#1Famous people · Choctaw
Choctaw counts 4 famous people, first among them Ryan Merriman
At the top of the list is the American actor Ryan Merriman, covered in 29 languages. Behind the leader come Andrew Mitchell and Tess Teague. For its size the list is short: 3.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical Oklahoma town. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ryan Merriman
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1983
Ryan Merriman
Youngest
1990
Tess Teague
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Choctaw
The three are covered in 29, 3 and 2 languages: Ryan Merriman, Andrew Mitchell and Tess Teague.
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What Choctaw is known for
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The most names next door are in Oklahoma City: 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Choctaw 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 (5)
- Ryan Merriman: AXISPACIFIC FILMWORKS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tess Teague: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Warren: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Lindvall: Blockc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Waner: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons