Famous people · Billings
Born near Billings: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Henry Bellmon, from Tonkawa, 12 mi away. Owen K. Garriott is the most widely known, written about in 32 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Billings. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
25 mi
Owen K. Garriott
Best known
Owen K. Garriott
in 32 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Billings’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Billings
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Stephen Aloysius Leven
1905–1983Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, titular Bishop of Bure, Bishop of San Angelo
Paul G. Risser
1939–2014American ecologist and academic
Don Nickles
born 1948American businessperson, former Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma
Owen K. Garriott
1930–2019American electrical engineer and astronaut
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Billings 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 (7)
- Owen K. Garriott: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenda Farrell: United States Steel Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thad Luckinbill: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Hodge: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, photo taken May 8, 2013, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Erdman: United Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Nickles: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bellmon: Congressional bioguide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons