WILL ROGERS
Name: Will Rogers
Born: 4 November 1879 Ologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Died: 15 August 1935 Point Barrow, Alaska Territory
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was a
Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville
performer and actor.
Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Indian
Territory family and learned to ride horses and use a lariat so well that he was
listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three ropes at onceāone
around the neck of a horse, another around the horse's rider, and a third around
all four legs of the horse. He ultimately traveled around the world three times,
made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000
nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure.
By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people, and was the top-paid
movie star in Hollywood at the time. On an around-the-world trip with aviator
Wiley Post, Rogers died when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska
Territory in 1935.
Name: Will Rogers
Born: 4 November 1879 Ologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Died: 15 August 1935 Point Barrow, Alaska Territory
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was a
Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville
performer and actor.
Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Indian
Territory family and learned to ride horses and use a lariat so well that he was
listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three ropes at onceāone
around the neck of a horse, another around the horse's rider, and a third around
all four legs of the horse. He ultimately traveled around the world three times,
made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000
nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure.
By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people, and was the top-paid
movie star in Hollywood at the time. On an around-the-world trip with aviator
Wiley Post, Rogers died when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska
Territory in 1935.