#1Famous people · Kingfisher
9 famous people were born in Kingfisher, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 57 languages make the American businessman Sam Walton the best known. Fewer than a quarter of the 302 towns in Oklahoma with famous people list more. The list comes to 17.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Sam Walton
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Don Blanding
Youngest
1996
Jace Sternberger
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Kingfisher’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Kingfisher
Ranked by languages covered: Sam Walton with 57, then Arthur A. Collins with 6 and Sol Butler with 6.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Arthur A. Collins
1909–1987American radio engineer and businessman
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Sports
Sol Butler
1895–1954American long jumper and player of American Football
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Kingfisher’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsWriting & ArtsBusinessFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kingfisher is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Kingfisher
A further 6 follow, born between 1894 and 1996.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kingfisher 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 (7)
- Sam Walton: Janice Waltzer from Owasso, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur A. Collins: HF-80HISTORY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sol Butler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Lofton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jace Sternberger: Willsome429, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erna P. Harris: Board of Publications, Edwin Thomas, Editor, Photographs by Larson's Studio, Wichita, Kansas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Sanders: State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons