Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma ranks 242nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salt Lake City, Richmond, Virginia, and Riyadh. Memorable people born in Tulsa, Oklahoma include Jennifer Jones, Blake Edwards, and Martin Gardner. Memorable people who died in Tulsa, Oklahoma include Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Jedediah Smith, and Roy Clark. Tulsa, Oklahoma has been the birth place of many actors and musicians and the death place of many writers and explorers. Tulsa, Oklahoma is located in United States.
Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 47th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1,034,123 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers and Wagoner counties. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1914 and 2002, Tulsa, Oklahoma was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Jennifer Jones, Blake Edwards, and Martin Gardner. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma including Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Jedediah Smith, and Roy Clark.
People Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Jennifer Jones
1919 - 2009
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 1
Blake Edwards
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 2
Martin Gardner
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 3
Wade Williams
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 4
David Duke
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 5
Alfre Woodard
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 6
Jeanne Tripplehorn
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 7
Larry Clark
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 8
Marshall Bell
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9
Bill Goldberg
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10
Tony Randall
1920 - 2004
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 11
S. Robson Walton
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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R. James Woolsey Jr.
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 22
Anthony Bowie
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.70
Rank: 40
Joe Diffie
1958 - 2020
HPI: 26.13
Rank: 42
Kenny Bednarek
1998 - Present
HPI: 19.32
Rank: 44
People Deceased in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 1
Jedediah Smith
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 2
Roy Clark
1933 - 2018
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 3
Tom Coburn
1948 - 2020
HPI: 32.43
Rank: 4
Wayman Tisdale
1964 - 2009
HPI: 28.28
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Tulsa, Oklahoma were actors (17), musicians (4), singers (4), politicians (3), and film directors (2), while most who died were writers (1), explorers (1), singers (1), politicians (1), and basketball players (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, including Wade Williams, Alfre Woodard, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tulsa, Oklahoma, including Jennifer Jones, Wade Williams, and Alfre Woodard.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Tulsa, Oklahoma since 1700.
