Born near Devol: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Nolan Miller, from Burkburnett, 8 mi away. Rex Tillerson is the most widely known, written about in 64 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Devol. In all of Oklahoma, the famous people on record come from 301 towns.
What stands out about Devol’s famous people
Famous people born near Devol
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Rex Tillerson
born 195269th United States Secretary of State

Greyson Chance
born 1997American singer, songwriter, and musician




LaDonna Harris
born 1931American politician, Native American activist



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




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Devol 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)
- Rex Tillerson: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Abbott: NASA Johnson Space Center / NASA-JSC/ROBERT MARKOWITZ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Van Heflin: Clarence Sinclair Bull, Public domain, 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
- Mike Mullane: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Lee: AlonsoTav, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Sparks: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Bowman: Marta Evry, 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
- Fred R. Harris: Jay Godwin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reed Hadley: film screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Collins: film screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- LaDonna Harris: Marion County, Oregon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons