List of people from Oklahoma City
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The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised or lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Notable people from the State of Oklahoma, but not Oklahoma City or its suburbs, should go in the page titled "List of people from Oklahoma."
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Contents
People by field
Athletics
Basketball
- Alvan Adams, player for NBA's Phoenix Suns 1975-88
- Clayton Bennett, owner of the NBA Oklahoma City Thunder franchise[1]
- Antoine Carr, retired American basketball player[2]
- Kevin Durant, All-Star forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder[3]
- Blake Griffin, NBA basketball player[4]
- Xavier Henry, guard for three NBA teams
- Russell Westbrook, All-Star guard for Oklahoma City Thunder[5]
- Shelden Williams, NBA player[6]
Baseball
- Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds catcher, Baseball Hall of Fame[7][8]
- Mike Brumley, former MLB player
- Joe Carter, Major League outfielder, five-time All-Star[9]
- Andrew Heaney, MLB baseball player, Los Angeles Angels
- Bobby Murcer, New York Yankees outfielder, five-time All-Star[10]
- Allie Reynolds, former MLB player, six-time World Series Champion as pitcher with the New York Yankees
- Jeff Suppan, former MLB baseball player
- Mickey Tettleton, former MLB baseball player
- Jamey Wright, former MLB baseball player
Hockey
- Tyler Arnason, hockey player, Colorado Avalanche[11]
- Dan Woodley, retired hockey player, drafted 7th overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks
Football
- Sam Bradford, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner[12]
- Mark J. Clayton, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver[13]
- Jimmy Edwards, professional football player[14]
- Karl Farmer, NFL wide receiver[15]
- Deji Karim, NFL football player with Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts
- Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver
- Alva Liles, NFL player[16]
- Gerald McCoy, NFL player[17]
- Lee Morris, Green Bay Packers wide receiver[18]
- Steve Owens, 1969 Heisman Trophy winner[19]
- Tinker Owens, former NFL football player
- Barry Switzer, national championship and Super Bowl-winning football coach[20]
- Brandon Weeden, NFL football player with the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys
- Wes Welker, Denver Broncos wide receiver[21]
- Jason White, 2003 Heisman Trophy winner
Golf
Boxing
- Sean O'Grady, World Boxing Association Lightweight Champion[23]
Other sports
- Louise Brough, Hall of Fame tennis player, winner of six Grand Slam championships
- Shane Hamman, Olympic weightlifter, 2000, 2004[24]
- Mat Hoffman, world record holder BMX Rider[25][26]
- Hayden W. Lingo, Hall of Fame player of the billiards game "One Pocket"
- Jon-Paul Pittman, professional football player for Wycombe Wanderers[27]
- Jim Ross, professional wrestling commentator[28]
Business people
- Clayton Bennett, Oklahoma City Thunder owner[29]
- Edward L. Gaylord, Grand Ole Opry and The Oklahoman owner[30]
- Alan C. Greenberg, Wall Street financier[31]
- Harold Hamm, oil billionaire[32]
- Aubrey McClendon, former CEO of Chesapeake Energy[33]
- Larry Nichols, CEO of Devon Energy[34]
- Chad Richison, founder, CEO and chairman of Paycom[35]
- Tom L. Ward, chairman and CEO at SandRidge Energy and former co-founder of Chesapeake Energy
Entertainers
Dance
- Yvonne Chouteau, ballerina[36]
Directors, filmmakers
- Gray Frederickson, Academy Award-winning producer[37]
- Ron Howard, actor, director
- Ray William Johnson, vlogger known for the popular Equals Three videos[38]
Actors and musicians
- Lexi Ainsworth, actress[39]
- Louise Allbritton, actress
- Suzy Amis, actress and model, most notable from film Titanic[40]
- George Back, actor Horrible Bosses, The Pool Boys
- Molly Bee, singer
- Henson Cargill, country singer
- Lon Chaney, Jr., film actor[41]
- Don Cherry, jazz cornetist[42]
- Charlie Christian, musician, "father of the electric guitar"[43]
- Graham Colton, pop music artist[44]
- Mason Cook, actor[45]
- Wayne Coyne, lead singer of the band The Flaming Lips[46][47]
- Steven Drozd, musician in The Flaming Lips[48]
- Ronnie Claire Edwards, actress, most notable as Corabeth Godsey in The Waltons[49]
- The Flaming Lips, alternative rock band
- Gennifer Flowers, actress[50]
- Kay Francis, film actress[51]
- James Garner, actor
- Vince Gill, country singer[52]
- Hinder, alternative rock band
- Mark Holton, actor
- C.B. Hudson, rock guitarist
- Wanda Jackson, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[53]
- Lauren Lane, actress, most notable as C.C. Babcock in The Nanny[54]
- Rex Linn, actor
- Stacey (Loach) Logan, theater singer and actor[55]
- Tisha Campbell Martin, television actress[56]
- Barry McGuire, singer/songwriter[57]
- Ryan Merriman, actor
- Megan Mullally, actress (moved to OKC at age 6)
- Olivia Munn, model, actress and television personality[58]
- Bonnie Owens, country singer
- Dale Robertson, television actor[59]
- Neal Schon, guitarist of Journey[60]
- Smooth McGroove, musician known for a cappella covers of video game music[61]
- Stardeath and White Dwarfs, alternative rock band
- John Michael Talbot, monk and guitarist[62]
- Pamela Tiffin, actress[63]
- Sam Watters, recording artist, member of Color Me Badd
- Mason Williams, recording artist, "Classical Gas"[64]
- Jeff Wood, country singer
- Gretchen Wyler, actress
Writers
- Ralph Ellison, novelist[65]
- Louis L'Amour, western author
- Jason Nelson, pioneering digital poet and writer
Artists
- Petah Coyne, sculptor[66]
- G. Patrick Riley mask maker and art educator
- Edward Ruscha, painter[64][67]
News, commentary
- Skip Bayless, author, sports journalist and TV personality, ESPN First Take[68]
- Gary England, meteorologist
- Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist[69]
- Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the New York Times
Political figures
- David Boren, former governor and U.S. Senator
- Michael D. Brown, FEMA head during Hurricane Katrina
- David Dank, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2007
- Odilia Dank, former member of the Oklahoma House, 1995-2006
- Mickey Edwards, former Congressman
- Bryce Harlow, lobbyist and Eisenhower advisor
- Ernest Istook, former Congressman
- Frank Keating, former governor
- Robert S. Kerr, former governor and U.S. Senator
- Jeane Kirkpatrick, ambassador to the United Nations
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator
- J.C. Watts, OU football player and former Congressman
Other
- Rick Bayless, celebrity chef[70]
- Jay Bernstein, Hollywood producer and manager
- Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006[71]
- Sweet Brown, YouTube sensation of "Ain't Nobody Got Time For That"
- Gordon Cooper, astronaut[72]
- Mick Cornett, Mayor of Oklahoma City since 2004; former television personality[73]
- Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma since 2010; former congresswoman[74]
- Owen Garriott, astronaut[72]
- Robert Harlan Henry, President of Oklahoma City University, former federal judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit[75]
- John Herrington, astronaut[76]
- Jerome Holmes, federal judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit[77]
- Jane Anne Jayroe, Miss America 1967[71][78]
- Bibi Jones, stripper, adult film actress
- Shibani Joshi, national television reporter
- Shannon Lucid, astronaut[72]
- Clara Luper, civil rights activist
- Chelsea Manning, transgender United States Army former intelligence analyst convicted by court-martial for crimes related to the Wikileaks scandal
- William A. Martin, computer scientist, artificial intelligence pioneer[79]
- Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007[71][80]
- Eugene Nida, linguist and translator[81]
- William Reid Pogue, astronaut[72]
- Wiley Post, aviator
- Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, opera singer[71]
- Norma Smallwood, Miss America 1926[71]
- Shawntel Smith, Miss America 1996[71]
- Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut[82]
- Jack Wyatt, host of ABC's Confession; later Episcopal priest in Oklahoma City[83]
Non-native Oklahoma City residents
- Brian Bosworth, linebacker for the University of Oklahoma (1984–1986) and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (1987–1989)
- Paul and Thomas Braniff, Braniff Airlines co-founders
- Cattle Annie, or Anna Emmaline McDoulet Roach, female bandit, lived in Oklahoma City from 1912 until her death in 1978
- Kristin Chenoweth, actress and singer
- Mark J. Clayton, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver[13]
- Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News anchor
- Glen Day, PGA tour golfer
- Amy Grant, Contemporary Christian artist
- Todd Hamilton, PGA tour golfer, British Open Champion
- Ed Harris, actor
- Chris Harrison, host of ABC's The Bachelor
- Mary Hart, TV personality
- Anthony Kim, PGA tour golfer
- Marian P. Opala, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and member of the Polish Underground in World War II
- Billy Sims, football player, 1978 Heisman Trophy winner
- Scott Verplank, PGA and Champions tour golfer
- Hobart Johnstone Whitley, banker, treasurer for Chicago Rock Island & Texas Railroad 1892-1894
- Bud Wilkinson, OU football coach, broadcaster, College Football Hall of Fame
- "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, WWE champion wrestler; two-time All-American football player; four-time All-American wrestler at OU
- Willie Wood, PGA and Champions tour golfer
U.S. Service Members
- Admiral William J. Crowe (USN), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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