#1Famous people · Sayre
5 famous people were born in Sayre
Articles in 3 languages make the American football player Billy Wilson the best known. Second place goes to the American attorney Peyton Ford, third to Ray Mallouf. Per head, the list is long: 10.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Oklahoma has 6.2. From Peyton Ford in 1911 to Ron Lowry in 1944, the births cover 33 years.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Billy Wilson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Peyton Ford
Youngest
1944
Ron Lowry
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Sayre
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1PF#2
RM#3
Through the years
When Sayre’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sayre is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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2 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sayre 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)
- Billy Wilson: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Archer: State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons