Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Ralph Faudree
Best known
Ralph Faudree
in 9 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bee’s famous people ★ What stands out · Close to home Famous people born near Bee The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
10 mi 20 mi 35 mi Tishomingo · 5 Durant · 5 Madill · 2 Coleman · 2 Wapanucka · 2 Kingston · 1 Caddo · 1 Reagan · 1 Preston · 1 Colbert · 1 Bee Within 10 mi · 6 Within 20 mi · 22 Within 35 mi · 23
BC Boyd Converse 1932–2010 American football coach and college administrator
Neill Armstrong 1926–2016 American football player and coach
Alfred P. Murrah 1904–1975 Attorney and judge
Bill Spiller 1913–1988 Professional golfer
Richard Miles McCool 1922–2008 United States Navy officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor
HC Helen Cole 1922–2004 American politician
Bob Muncrief 1916–1996 American baseball player
RH Redman Hume 1906–1968 American football and baseball player
RJ Roy Johnson 1895–1986 American baseball player and coach
RF Ralph Faudree 1939–2015 American mathematician, the provost of the University of Memphis
Charlie Johnson born 1984 American football player
Joe Dobson 1917–1994 American baseball player
JS Joseph D. Sneed 1938–2020 American philosopher
Bubba Kolb born 1940 Jazz pianist, trombonist, band leader
JR John H. Ross 1918–2013 Decorated World War II photo reconnaissance pilot and subject of documentary ''John Ross: American''
AT Al Tate 1918–1993 American baseball player
Gary Richardson born 1941 American lawyer
EM Euel Moore 1908–1989 Major League Baseball pitcher
Albert G. Noble 1895–1980 United States Navy admiral
CM Christopher Maclaine 1923–1975 American poet and filmmaker
TG Tony Goolsby 1933–2020 Businessman and Texas state legislator
Jack P. Juhan 1904–2002 U.S. Marine Corps Major General
OJ Overton James 1925–2015 Governor of the Chickasaw Nation
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Did you grow up with someone famous from Bee? → Who should be on this list but isn’t? → From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bee 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 (11) Neill Armstrong: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Alfred P. Murrah: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Charlie Johnson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Gary Richardson: Jaketh2002, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Joe Dobson: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bob Muncrief: St. Louis Browns, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bubba Kolb: Laura Kolb Satellite Beach, Fl.- Taos,N.M., USA, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Albert G. Noble: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bill Spiller: QzDaddy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Richard Miles McCool: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hodges Pone III, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Jack P. Juhan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons