Yoakum is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Benjamin Franklin Yoakum
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum (August 20, 1859 – November 28, 1929) was an American railroad executive of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who attempted to join the Frisco and Rock Island Railroads into a great system stretching from Chi ...
(1859-1929), American railroad executive
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Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909), U.S. Representative from Texas.
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Joseph Elmer Yoakum (1890-1972), self-taught artist of African-American and Native American descent
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Delmer J. Yoakum
Delmer J. Yoakum (December 6, 1915 – October 25, 1997) was an American fine artist, oil and watercolor painter, designer, serigrapher, Disneyland and Hollywood motion picture studio scenic artist.
Early life
Del Yoakum was born in St. Joseph ...
(1915-1996), American artist
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Henderson King Yoakum
Henderson King Yoakum (September 6, 1810 – November 30, 1856) was a Texas historian.
He was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and graduated from West Point in 1832. Yoakum served in the Tennessee Senate from 1839 to 1845 and strongly advoca ...
(1810-1856), Texas historian
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