RF#1
Science & Medicine
Ralph Faudree
1939–2015American mathematician, the provost of the University of Memphis
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Famous people · Durant
22 famous people were born in Durant, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Ralph Faudree leads the list, covered in 9 languages. From Uldine Utley in 1912 to Jaxson Robinson in 2002, the births cover 90 years. The list comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma. Fewer than a quarter of the 298 towns in Oklahoma with famous people list more.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Ralph Faudree
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1912
Uldine Utley
Youngest
2002
Jaxson Robinson
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Durant’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Durant’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicNotableWriting & ArtsBusinessFilm, TV & StageFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Durant
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2
#3Known for
What Durant is known for
Durant has 1.3× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Durant
19 more, from 1912 to 2002.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Durant 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 (7)
- Charlie Johnson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Dobson: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba Kolb: Laura Kolb Satellite Beach, Fl.- Taos,N.M., USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Edelen: Indianapolis Indians, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Burrage: Okieeditor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Coleman: Oklahoma State Legislature, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uldine Utley: StAnselm, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons