#1Famous people · Checotah
Checotah is the birthplace of 7 famous people
Articles in 7 languages make the American country music artist Mel McDaniel the best known. Behind the leader come Jim G. Lucas and Tracy Scroggins. Between 1920 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 22.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Mel McDaniel
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Jim G. Lucas
Youngest
1969
Tracy Scroggins
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Checotah
Mel McDaniel, Jim G. Lucas and Tracy Scroggins are written about in 7, 4 and 4 languages.
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Through the years
When Checotah’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Checotah is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Checotah
4 more, from 1922 to 1946.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Checotah 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 (4)
- Mel McDaniel: sisterphotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry McPeak: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Killingsworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Jo Peltier: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons