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Steele: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommie Sisk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Cook: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons