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Famous people · Guthrie
Most of the 24 famous people born in Guthrie came into the world between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the basketball player Charlie Hoag, covered in 14 languages. Behind the leader come Jerry Hopper and Wendell Fleming. For every 10,000 residents there are 21.3 on the list, well above the typical Oklahoma town’s 6.2. The first birth on record is Juanita Jane Saddler’s, in 1892, and the last Kentrell Brothers’, in 1993.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Charlie Hoag
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Juanita Jane Saddler
Youngest
1993
Kentrell Brothers
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Guthrie
Counted by languages, Charlie Hoag is ahead of Jerry Hopper and Wendell Fleming: 14, 10 and 7.
JH#2
WF#3
Through the years
When Guthrie’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 5 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Guthrie is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 9 of them.
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 Guthrie
A further 21 follow, born between 1892 and 1993.
Lara Teeter
born 1955Dancer, actor, singer, theatre director, college professor
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Juanita Jane Saddler
1892–1970NotableWikipedia ↗
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Nearby, Edmond has the most on record, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Guthrie 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)
- Beth Kerttula: Scott McMurren, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Otto Anderson: Los Angeles Evening Express, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Dale Cook: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudi Blesh: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Power: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kentrell Brothers: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Stephenson: Pella Printing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hayley McFarland: Hayley McFarland.jpg: Aaron Delani from La Habra, United States derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons