#1Famous people · Cushing
Cushing is the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the American baseball player and coach Paul Blair, covered in 9 languages. The next two names are Bob Shirley and Lee Denney. Between 1920 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period. Over 34 years of births, the list goes from Richard E. Turner (1920) to Bob Shirley (1954).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Paul Blair
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Richard E. Turner
Youngest
1954
Bob Shirley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Cushing’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cushing’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cushing
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
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#3Known for
What Cushing is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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Everyone else born in Cushing
The other 2 span the years 1920 to 1932.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cushing 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 (3)
- Paul Blair: Petty Officer 2nd Class Roadell Hickma, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Shirley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Denney: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons