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Oklahoma
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Oklahomans have played distinctive roles.
Born in Oklahoma
| Famous Oklahomans | ||||||
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| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Bill Anoatubby
Governore Chickasaw Nation |
Born: | November 8, 1945 | Tishomingo | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Hoyt Wayne Axton
Singer, Songwriter, Actor |
Born: | March 25, 1938 | Duncan | |||
| Died: | October 26, 1999 | Victor, Mont. | ||||
| Johnny Lee Bench
Baseball player |
Born: | December 7, 1947 | Oklahoma City | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| John Allyn Berryman
(Born: John Allyn Smith) Poet |
Born: | October 25, 1914 | McAlester | |||
| Died: | January 7, 1972 | Minneapolis, Minn, | ||||
| Acee Blue Eagle
(Born: Alex C. McIntosh) (Aka: Chebon Ah Bu Lah, Laughing Boy; and Lumhee Holat-tee) Artist, Teacher |
Born: | August 17, 1909 | near Anadarko | |||
| Died: | June 18, 1959 | Muskogee | ||||
| Earl Bostic
Musician |
Born: | April 25, 1913 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | October 28, 1965 | Rochester, N.Y. | ||||
| Troyal Garth Brooks
Singer, Songwriter |
Born: | February 7, 1962 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas
Musician |
Born: | October 21, 1912 | Muskogee | |||
| Died: | August 24, 1972 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||
| John W. "J.J." Cale
Singer, Songwriter, Musician |
Born: | December 5, 1938 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Lon Chaney, Jr.
(Born: Creighton Tull Chaney) Actor |
Born: | February 10, 1906 | Oklahoma City | |||
| Died: | July 12, 1973 | San Clemente, Calif. | ||||
| Gordon Cooper
Astronaut, Test pilot |
Born: | March 6, 1927 | Shawnee | |||
| Died: | October 4, 2004 | Ventura, Calif. | ||||
| Douglas Edwards
(Born: Clyde Douglas) News anchorman |
Born: | July 14, 1917 | Ada | |||
| Died: | October 13, 1990 | Sarasota, Fla. | ||||
| Blake Edwards
(Born: William Blake Crump) Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
Born: | July 26, 1922 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Ralph Waldo Ellison
Writer |
Born: | March 1, 1914 | Oklahoma City | |||
| Died: | April 16, 1994 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Tommy Ray Franks
(Born: Tommy Ray Bentley) U.S. Army General |
Born: | June 17, 1945 | Wynnewood | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| James Garner
(Born: James Scott Bumgarner) Actor |
Born: | April 7, 1928 | Norman | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Owen K. Garriott
Astronaut, Electrical engineer |
Born: | November 22, 1930 | Enid | |||
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| Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill
Singer, Songwriter, Musician |
Born: | April 12, 1957 | Norman | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Chester Gould
Cartoonist |
Born: | November 20, 1900 | Pawnee | |||
| Died: | May 11, 1985 | Woodstock, Ill. | ||||
| James Gordon "Bo" Gritz
U.S. Army Special Forces Officer |
Born: | May 18, 1939 | Enid | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
Singer, Songwriter |
Born: | July 14, 1912 | Okemah | |||
| Died: | October 3, 1967 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Roy Ellsworth Harris
Composer |
Born: | February 12, 1898 | Chandler | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Paul Harvey
(Born: Paul Harvey Aurandt) Radio broadcaster, Commentator |
Born: | September 4, 1918 | Tulsa | |||
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| Barton Lee Hazlewood
Singer, Songwriter, Producer |
Born: | July 9, 1929 | Mannford | |||
| Died: | August 4, 2007 | Henderson, Nev. | ||||
| Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr.
Actor |
Born: | December 13, 1908 | Walters | |||
| Died: | July 23, 1971 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| John Bennett Herrington
Astronaut, Test pilot |
Born: | September 14, 1958 | Wetumka | |||
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| Tony Hillerman
Writer |
Born: | May 27, 1925 | Sacred Heart | |||
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| Ronald William "Ron" Howard
Director, Producer, Actor |
Born: | March 1, 1954 | Duncan | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Patrick Jay Hurley
Statesman, Diplomat, AEF Officer |
Born: | January 8, 1883 | Indian Territory | |||
| Died: | July 30, 1963 | Santa Fe, N.M. | ||||
| James "Jabby" Jabara
Jet pilot |
Born: | October 10, 1923 | Muskogee | |||
| Died: | November 17, 1966 | Delray Beach, Fla. | ||||
| Wanda Jean Jackson
Singer |
Born: | October 20, 1937 | Maud | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Karl Guthe Jansky
Physicist |
Born: | October 22, 1905 | Oklahoma Territory | |||
| Died: | February 14, 1950 | Red Bank, N.J. | ||||
| Ben "Son" Johnson Jr.
Actor |
Born: | June 13, 1918 | Foraker | |||
| Died: | April 8, 199 | Mesa, Ariz. | ||||
| Jennifer Jones
(Born: Phylis Flora Isley) Actress |
Born: | March 2, 1919 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Robert Samuel Kerr
Politician, Businessman |
Born: | September 11, 1896 | near Ada | |||
| Died: | January 1, 1963 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick
(Born: Jeane Duane Jordan) Diplomat, Political scientist |
Born: | November 19, 1926 | Duncan | |||
| Died: | December 7, 2006 | Bethesda, Md. | ||||
| Wilma Pearl Mankiller
Female Chief of the Cherokee Nation |
Born: | November 18, 1945 | Tahlequah | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Mickey Charles Mantle
Baseball player |
Born: | October 20, 1931 | Spavinaw | |||
| Died: | August 13, 1995 | Dallas, Tex. | ||||
| Jack D. "Jumping Jack" McCracken
Basketball player |
Born: | June 15, 1912 | Chickasha | |||
| Died: | January 5, 1958 | Denver, Colo. | ||||
| Reba Nell McEntire
Singer, Actress |
Born: | March 28, 1955 | McAlester | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Vera Miles
(Born: Vera June Ralston) Actress |
Born: | August 23, 1929 | Boise City | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Leona Mitchell
Soprano |
Born: | October 30, 1949 | Enid | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers
Journalist, Commentator |
Born: | June 5, 1934 | Hugo | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan
U.S. Senator, Educator, Sociologist |
Born: | March 16, 1927 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | March 26, 2003 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash
Voice actor |
Born: | December 7, 1904 | Watonga | |||
| Died: | February 20, 1985 | Glendale, Calif. | ||||
| Patti Page
(Born: Clara Ann Fowler) Singer |
Born: | November 8, 1927 | Claremore | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Bradley "Brad" Pitt
Actor |
Born: | December 18, 1963 | Shawnee | |||
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| Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr.
Businessman |
Born: | May 22, 1928 | Holdenville | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Reid Pogue
Astronaut, Test pilot |
Born: | January 23, 1930 | Okemah | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Tony Randall
(Born: Arthur Leonard Rosenberg) Actor |
Born: | February 26, 1920 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | May 17, 2004 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Allie Pierce Reynolds
(Nickname: The Superchief) Baseball player |
Born: | February 10, 1917 | Bethany | |||
| Died: | December 26, 1994 | Oklahoma City | ||||
| Granville Oral Roberts
Televangilist |
Born: | January 24, 1918 | Ada | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Dayle Lamoine "Dale" Robertson
Actor |
Born: | July 14, 1923 | Harrah | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Charles Wilber "Bullet" Rogan
(Nicknames: Bullets, Bullet Joe) Baseball player |
Born: | July 28, 1889 | Oklahoma City | |||
| Died: | March 4, 1967 | Kansas City, Mo. | ||||
| William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Humorist, Actor, Social commentator, Cowboy |
Born: | November 4, 1879 | Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) | |||
| Died: | August 15, 1935 | Point Barrow, Alaska Territory | ||||
| Daniel Hale "Dan" Rowan
(Born: Daniel Hale David Comedian |
Born: | July 22, 1922 | near Beggs | |||
| Died: | September 22, 1987 | Englewood, Fla. | ||||
| Leon Russell
(Born: Claude Russell Bridges) Singer, Songwriter, Musician |
Born: | April 2, 1942 | Lawton | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Lee Roy Selmon
Football player |
Born: | October 20, 1954 | Eufaula | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Theodore Tillman "Ted" Shackelford III
Actor |
Born: | June 23, 1946 | Oklahoma City | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Thomas Patten Stafford
Astronaut, Test pilot |
Born: | September 17, 1930 | Weatherford | |||
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| Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell
(Nickname: Pops) Baseball player |
Born: | March 6, 1940 | Earlsboro | |||
| Died: | April 9, 2001 | Wilmington, N.C. | ||||
| Robert Stemmons
Whistler |
Born: | September 27, 1956 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief
Ballerina |
Born: | January 24, 1925 | Fairfax | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe
(Native name: Wa-Tho-Huk, "A path lighted by a great flash of lightning" or "Bright path") Olympic medalist, Baseball player, Football player, Basketball player |
Born: | May 28, 1888 | Prague | |||
| Died: | March 28, 1953 | Lomita, Calif. | ||||
| Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn
Actress |
Born: | June 10, 1963 | Tulsa | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton
Businessman, Entrepreneur |
Born: | March 29, 1918 | Kingfisher | |||
| Died: | April 5, 1992 | Little Rock, Ark. | ||||
| Paul Glee Waner
(Nickname: Big Poison) Baseball player |
Born: | April 16, 1903 | Harrah | |||
| Died: | August 29, 1965 | Sarasota, Fla. | ||||
| Lloyd James Waner
(Nickname: Little Poison) Baseball player |
Born: | March 16, 1906 | Harrah | |||
| Died: | July 22, 1982 | Oklahoma City | ||||
| Alfre Ette Woodard
Actress |
Born: | November 8, 1952 | Tulsa | |||
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