Hub Andrews
1922–2012Professional baseball player and World War II veteran
Famous people · Kaw City
27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Kaw City
Closest of all is Hub Andrews, from Burbank, 9 mi away. Ben Johnson is the most widely known, written about in 45 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Kaw City. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Ben Johnson
Best known
Ben Johnson
in 45 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Kaw City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Kaw City
Nobody born in Kaw City is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Don Nickles
born 1948American businessperson, former Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma
Karen M. Strom
1941–2014American astronomer and photographer
Frank Marshall Davis
1905–1987United States writer, political and labor movement activist
Stephen Aloysius Leven
1905–1983Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, titular Bishop of Bure, Bishop of San Angelo
Paul G. Risser
1939–2014American ecologist and academic
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kaw City 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 (7)
- Ben Johnson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Tallchief: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Hollins: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia user: Wwongbc), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Nickles: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bellmon: Congressional bioguide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Penny: itsbeach on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Sothern: White, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons