#1Famous people · McAlester
Writers and artists stand out among the 23 famous people born in McAlester
Reba McEntire, the American country singer and actress, is the most widely known, written about in 64 languages. Close behind are Mary Blair and John Berryman. Between 1920 and 1969, 13 were born, the most of any period. Births span 1895 to 1992, from Riley Brett to Micha Hancock.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Reba McEntire
in 64 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Riley Brett
Youngest
1992
Micha Hancock
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about McAlester’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in McAlester
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Known for
What McAlester is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When McAlester’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 6.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in McAlester
20 more names, born between 1895 and 1992.
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Of the towns nearby, only Krebs has a name on its list.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McAlester 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 (8)
- Reba McEntire: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Blair: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Micha Hancock: Zorro2212, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Albert: Carl Albert Research and Studies Center, Congressional Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Nigh: weave and spin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Cartwright: Roger Corman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverlee McKinsey: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven T. Kuykendall: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons