26 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lookeba
The nearest, Lou Moore, was born in Hinton, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Lee Pace, with articles in 45 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Lookeba yet. Muskogee has the most of any town in Oklahoma: 62.
What stands out about Lookeba’s famous people
Famous people born near Lookeba
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Barbara Lawrence
1930–2013American writer and real-estate businessperson, and retired actress and model




Suzan Shown Harjo
born 1945Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee activist, poet, writer, lecturer, and curator

Harvey Pratt
1941–2025Southern Cheyenne peace chief and artist from Oklahoma




Allan Houser
1914–1994Chiricahua Apache painter and sculptor from Oklahoma and New Mexico
Aubrey Davis
1921–1996Professional basketball and minor league baseball player


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lookeba 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 (14)
- Lee Pace: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don McNeill: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Lawrence: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleavon Little: Zodiac Photographers, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Rivers: Original uploader was RobertAuclair at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendra Horn: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Rhodes: Ernest A. Bachrach (1899-1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Rother: Julitomenchu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Henry Mueggenborg: ExorcisioTe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braden Looper: User Metsfan7 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunset Carson: film screenshot (Yucca Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzan Shown Harjo: Uyvsdi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Teague: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Pratt: RedFeatherFriend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons