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Famous people · Wewoka

14 famous people were born in Wewoka, most of them between 1920 and 1969

At the top of the list is the American politician Lee Patrick Brown, covered in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Don E. Schultz and Laurie Cabot. For every 10,000 residents there are 45.3 on the list, well above the typical Oklahoma town’s 6.2. The earliest on the list is Juanita Kidd Stout, born in 1919, and the youngest Cheryll Heinze, born in 1946.

#3 best knownLaurie CabotFaith · born 1933
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Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Lee Patrick Brown
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Juanita Kidd Stout
Youngest
1946
Cheryll Heinze
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known

Born in Wewoka

Lee Patrick Brown has articles in 9 languages, Don E. Schultz in 6 and Laurie Cabot in 5.

LB#1
Politics & Law

Lee Patrick Brown

born 1937

American politician

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
DS#2
Science & Medicine

Don E. Schultz

1934–2020

American academic

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Laurie Cabot#3
Faith

Laurie Cabot

born 1933

Witchcraft high priestess, author

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Wewoka’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 8 births.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Henry PonderGil Morgan
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFaithMilitary

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Wewoka is known for

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Wewoka

The rest number 11, with 6 athletes among them.

JS

Juanita Kidd Stout

1919–1998

American judge

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Bob Darnell

Bob Darnell

1930–1995

American baseball player

CH

Cheryll Heinze

1946–2012

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
DD

Dale Douglass

1936–2022

American professional golfer

HG

Howie Goss

1934–1996

American baseball player

Henry Ponder

Henry Ponder

born 1928

American academic

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
James F. Howell

James F. Howell

1934–2026

American politician, Oklahoma

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
LP

Larry S. Pierce

1941–1965

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

JP

John Payne

1933–2019

American football coach, born 1933

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wewoka 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.

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