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Famous people from Ripley

301 of the towns in Oklahoma list at least one person. Not one famous person on record comes from Ripley yet. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62. After Muskogee, the next longest list in Oklahoma is Lawton’s, with 61.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ripley), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ripley has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Ripley

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ripley 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.