- Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark (born 15 April 1933, Meherrin, Virginia) is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting one of the first nationally televised country variety shows in the United States, "Hee Haw" from 1969 - 1992. Clark has been an iconic figure in country music, both as a musician and as a popularizer of country music. Clark is an entertainer, most of all, with an amiable personality and a telegenic presence. - Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Brooks' music was ubiquitous in the 1990s. He first became visible the year before the decade began with the release of his self-titled album "Garth Brooks" and was an immediate commercial success. Successfully integrating pop and rock elements into his recordings and live performances, … - Isaac Hanson
Clarke Isaac Hanson (b. November 17, 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is one of the singers in the band Hanson. He also plays both electric and acoustic guitars, as well as the piano, the bass and synth. - Taylor Hanson
Jordan Taylor Hanson (born 14 March 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is one of the singers in the band Hanson. He also plays keyboard, percussion (including bongos and the tambourine), drums, guitar (both acoustic and electric), and piano. - Zac Hanson
Zachary Walker Hanson (born October 22, 1985 in Arlington, Virginia) is a member of the band Hanson. In addition to playing the drums, percussion, piano, and guitar, he also sings backing vocals and lead vocals on the upcoming album, The Walk. - Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson is an American R&B/soul singer and the lead vocalist for the Gap Band. He was raised in Oklahoma. At age 3 or 4, he was taught to sing in church which lead the way for him to sing in his junior high school's choir, which was a precursor to his musical career with the Gap Band and later his solo career. According to the Gap Band's website, he is sometimes colloquially known as "Uncle Charlie". This name was given to him by rapper Snoop Dogg, … - Leon Russell
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is occasionally referred to as "The Master of Space and Time," a title he acquired around the time of his collaborations with Joe Cocker. First known mostly as a session musician, Russell has played with artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, … - Bob Wills
James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader. - J. J. Cale
J.J. Cale (born John W. Cale on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American songwriter and musician best known for writing two songs that Eric Clapton made famous, "After Midnight" and "Cocaine", as well as the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Call Me The Breeze". Some sources incorrectly give his real name as "Jean Jacques Cale". - Bill Goldberg
William Scott "Bill" Goldberg (born December 27, 1966) is currently an inactive American professional wrestler, retired football player, and actor. Goldberg played college football as a defensive tackle for the University of Georgia, and in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, for whom he played for three seasons from 1992 through 1994. He is best known, however, for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling between September 1997 and January 2001, … - Jim Inhofe
James Mountain "Jim" Inhofe (born November 17 1934) is a conservative American politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the senior Senator from Oklahoma. He is among the most vocal skeptics of climate change (global warming) in Congress. Inhofe often cites the Bible as the source for his stances on various political issues. - Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasts "News and Comment" on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous "The Rest of the Story" segments. His listening audience is estimated at 22 million people a week. Harvey likes to say he was raised in radio newsrooms. - Bill Hader
Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is a comedian and repertory player on "Saturday Night Live". Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hader's comedic skills eventually led him to the Los Angeles chapter of the famed Second City, a comedy troupe that has been a training ground for many "SNL" cast members since the 1970s. - Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (born as Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. - Thomas Gilcrease
William Thomas Gilcrease (1890-1962) was an American oilman, art collector and philanthropist. During his lifetime, Gilcrease collected more than 10,000 artworks, 250,000 Native American artifacts and 100,000 rare books and documents, including the only surviving certified copy of the Declaration of Independence. He was the founder of Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. - Beth Phoenix
Elizabeth Carolan née Kocanski (born on November 24, 1980 in Elmira, New York) is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its "RAW" brand as Beth Phoenix. - David Heath
David Alan Heath (born February 10, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he made his debut at "UFC 62", defeating Cory Walmsley by first-round submission. Heath extended his UFC record to 2-0 in December 2006 in a victory over Canadian Victor Valimaki at "UFC Fight Night 7" in San Diego. Heath lost to Lyoto Machida at "UFC 70", … - John Sullivan
John A. Sullivan (born January 1, 1965) is an American politician. He has represented Oklahoma's First Congressional District (map) in the United States House of Representatives, based in Tulsa, since 2002. Sullivan was born in Tulsa and graduated from Bishop Kelley High School. He subsequently entered Northeastern State University, where he received a B.B.A. in Marketing in 1992. Sullivan is Catholic. He and his wife, Judy Beck, have four children. - Gary Busey
William Gareth Jacob Busey, Sr. (born June 29, 1944) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor. He has appeared in a number of films, including "The Buddy Holly Story", "Big Wednesday", "Lethal Weapon", "Point Break", "Valley of the Wolves Iraq" and "Under Siege". - Frank Keating
Francis Anthony "Frank" Keating (February 10, 1944) is an American politician from Oklahoma. Keating served as the 25th Governor of Oklahoma. His first term began in 1995 and ended in 1999. Keating won reelection to a second term, which ended in 2003. As of 2006, Keating is the second Governor in Oklahoma history to hold two consecutive terms and the only Republican to accomplish that feat. - Dwight Twilley
