Friday, 28 January 2005 - 7:39 PM EST
Name:
Famous (and some infamous!)Oklahomans-
Troy Aikman Dallas Cowboys, sports commentator Henryetta
Gene Autry Actor, Singer Tulsa
Joe Baker Artist Tulsa
Kathy Barker, Golf,
Ma Barker Gangster
Bobby Barnett Singer, Cushing
Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) outlaw
Joe Beeler Artist
Johnny Bench baseball player, Oklahoma City
Jack Bender Cartoonist (Alley Oop)
William Bernhardt, writer
John Berryman poet, MacAlester
Elvin Bishop, singer songwriter
Ralph Blane, songwriter
Acee Blueeagle Artist
Daniel J. Boorstin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author,Tulsa.
Garth Brooks, singer, Tulsa
Gary Busey, Actor, Tulsa
Jeremy Castle singer, Blanchard
Iron Eyes Cody Cherokee actor
Gordon Cooper astronaut, Shawnee
Bill Dalton, outlaw
Ernestine Buntyn Dillard singer Bixby
Bill Doolin, outlaw
Larry Drake, actor Tulsa.
Blake Edwards, director
Ronnie Claire Edwards, actress Corabeth on The Waltons OKC
Ralph Ellison writer, Oklahoma City
Pretty Boy Floyd, outlaw
James Garner actor, Norman (was Baumgarner)
Owen K. Garriott astronaut, Enid
Vince Gill, singer, Norman
Chester Gould cartoonist, Pawnee
Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie singer, composer, Okemah
Ike,Taylor, Zac Hanson music, Tulsa
Roy Harris composer, Lincoln Cty
Sam Harris Actor, Sand Springs, born in Cushing
Paul Harvey commentator/broadcast journalist Tulsa
Van Heflin actor, Walters
Tony Hillerman author, Sacred Heart
S. E. Hinton Author Tulsa (Bixby)
Ron Howard actor, director, Duncan
Karl Guthe Jansky engineer, Norman
Jane Anne Jayroe Miss America 1967, Laverne
Ben Johnson actor, Pawhuska
Jennifer Jones actress, Tulsa
Jeane Kirkpatrick Ambassador/diplomat, Duncan
Henry R. Kravis Investment banker
Louis L'Amour, writer of westerns, Choctaw
Steve Largent, Pro-Football, now politician Tulsa,
Nancy Lopez, Golfer
Shannon Lucid astronaut, Bethany
Wilma Mankiller Cherokee chief, Tahlequah
Mickey Charles Mantle baseball player, Spavinaw
Reba McEntire singer, McAlester
Shannon Miller Olympic gymnast, Edmond
Leona Mitchell opera singer Enid
Bill Moyers journalist, Hugo
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Politician/N.Y. senator, Tulsa
Carrie Nation, Guthrie lead the fight for prohibition.
Patti Page singer, Clarence
Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde) outlaw
Robert Pearce Gold Medalist1932 Olympics, Cushing
Frank Phillips, oilman
Waite Phillips, oilman
Brad Pitt actor Shawnee
Mary Kay Place, actress
Susan Powell Miss America 1981, Elk City
Tony Randall actor, Tulsa
Bryant Reeves, Gans
Oral Roberts evangelist, Ada
Dale Robertson actor, Oklahoma City
Will Rogers humorist, Oologah
Dan Rowan comedian, Beggs
Leon Russell, singer
Gaylord Sartain, Tulsa
Mark Selby songwriter, Gage
Ted Shackelford, actor Tulsa
Norma Smallwood Miss America 1926
Shawntel Smith Miss America 1996, Muldrow
Belle Star, outlaw
Robert Stemmons whistler, Tulsa
Willard Stone, artist
Maria Tallchief ballerina, Fairfax
Cliff Taulbert
Ross Thomas, suspense thrillers
Jim Thompson, mystery writer
James Francis "Jim" Thorpe athlete, Prague
Wayman Tisdale basketball player/athlete.
Jeanne Tripplehorn actress, Tulsa
Bob Tway, Edmond, PGA Championship 1986
Howard Twilley, Miami Dolphins Tulsa
Amber Valletta, supermodel/TV personality, Tulsa
Lloyd Waner Harrah, OK National Baseball Hall of Fame
Paul Waner Harrah, OK. National Baseball Hall of Fame
JC Watts Sooner quarterback, U.S. congressman
Dennis Weaver OU Track Star, actor
Sheb Wooley, actor on Rawhide), Erick
Alfre Woodard, actress
Judy Woodruff, journalist
