#1Famous people · Bethany
5 famous people were born in Bethany
The best known is the Native American baseball player Allie Reynolds, with articles in 6 languages. Behind the leader come Tommy Collins and Chris Chamberlain. For its size the list is short: 2.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical Oklahoma town. Fewer than a quarter of the 299 towns in Oklahoma with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Allie Reynolds
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Allie Reynolds
Youngest
1985
Chris Chamberlain
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Bethany
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Bethany’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Bethany is known for
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Everyone else born in Bethany
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bethany 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 (3)
- Allie Reynolds: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Collins: Omac Artists Corp., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Kelley: State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons