Famous people · Fox
Born near Fox: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Rue McClanahan, born in Healdton, 9 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Ron Howard, with articles in 70 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Fox yet. 298 towns across Oklahoma can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Ron Howard
Best known
Ron Howard
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fox’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fox
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ron Howard
born 1954American film director, producer, and actor
Jeane Kirkpatrick
1926–2006American diplomat and Presidential advisor
Viola Fletcher
1914–2025Oldest known living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre
Boyd Morgan
1915–1988American actor, stuntman and American football player
Joseph Glasco
1925–1996American abstract expressionist painter, draftsman and sculptor
Herman C. Wallace
1924–1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Bennie G. Adkins
1934–2020United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Gary Chapman
born 1957American singer-songwriter and television personality
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fox 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 (13)
- Rue McClanahan: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Glasco: BlarneyHK, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Franks: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoyt Axton: news service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay Starr: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bennie G. Adkins: The U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller/Photojournalist to the Under Secretary of the Army/Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jari Askins: Air Force photo/Margo Wright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Shepard: Capitol Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Ryan: BellaMeghan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Dark: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katrina Elam: The original uploader was Dwightmccann at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Morgan: film screenshot (American International Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Hefley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons