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2 famous people call Washington their birthplace

Articles in 9 languages make the American basketball player Joe Bradley the best known. The other is Lometa Odom, the American basketball player and coach. The first birth on record is Joe Bradley’s, in 1928, and the last Lometa Odom’s, in 1933. 298 towns across Oklahoma can name a famous person born there.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Joe Bradley
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Joe Bradley
Youngest
1933
Lometa Odom
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Washington

JB#1
Sports

Joe Bradley

1928–1987

American basketball player

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LO#2
Sports

Lometa Odom

1933–2017

American basketball player and coach

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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.