Born near Cement: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Blackbear Bosin, born in Cyril, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Lee Pace, with articles in 45 languages. 297 of the towns in Oklahoma list at least one person. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Cement.
What stands out about Cement’s famous people
Famous people born near Cement
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Lois Smoky
1907–1981Kiowa painter and bead artist from Oklahoma




Allan Houser
1914–1994Chiricahua Apache painter and sculptor from Oklahoma and New Mexico
Aubrey Davis
1921–1996Professional basketball and minor league baseball player


Herman C. Wallace
1924–1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Leon Russell
1942–2016American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician




Verlon Thompson
born 1954American singer, songwriter, guitarist and troubadour

Barbara Lawrence
1930–2013American writer and real-estate businessperson, and retired actress and model
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cement 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 (13)
- Lee Pace: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Russell: Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- N. Scott Momaday: ISU Library. SCUA. AV Collection., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don McNeill: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Lawrence: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleavon Little: Zodiac Photographers, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Sparks: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stacey King: PO1 Marcus Stanley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wright: The original uploader was Cardsplayer4life at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendra Horn: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunset Carson: film screenshot (Yucca Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Teague: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris McLemore: Neddy1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons