Famous people · Brooksville
Born near Brooksville: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Brad Pitt, born in Shawnee, 11 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Brooksville is on record yet. Across Oklahoma, the lists cover 306 towns. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Brad Pitt
Best known
Brad Pitt
in 147 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brooksville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brooksville
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Wanda Jackson
born 1937American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
Ernest McFarland
1894–1984American politician and jurist from Arizona
Karl Guthe Jansky
1905–1950American physicist and radio engineer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brooksville 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 (15)
- James Garner: Warner Brothers Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Thorpe: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Guthe Jansky: The original uploader was Saber1983 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Cooper: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Jackson: Capital Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Merriman: AXISPACIFIC FILMWORKS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Gill: Derek Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldyn M. Cobb: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Henry: Drug Enforcement Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaxson Hayes: LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Plummer: Voltmetro, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Cobb: Alfred T. Palmer, Farm Security Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Stargell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest McFarland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Boren: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons