Biographical Records
Notable People from Oklahoma
1,031 notable figures born in Oklahoma, showing page 9 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Ruth Mix
1912 - 1977
film actoractor
Ruben Rivers
1918 - 1944
military officer
John P. Allen
1929
explorer
Glen Sherley
1936 - 1978
musiciansinger-songwritersinger
Kelsey Smith-Briggs
2002 - 2005
Ralph Blane
1914 - 1995
songwriterlyricistmusician
R. Orin Cornett
1913 - 2002
physicist
Erle P. Halliburton
1892 - 1957
inventorentrepreneur
Clarence L. Tinker
1887 - 1942
military personnel
J. L. Parks
1927 - 2018
basketball player
James Vernon Smith
1926 - 1973
politician
Charles D. Carter
1868 - 1929
politician
Steven Gubser
1972 - 2019
university teacherphysicist
J. Edward Roush
1920 - 2004
politicianlawyer
Jack Jacobs
1919 - 1974
Canadian football playerAmerican football playeractor
James Jabara
1923 - 1966
air force officer
Don Lamond
1920 - 2003
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
Shelby Grant
1936 - 2011
film actortelevision actoractor
Ted Risenhoover
1934 - 2006
politician
Ed Edmondson
1919 - 1990
prosecutorjuristlawyer
Joe Stanka
1931 - 2018
baseball player
John Simmons
1918 - 1979
jazz musicianmusician
Aubrey McClendon
1959 - 2016
business executive
James Robert Hightower
1915 - 2006
sinologistuniversity teachertranslator
Michael Been
1950 - 2010
film score composersinger-songwritermusician
W. Christopher Wozencraft
1953 - 2007
mammalogistuniversity teacherzoologist
Chris McCubbins
1945 - 2009
steeplechase runnerlong-distance runner
Bob Kalsu
1945 - 1970
American football player
Robert Wayne Thomason
1952 - 1995
mathematician
Ted Cox
1955 - 2020
baseball player
Zach Hughes
1928 - 2016
science fiction writernovelist
Dean Burch
1927 - 1991
lawyer
James Banning
1900 - 1933
aircraft pilot
Hub Reed
1936 - 2024
basketball player
Pete Darcey
1930 - 2009
basketball 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
Carter Camp
1941 - 2013
environmentalist
Pleasant Porter
1840 - 1907
traditional leader or chief
Donald R. Davis
1934 - 2024
museum professionalentomologistbiologist
Lou Henson
1932 - 2020
basketball playerbasketball coach
Charles Weldon
1940 - 2018
theatre directoractor
Robert Gray
1945 - 2013
television actoractor
Bob Woodward
1909 - 1972
television actoractor
William Shipley
1921 - 2011
linguist
Bob Johnson
1905 - 1982
baseball player
Charles Brackeen
1940 - 2021
jazz musiciansaxophonistcomposer