Perry William Wilson
1902–1981American microbiologist and biochemist
Famous people · Pocola
Born near Pocola: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Perry William Wilson, from Bonanza, 3 mi away. Budge Patty is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Pocola yet. In all of Oklahoma, the famous people on record come from 297 towns.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Budge Patty
Best known
Budge Patty
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pocola’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pocola
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Albert E. Brumley
1905–1977American shape note music composer and publisher, prolific in the genre of southern gospel
Jack C. Montgomery
1917–2002United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pocola 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)
- Budge Patty: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Hunter Doohan: Lucas Pelizaro, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jahlil Okafor: ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Hutton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cal Smith: MCA Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dallas Frazier: Capitol Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Burris: IcE MaN, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua L. Wheeler: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Kemp: Ecallicoat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Aubrey Quarles: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John T. Deweese: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawntel Smith: Craig A. Hurst, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack C. Montgomery: PumpkinSky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons