#1Famous people · Yale
Yale counts 2 famous people, first among them Chet Baker
Most widely known is Chet Baker, the American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, with articles in 55 languages. The other is Grace Thorpe. Births span 1921 to 1929, from Grace Thorpe to Chet Baker. Muskogee has the most of any town in Oklahoma: 62.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Chet Baker
in 55 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Grace Thorpe
Youngest
1929
Chet Baker
Most common field
Music
1 people
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Grace Thorpe
1921–2008World War II veteran, environmentalist, tribal court judge, and Native rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yale 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)
- Chet Baker: Studio Harcourt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Thorpe: collection of the Grace F. Thorpe Collection, National Museum of the American Indian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons