Biographical Records
Notable People from Oklahoma
1,031 notable figures born in Oklahoma, showing page 9 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Norton Dodge
1927 – 2011
economist
J. L. Parks
1927 – 2018
basketball player
Ralph Blane
1914 – 1995
songwriterlyricistmusician
R. Orin Cornett
1913 – 2002
physicist
Erle P. Halliburton
1892 – 1957
inventorentrepreneur
Glen Sherley
1936 – 1978
musiciansinger-songwritersinger
Kelsey Smith-Briggs
2002 – 2005
Steven Gubser
1972 – 2019
university teacherphysicist
J. Edward Roush
1920 – 2004
politicianlawyer
James Vernon Smith
1926 – 1973
politician
Don Lamond
1920 – 2003
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
Jack Jacobs
1919 – 1974
Canadian football playerAmerican football playeractor
James Jabara
1923 – 1966
air force officer
Charles D. Carter
1868 – 1929
politician
Patrick Smith
1963 – 2019
taekwondo athletemixed martial arts fighterboxer
Ted Risenhoover
1934 – 2006
politician
Shelby Grant
1936 – 2011
film actortelevision actoractor
Neill Armstrong
1926 – 2016
Canadian football playerAmerican football coachAmerican football player
Ed Edmondson
1919 – 1990
prosecutorjuristlawyer
John P. Allen
1929
explorer
John Simmons
1918 – 1979
jazz musicianmusician
James Robert Hightower
1915 – 2006
sinologistuniversity teachertranslator
Joe Stanka
1931 – 2018
baseball player
Robert Wayne Thomason
1952 – 1995
mathematician
Michael Been
1950 – 2010
film score composersinger-songwritermusician
Otto Anderson
1900 – 1963
athletics competitor
Chris McCubbins
1945 – 2009
steeplechase runnerlong-distance runner
Pleasant Porter
1840 – 1907
traditional leader or chief
W. Christopher Wozencraft
1953 – 2007
mammalogistuniversity teacherzoologist
Rae Norman
1958 – 2020
television actoractor
Bob Kalsu
1945 – 1970
American football player
Pete Darcey
1930 – 2009
basketball player
Dean Burch
1927 – 1991
lawyer
Donald R. Davis
1934 – 2024
museum professionalentomologistbiologist
James Banning
1900 – 1933
aircraft pilot
Hub Reed
1936 – 2024
basketball player
Ted Cox
1955 – 2020
baseball player
Sandra Giles
1932 – 2016
film actortelevision actormodel
Ernest E. Evans
1908 – 1944
military officer
Charles V. Hamilton
1929 – 2023
political scientist
Charles Coe
1923 – 2001
golferaircraft pilot
Joseph D. Sneed
1938 – 2020
philosopheruniversity teacherphysicist
Charles Weldon
1940 – 2018
theatre directoractor
Carter Camp
1941 – 2013
environmentalist
Lou Henson
1932 – 2020
basketball playerbasketball coach
Zach Hughes
1928 – 2016
science fiction writernovelist
Robert Gray
1945 – 2013
television actoractor
William Shipley
1921 – 2011
linguist
Ken Drake
1921 – 1987
film actortelevision actor
Bob Woodward
1909 – 1972
television actoractor