
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Scipio
Closest of all is Dennit Morris, from Hanna, 11 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Scipio. Reba McEntire is the most widely known, written about in 64 languages. 322 of the towns in Oklahoma list at least one person.
What stands out about Scipio’s famous people
Famous people born near Scipio
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Sandy Fife Wilson
born 1950Muscogee (Creek) fashion designer, artist and art instructor
Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart
born 1940Muscogee (Creek) art instructor, artist and fashion designer
Charles F. Carey, Jr.
1915–1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Scipio 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 (14)
- Reba McEntire: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Blair: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Herrington: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Micha Hancock: Zorro2212, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Albert: Carl Albert Research and Studies Center, Congressional Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Stipe: Photographer Dev O'Neill Carl Albert Research and Studies Center, Congressional Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bannarn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Blackburn: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennit Morris: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald G. Sheppard: Rgbivens, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royce H. Savage: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Bennett: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rip Radcliff: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandy Fife Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons