Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City ranks 409th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Palace of Versailles, Kiel, and Campinas. Memorable people born in Oklahoma City include J. J. Cale, Lon Chaney Jr., and Don Cherry. Oklahoma City has been the birth place of many actors, and writers. Oklahoma City is located in United States.
Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 20th-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census, while the Oklahoma City metropolitan area with an estimated 1.49 million residents is the largest metropolitan area in the state and 42nd-most populous in the nation. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties; however, areas beyond Oklahoma County primarily consist of suburban developments or designated rural and watershed zones. Oklahoma City ranks as the tenth-largest city by area in the United States when including consolidated city-counties, and second-largest when such consolidations are excluded. It is also the second-largest state capital by area, following Juneau, Alaska. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1905 and 2000, Oklahoma City was the birth place of 35 globally memorable people, including J. J. Cale, Lon Chaney Jr., and Don Cherry.
People Born in Oklahoma City
Go to all RankingsJ. J. Cale
MUSICIAN
1938 - 2013
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 20
Lon Chaney Jr.
ACTOR
1906 - 1973
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 19
Don Cherry
MUSICIAN
1936 - 1995
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 21
Suzy Amis Cameron
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 30
Ken Wilber
WRITER
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 35
Eugene Nida
WRITER
1914 - 2011
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 22
Chelsea Manning
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1987 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 34
Elizabeth Warren
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4
John Michael Talbot
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 3
Joe Haldeman
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1
Ralph Ellison
WRITER
1914 - 1994
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 18
Louise Brough
TENNIS PLAYER
1923 - 2014
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Oklahoma City were actors (12), writers (5), musicians (4), tennis players (3), and basketball players (3), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oklahoma City, including Suzy Amis Cameron, Pamela Tiffin, and Tisha Campbell-Martin. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oklahoma City, including Lon Chaney Jr., Suzy Amis Cameron, and Pamela Tiffin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Oklahoma City since 1700.