#1Famous people · Eufaula
17 famous people were born in Eufaula, most of them between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American chemist Donna Nelson, with articles in 11 languages. J. C. Watts is second and Alexander Posey third. Born in 1873, Alexander Posey is the first name on record, and Angie Nelp, born in 1980, the most recent. The list comes to 60.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Donna Nelson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Alexander Posey
Youngest
1980
Angie Nelp
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Eufaula’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Eufaula’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Eufaula
Donna Nelson, J. C. Watts and Alexander Posey are written about in 11, 11 and 8 languages.
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#3Writing & Arts
Alexander Posey
1873–1908Muscogee Creek poet, journalist, humorist, and politician from Indian Territory
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Eufaula is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
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Of the other 14, 9 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eufaula 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 (8)
- Donna Nelson: David McNeese, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. C. Watts: Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Posey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Hunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey Selmon: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Golding: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solomon McCombs: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons