#1Famous people · Idabel
11 famous people were born in Idabel, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Sunny Murray, the American jazz drummer, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Countess Vaughn and Earl Grant. From Wilma Victor to Countess Vaughn, the births on the list run from 1919 to 1978. Fewer than a quarter of the 297 towns in Oklahoma with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Sunny Murray
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Wilma Victor
Youngest
1978
Countess Vaughn
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Idabel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Idabel’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 3.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Idabel
Counted by languages, Sunny Murray is ahead of Countess Vaughn and Earl Grant: 14, 9 and 6.
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What Idabel is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 5 times.
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Everyone else born in Idabel
Another 8, the earliest born in 1919.
Janie Simms Hipp
American lawyer, policy expert and General Counsel for U.S. Department of Agriculture
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Idabel 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 (4)
- Sunny Murray: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Grant: Decca Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Burris: https://www.flickr.com/people/87533529@N00 Joel Dinda from Mulliken, Michigan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janie Simms Hipp: U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons