#1Famous people · Sapulpa
12 famous people from Sapulpa, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American soccer player Melinda Mercado, covered in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are E. Nelson Bridwell and Glenn Elliott. Between 1920 and 1969, 8 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Les Caywood’s, in 1903, and the last Melinda Mercado’s, in 1990.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Melinda Mercado
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Les Caywood
Youngest
1990
Melinda Mercado
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Sapulpa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sapulpa is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 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 Sapulpa
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Sapulpa’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Sapulpa
The other 9 span the years 1903 to 1978.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Tulsa counts 40 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sapulpa 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 (5)
- Melinda Mercado: KazLovesPinoe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Elliott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Aubrey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Jones: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mae Young: Yagobo79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons