Famous people · Red Oak
Born near Red Oak: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Presley Askew, born in Le Flore, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Sim Iness, with articles in 19 languages. No entry yet names Red Oak as a birthplace. The longest list in Oklahoma is Muskogee’s, with 62 names.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Sim Iness
Best known
Sim Iness
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Red Oak’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Red Oak
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Shawn Pittman
born 1974American blues rock singer and multi-instrumentalist
Eber Hampton
American Chickasaw academic and public figure
William R. Shockley
1918–1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Jack Davis
1933–2015American gridiron football player and sports coach
Buckskin Bill Black
1929–2018American children's television show host
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Red Oak 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 (8)
- Sim Iness: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Grady Stigler: Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lane Adams: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rilla Askew: Literatureisforeveryone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Seerey: Leaf International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Shockley: Kahuna900, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Loyd: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Argus Hamilton: The World Famous Comedy Store from West Hollywood, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons