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Famous people · Earlsboro

Willie Stargell tops a list of 3 famous people born in Earlsboro

Most widely known is Willie Stargell, the American baseball player and coach, with articles in 15 languages. Ernest McFarland is second and Jimmy Liggins third. The earliest on the list is Ernest McFarland, born in 1894, and the youngest Willie Stargell, born in 1940. In Oklahoma, 301 towns have someone on the list.

#1 best knownWillie StargellSports · 1940–2001
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Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Willie Stargell
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Ernest McFarland
Youngest
1940
Willie Stargell
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Earlsboro

The three are covered in 15, 14 and 3 languages: Willie Stargell, Ernest McFarland and Jimmy Liggins.

Willie Stargell#1
Sports

Willie Stargell

1940–2001

American baseball player and coach

15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Ernest McFarland#2
Politics & Law

Ernest McFarland

1894–1984

American politician and jurist from Arizona

14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JL#3
Music

Jimmy Liggins

1922–1983

American R&B guitarist and bandleader

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Earlsboro 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.

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