Dwight Twilley (born June 6, 1951, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for his band's 1975 hit single "I'm on Fire." Twilley and Phil Seymour met in 1967 at a theater where they had gone to see The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, and soon began writing and recording together. - Steve Largent
Stephen Michael Largent, born September 28, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a retired football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former U.S. Congressman, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma from 1994 until 2002. - S. E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American author of novels for young adults. - Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an acclaimed Academy Award-nominated, Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe-winning American actress. - Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (born June 9, 1964, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and now a jazz bass guitarist and a member of the Oklahoma Tourism Board. Wayman and wife Regina have four children. - Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain, born September 18, 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is best known as a comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with their roots in the southern United States. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator. He is the son of a Tulsa fire chief. He is a 1963 graduate of Will Rogers High School in Tulsa and was a member of the Epsilon Mu chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Tulsa, … - Tony Randall
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 - May 17, 2004) was an American comic actor. - Mary Kay Place
Mary Kay Place (b. September 23 1947, Port Arthur, Texas) is an American actress and singer. After graduating from the University of Tulsa with a Speech Degree, Placee moved to Hollywood with aspirations of becoming an actress and writer. She was hired for "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" in the 1970s as a production assistant to both Conway and producer Norman Lear. It was Conway who gave her her first on-camera break, … - Amber Valletta
Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American supermodel and actress. - Jeanne Tripplehorn
Jeanne Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American film actress. Tripplehorn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Tom Tripplehorn (known as "Tommy Tripplehorn"), who was once a guitarist with Gary Lewis & the Playboys. After graduating high school (during high school), Tripplehorn became a D.J. at Tulsa radio station KMOD, using the air name "Jeanie Summers". She was stage-trained as an actress (at Juilliard) and also served as a TV host. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan was a United States Senator, Ambassador, and eminent sociologist. He was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected with the Democratic Party three times (in 1982, 1988, and 1994). He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Prior to his years in the Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, … - Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (b. October 21, 1914, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a popular American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing magic (conjuring), pseudoscience, literature (especially Lewis Carroll), philosophy, and religion. He wrote the "Mathematical Games" column in "Scientific American" from 1956 to 1981 and has published over 60 books. - Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. - Jared Tyler
Jared Tyler, Tulsa Oklahoma, is an American singer-songwriter. He made his national debut with the release of "Blue Alleluia", an album produced by Russ Titelman on Walking Liberty Records, NYC. Tyler has been the supporting act for many artists and bands such as Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, Merle Haggard, Wilco, Shelby Lynne, Dave Wilcox, Shannon Lawson, and Willis Alan Ramsey. - Larry Clark
Larry Clark (born 1 January 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is most well known for the movie "Kids". His most common subject is youth on the fringe of society who casually engage in underage and illegal drug use, violence or sex and who are part of a subculture like punk or skateboarding that "accepts" these activities. - Charles Page
Charles Page (June 2, 1860-1926) was an important philanthropist in the early history of Oklahoma and Tulsa. His enduring act was the creation of the Sand Springs Home for orphans and widows and otherwise unwanted and unloved children. Page was born in Arnott, Wisconsin, outside of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. His father died when he was eleven years old. Thereafter, he took care of his mother, Mary, and younger brother. He married twice, his first wife died. - John Starks
John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American former basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. Starks was listed at 6'5" during his NBA playing career. Starks bagged groceries for several years before playing basketball for several community colleges. He finished his collegiate career at Oklahoma State University. - Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner (born April 27 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a distinguished session drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Keltner is best known for his session work on solo recordings by three of the Beatles, working often with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr. - Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (born July 26, 1922) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage director. He began his career as an actor and script-writer, including seven screenplays for Richard Quine. His early career as a script-writer was for radio. His hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective became NBCs answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, … - R. A. Lafferty
Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (November 7, 1914 - March 18, 2002) was a noted science fiction and fantasy writer of Irish descent, famous for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, "In a Green Tree"; a history book, "The Fall of Rome"; and a number of novels that could be more or less loosely called historical fiction.
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