Choate Cabin · Photo: Wrae Ann · CC BY-SA 3.0Indianola has yet to put a famous person on the list
306 towns across Oklahoma can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Oklahoma is Muskogee’s, with 62 names. Lawton has the second-longest list in Oklahoma, after Muskogee, with 61.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Indianola), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Indianola has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Indianola 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.