#1Famous people · Midwest City
Of the 20 famous people born in Midwest City, an unusual share are athletes
Angela Lindvall, the American model, is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. Most were born since 1970: 15 of them. For its size the list is short: 3.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical Oklahoma town. The list runs from Royce D. Applegate, born in 1939, to Lane Factor, born in 2005.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Angela Lindvall
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1939
Royce D. Applegate
Youngest
2005
Lane Factor
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Midwest City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Midwest City’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 5.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Midwest City is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, 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.
The best known
Born in Midwest City
The three are covered in 20, 16 and 13 languages: Angela Lindvall, Royce D. Applegate and Matt Kemp.
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Matt Kemp
born 1984Professional baseball player from the United States
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Midwest City
17 more names, born between 1955 and 2005.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Midwest City home
One more notable person made the town home: Gary Banz.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Oklahoma City’s, at 45 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Midwest City 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 (11)
- Angela Lindvall: Blockc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Kemp: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Tallet: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gundy: KT King, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Budde: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kea W. Riggs: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Flanders: Winnipeg Blue Bombers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Banz: Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Warren: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Merriman: AXISPACIFIC FILMWORKS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. T. Realmuto: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons