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THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE

FAMOUS OKLAHOMANS*:

• imposter FRANK ABAGNALE ("Catch me if you can" was based on his life)
• musician BRIAN ABRAMS (Color me badd)
• actor ART ACORD (silent film star of ninety films between 1910 and 1929)
• football player TROY AIKMAN
• U.S. Speaker of the House CARL ALBERT
• actress SUZY AMIS
• country singer KEITH ANDERSON
• geologist MAXINE ANDERSON
• football player JOE ASKA
• politician REUBIN O'DONOVAN ASKEW
• SHERIFF OFFICEng writer MAY AXTON
• singing cowboy GENE AUTRY
• folk singer/songwriter HOYT AXTON
• football player BILLY BAJEMA
• jazz musician CHET BAKER
• composer LOU BALLARD
• author RUSSELL  BATES
• Ponca Chief STANDING BEAR
• Pulitzer prize winning poet JOHN BERRYMAN
• Indian scout BLACK BEAVER
• artist JOE BEELER
• baseball player JOHNNY BENCH
• Miss America 2006 JENNIFER BERRY
• Cheyenne Chief BLACK KETTLE
• composer/lyricist RALPH BLANE  ("Have yourself a merry little Christmas" & "Meet me in St. Louis")
• football player/actor BRIAN BOSWORTH
• former US Senator, DAVID L. BOREN
• DANIEL BORSTEIN, former Librarian of Congress
• casino/hotel owner SAM BOYD
• actor WILLIAM BOYD ("Hopalong Cassidy")
• aviation pioneers PAUL BRANIFF and THOMAS BRANIFF (Braniff Airlines)
• GRADY BREWER  - 2006 Contender Boxing Champ
• Dr. WILLIAM R. "BILL" BRIGHT founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International
• country singer GARTH BROOKS
• country singer JUNIOR BROWN
• Miss Teen USA ALLISON BROWN
• song writer ALBERT BRUMLEY ("Turn your radio on")
• entertainer ANITA BRYANT
• artist GREG BURNS
• actor GARY BUSEY
• singer/songwriter J.J. CALE ("After Midnight", "Guitar Man")
• musician MARK CALDERON (Color me badd)
• guitarist JERRY CANTRELL  (Alice in Chains)
• athlete DON CARMAN
• country singer/songwriter JEFF CARSON ("Not on your love")
• baseball player JOE CARTER
• congressman WILBURN CARTWRIGHT
• country singer JEREMY CASTLE
• football player TONY CASILLAS
• football player JOHN CHANDLER
• actor LON CHANEY
• actor LON CHANEY JR.
• singer/actress KRISTIN CHENOWETH
• producer/writer MARC CHERRY (creator of "Desperate Housewives")
• author C.J. CHERRYH
• pioneer trader JESSIE CHISHOLM
• ballerina YVONNE CHOUTEAU
• CINDY CHUPACK Executive Producer/writer of "Sex and the City"
• musician CHARLES  CHRISTIAN
• actress CANDY CLARK
• US Admiral JOSEPH "JOCKO" CLARK
• country musician/comedian ROY CLARK
• author BILL CLEAVER
• aviator, astronaut  JERRIE COBB
• child actor JOE COBB (Our Gang comedies)
• actor IRON EYES CODY
• Olympic Gold Medalist, gymnist NADIA COMANECI
• Olympic Gold Medalist, gymnist BART CONNER
• actor ANCEL COOK
• singer DAVID COOK
• country singers GREG COOK (RICOCHET)
• actor DANNY COOKSEY
• country singer KELLIE COFFEY
• singer/song writer LARRY COLLINS ("Delta Dawn"& "You're the Reason God made Oklahoma")
• astronaut GORDON COOPER
• actress JOAN CRAWFORD
• broadcast reporter WALTER CRONKITE
• Olympic Gold Medalist, wrestler KENDALL CROSS
• Admiral WILLIAM CROWE
• baseball player DIZZY DEAN
• baseball player PAUL DEAN
• singer JOHN DENVER
• country singer JOE DIFFIE
• actor LARRY DRAKE
• country singer RONNIE DUNN  (BROOKS & DUNN)
• actress CANDICE EARLY
• director/writer/producer BLAKE EDWARDS ("The Pink Panther")
• reporter DOUGLAS EDWARDS
• artist BRUMMETT ECHOHAWK
• songwriter VESPHEW "VEP" BENTON ELLIS (one of the premier songwriters in southern Gospel Music.
• writer RALPH ELLISON
• meteorologist GARY ENGLAND ('94 Emmy for best weather anchor. Initiated development of Doppler radar)
• country singer TY ENGLAND
• author JANE FANCHER
• actress GLENDA FARRELL
• SHERIFF OFFICEng writer DALLAS FAZIER ("Alley Oop", "Elvira", "There goes my everything")
• rodeo TOM FERGUSON
• director JAY FOX
• actress KAY FRANCIS
• black historian JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN
• U.S. General  TOMMY FRANKS
• producer GRAY FREDERICKSON
• bull rider LANE FROST
• actor CLARK GABLE
• Manager of the Minnesota Twins RONNIE GARDENHIRE
• actor JAMES GARNER
• astronaut OWEN K. GARRIOTT
• musician DAVID GATES
• publisher EDWARD L. GAYLORD (owner of Grand Ol'  Opry, and the cog railroad up Pikes Peak)
• Apache warrior GERONIMO
• artist FATHER GREGORY GERRER
• oil man, financier J. PAUL GETTY
• actress ALICE GHOSTLEY
• country singer VINCE GILL
• actor JACK GING
• pro wrestler/actor WILLIAM "BILL" GOLDBERG"
• S.N. GOLDMAN (inventor of the shopping cart)
• humorist JOANNE GORDON
• cartoonist CHESTER GOULD (creator of Dick Tracy)
• actress MILENA GOVICH ("Law & Order")
• sports reporter CURT GOWDY
• country singer PAUL GREGG (RESTLESS HEART)
• financier ALAN GREENBURG
• newspaper editor FRANK GREER
• author TERRY L. GRIFFITH
• green beret JAMES "BO" GRITZ
• author JANE A. KNIPE GUBELIN
• actor CLU GULAGER
• folk singer WOODY GUTHRIE
• comedian BILL HADER (Saturday Night Live)
• advertising ROSA LEE HALL ("Aunt Jemima")
• comedian/ columnist ARGUS HAMILTON
• artist ENOCH KELLY HANEY
• musicians ISAAC, TAYLOR and ZACH HANSSON
• actor ED HARRIS
• singer/writer SAM HARRIS
• author CAROLYN HART
• television anchor MARY HART
• television news reporter JIM HARTZ
• radio commentator PAUL HARVEY
• country singer WADE HAYES
• actor VAN HEFLIN
• astronaut JOHN HERRINGTON (first Native American in space)
• S.E. HINTON, author ("The Outsiders", "Rumble Fish")
• country singer BECKY HOBBS
• pro BMX/actor MATT HOFFMAN
• child actress DARLA HOOD ("The Little Rascals")
• fisherman JIMMY HOUSTON
• attorney TEMPLE HOUSTON
• actor CLINT HOWARD
• actor/director RON HOWARD
• baseball CARL HUBBELL
• Secretary of War PATRICK J. HURLEY
• basketball HENRY P. IBA
• actor JOHN INGLE ("Edward Quartermaine" on General Hospital)
• country singer DAVID INNIS (RESTLESS HEART)
• country singer WANDA JACKSON ("In the middle of a heartache")
• author MARQUIS JAMES
• scientist KARL JANSKY (father of radio astronomy)
• Miss America 1967 JANE JAYROE
• baseball FERGUSON JENKINS
• country singer GREG JENNINGS (RESTLESS HEART)
• rodeo star/western actor BEN JOHNSON
• actress JENNIFER JONES
• evangelist LARRY JONES (founder, Feed the Children)
• country singer TOBY KEITH
• author HAROLD KIETH
• US Treasurer MAYBELLE KENNEDY
• oilman ROBERT S. KERR
• musician BARNEY KESSEL
• United Nations Ambassador JEAN KIRKPATRICK
• financier HENRY KRAVIS
• actress SHEILA JAMES KUEHL ("Zelda Gilroy" on "The many loves of Dobey Gillis")
• author MERCEDES LACKEY
• author LOUIS L'AMOUR
• author NANCY LAMB
• make-up artist STEPHEN LAPORTE
• football player/US Senator STEVE LARGENT
• showman GORDON WILLIAM LILLIE "PAWNEE BILL" (Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show)
• actor REX LINN ("CSI Miami")
• actor CLEAVON LITTLE ("Blazing Saddles", Once Bitten")
• ERIC LOGAN (XM Satellite Radio)
• golfer NANCY LOPEZ-KNIGHT
• astronaut SHANNON LUCID
• actor THAD LUCKINBILL ("J.T. Hellstrom on CBS' The Young and the Restless")
• film director TERRENCE MALICK ("Days of Heaven", "The Thin Red Line", "Badlands", "The New World")
• baseball player MICKEY MANTLE
• oilman E. W. MARLAND
• baseball gas house gang member PEPPER MARTIN
• musician LEON McAULIFFE
• actress RUE McCLANAHAN ("Golden Girls")
• statesman DAVID McCURDY
• country musician MEL McDANIEL ("Baby's got her blue jeans on")
• child actor SPANKY McFARLAND ("The Little Rascals")
• country singer REBA McINTIRE
• newsman CARL McGEE (inventor of the parking meter)
• baseball ironman JOE McGINNITY  
• PHILLIP McGRAW "Dr. Phil"
• comedian STEVE McGREW
• musician BARRY McGUIRE ("Eve of Destruction")
• author MIKE McQUAY
• rodeo announcer CLEM McSPADDEN
• rock musician TYSON MEADE
• actor RYAN MERRIMAN
• Washington D.C. hostess PERLE MESTA
• artist AUGUSTA METCALFE
• cartoonist RUSSELL  MYERS (creator of "Broomhilda")
• actress VERA MILES
• rancher GEORGE W. MILLER (founder of Miller Brothers famous 101 Ranch)
• singer JODY MILLER
• JOE MILLER (101 Wild West Show)
• country singer ROGER MILLER ("King of the Road")
• Olympic gymnast SHANNON MILLER
• baseball DALE MITCHELL
• singer LEONA MITCHELL
• cowboy actor TOM MIX
• Indian artist AL MOMADAY
• author M. SCOTT MOMADAY
• actor/stuntman BOYD "RED" MORGAN (in over 1,000 movies and television shows including "Blazing Saddles")
• golfer GIL MORGAN
• boxer/actor TOMMY MORRISON
• actor JOSHUA MORROW ("Nick Newman" on CBS' The Young and the Restless")
• journalist/statesman BILL MOYERS
• U.S. senator for New York DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN
• LUCILLE MULHALL first show cowgirl
• ZACK MULHALL wild west show
• actress MEG MULLALLY
• baseball player BOBBY MURCER
• politician WILLIAM "ALFALFA BILL" MURRAY
• cartoonist RUSSELL MYERS
• Prohibitionist CARRY NATION
• Miss America 2007 LAUREN NELSON
• actor JUSTIN NEMO
• martial artist/actor CHUCK NORRIS
• actor/filmmaker TIM BLAKE NELSON
• SHERIFF OFFICEng writer KENNY O'DELL ("Mama he's crazy")
• author MEL ODOM
• boxer SEAN O'GRADY (World Association Lightweight Boxing Champion)
• WWI hero JOSEPH OKLAHOMBI
• philanthropist HENRY OVERHOLSER
• football player STEVE OWENS
• aviator CLARENCE PAGE
• country singer PATTI PAGE
• pioneer aviator BILLY PARKER
• Comanche Chief QUANNAH PARKER
• gospel singer SANDI PATTY (sometimes spelled  "SANDI PATTI")
• JOHN L. PETERS (founder of World Neighbors)
• film producer DOROTHEA PETRIE
• oilman FRANK PHILLIPS
• oilman WAITE PHILLIPS
• oilman T. BOONE PICKENS
• cowboy BILL PICKETT (invented "Bulldogging")
• cartoonist DAN PIRARO ("Bizarro")
• actor BRAD PITT
• actress MARY K. PLACE
• astronaut WILLIAM POGUE
• baseball player DARRELL PORTER
• aviator WILEY POST
• Miss America 1981 SUSAN POWELL
• entertainer PAULA PRENTISS
• Movie producer MARK RADCLIFFE (Harry Potter, Home Alone, Rent)
• actor TONY RANDALL
• author WILSON RAWLS
• Indian artist/champion weight lifter JOE RECTOR
• actress DONNA REED
• baseball player ALLIE REYNOLDS
• author  LYNN RIGGS
• evangelist ORAL ROBERTS
• ALICE MARY ROBERTSON (1st US congresswoman)
• actor DALE ROBERTSON
• basketball player DENNIS RODMAN
• humorist WILL ROGERS
• country singer JOE DON ROONEY (RASCAL FLATTS)
• astronaut STEWART ROOSA
• comedian DAN ROWEN ("Laugh in")
• football player DARRELL ROYAL
• gospel singer ROLAND D. "ROSIE" ROZELL (sang with the Statesmen Quartet)
• country singer LEON RUSSELL
• race car driver TROY RUTTMAN
• actor WILL SAMPSON
• gospel singer PATTY SANDI
• actor GAYLORD SARTAIN
• author BILL SCOTT (WELDON HILL)
• artist BERT SEABOURN
• playwright/actor JOE SEARS
• SEQUOYAH Cherokee language inventor
• actor TED SHACKELFORD ("Knot's Landing", "Dallas")
• country singer BLAKE SHELTON
• football player JACKIE SHIPP
• world champian cowboy JIM SHOULDERS
• football player BILLY SIMS
• oilman WILLIAM SKELLY
• Miss America 1926 NORMA SMALLWOOD
• Miss America 1996 SHAWNTEL SMITH
• baseball player WARREN SPAHN
• actor G.D. SPRADLIN
• astronaut THOMAS STAFFORD
• musician KAY STARR
• professional whistler ROBERT STEMMONS
• sculptor WILLARD STONE
• jurist JUANITA KIDD STOUT (first black woman in America elected to the bench)
• actor WES STUDI ("Last of the Mohicans", "Dances with wolves", "Geronimo")
• artist GEORGE M. SUTTON
• statesman ROSS SWIMMER
• football coach BARRY SWITZER
• ballerina MARIA TALLCHIEF (founded Chicago City Ballet)
• ballerina MARJORIE TALLCHIEF
• basketball coach BERTHA FRANK TEAGUE (1st woman in National Basketball Hall of Fame)
• pioneer peace officer HENRY "HECK" THOMAS
• author JOYCE CAROL THOMAS
• musician HANK THOMPSON
• musician KEVIN THORNTON (Color me badd)
• "world's greatest athlete" JIM THORPE
• Indian artist JEROME TIGER
• Indian artist JOHNNY TIGER
• pioneer peace officer BILL TILGHMAN
• US Army General/aviator CLARENCE TINKER
• athlete/ musician WAYMAN TISDALE
• poet MELVIN B. TOLSON
• country singer MERLE TRAVIS
• actor/musician TRUMAN "PINKY" TOMLIN
• actress JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN
• country singer DWIGHT TWILLEY
• country musician CONWAY TWITTY
• country singer CARRIE UNDERWOOD
• football BILLY VESSELS
• football UWE VON SCHAMANN
• cartoonist MICHAEL VANCE
• supermodel/Actress AMBER VALETTA
• musician JIMMY WAKELY
• philanthropist SAMUEL MOORE WALTON
• CSA General STAND WAITE (last Confederate General to surrender)
• author MICHAEL WALLACE
• SAM WALTON creator of Wal-Mart
• baseball LLOYD WANER
• baseball Hall of Famer PAUL WANER
• musician SAM WATTERS (Color me badd)
• football player/U.S. Congressman J.C. WATTS
• actor DENNIS WEAVER
• SHERIFF OFFICEng writer JIMMY WEBB ("McArthur Park")
• football player WES WELKER
• country singer BRYAN WHITE
• football BUD WILKINSON
• country musician BOB WILLS
• country musician JOHNNIE LEE WILLS
• producer ELMO WILLIAMS ("Tora! Tora! Tora!", "The blue max", "The longest day", "Ernest goes to camp")
• musician MASON WILLIAMS
• author G. CLIFTON WILSER
• artist CHARLES BANKS WILSON
• actress ALFRE WOODARD
• singer/ actor  SHELBY "SHEB" WOOLEY ("Purple People Eater" / "Pete Nolan" on "Rawhide")
• country singer  HEATH WRIGHT (RICOCHET)
• actress GRETCHEN WYLER
• country musician TRISHA YEARWOOD

   

INFAMOUS OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS:

• BELLE STARR
• EMMETT DALTON
• BILL DOOLIN
• HENRY WELLS
• HENRY STARR
• CHARLES ("PRETTY BOY") FLOYD
• ELMER McCURDY

*Either born in Oklahoma or lived in Oklahoma

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