#1Famous people · Purcell
Purcell counts 8 famous people, first among them Lester Lane
Lester Lane, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. The biggest group are athletes: 4. Per head, the list is long: 11.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Oklahoma has 6.2. Born in 1888, Charles W. Wantland is the first name on record, and Lisa Johnson Billy, born in 1967, the most recent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Lester Lane
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Charles W. Wantland
Youngest
1967
Lisa Johnson Billy
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Purcell
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Purcell’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 1.
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Known for
What Purcell is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Purcell
5 more, 2 of them athletes.
Charles W. Wantland
1888–1964American gridiron football player and athletics competitor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Purcell 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 (2)
- Lester Lane: Wichita Vickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Simpson: Bbqsauce13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons