#12 famous people call Kiowa their birthplace
Articles in 2 languages make the American baseball player Rip Radcliff the best known. One more name completes the list: Ward H. Bell. Rip Radcliff, born in 1906, is the youngest, and Ward H. Bell, born in 1896, the first on record. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.

Born in Kiowa
#1Ward H. Bell
1896–1976American football, basketball, and track coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kiowa 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 (1)
- Rip Radcliff: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons