Famous people · Greenfield
30 famous people were born within 35 miles of Greenfield
Sam Walton is the most widely known, written about in 57 languages. Closest of all is Clarence Nash, from Watonga, 8 mi away. No entry yet names Greenfield as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Sam Walton
Best known
Sam Walton
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Greenfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Greenfield
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Arthur A. Collins
1909–1987American radio engineer and businessman
Sol Butler
1895–1954American long jumper and player of American Football
Suzan Shown Harjo
born 1945Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee activist, poet, writer, lecturer, and curator
Harvey Pratt
1941–2025Southern Cheyenne peace chief and artist from Oklahoma
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenfield 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 (16)
- Sam Walton: Janice Waltzer from Owasso, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Nash: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Rivers: Original uploader was RobertAuclair at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Rhodes: Ernest A. Bachrach (1899-1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Rother: Julitomenchu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Henry Mueggenborg: ExorcisioTe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braden Looper: User Metsfan7 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzan Shown Harjo: Uyvsdi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur A. Collins: HF-80HISTORY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Pratt: RedFeatherFriend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Banister: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Moore: Seattle Mariners, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sol Butler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Lofton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dondria: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Bittick: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons