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.
Born in Wewoka
Lee Patrick Brown has articles in 9 languages, Don E. Schultz in 6 and Laurie Cabot in 5.
#3When Wewoka’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 8 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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 else born in Wewoka
The rest number 11, with 6 athletes among them.




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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.
Photo credits (5)
- Laurie Cabot: Salem State Archives and Special Collections, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gil Morgan: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Darnell: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ponder: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Howell: State of Oklahoma's Legislative Service Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons