No famous person from Bixby yet, but Tulsa next door has 40
The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62. Lawton has the second-longest list in Oklahoma, after Muskogee, with 61. 299 of the towns in Oklahoma list at least one person. The best known born in Tulsa is Jennifer Jones.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Bixby), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Bixby has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Bixby
Nearby, Tulsa has the most on record, with 40.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bixby 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 (2)
- Jennifer Jones: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Chenoweth: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons