- Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was an American comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor. He has been named Oklahoma's favorite son. - Will Rogers
Will Rogers (December 12, 1898 - August 3, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Born on a farm near Bessie, Oklahoma Territory (now Oklahoma), Rogers attended the public schools, and Southwestern Teachers College, Weatherford, Oklahoma. Central Teachers College, Edmond, Oklahoma, B.S., 1926 and A.B., 1929. And from the University of Oklahoma at Norman, M.S., 1930. He was a teacher in the public schools at Bessie, Oklahoma from 1917 to 1919. - Tom Coburn
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948) is a medical doctor and a Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He is considering running for President in 2008. - Oral Roberts
Granville Oral Roberts (born January 24, 1918) is an American neo-Pentecostal televangelist. He is also a leader in the charismatic movement and a former faith healer. - Bobby Murcer
Bobby Ray Murcer (born May 20, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was a professional baseball player for 17 seasons. After coming up briefly in with the New York Yankees in 1965 and 1966, Murcer fulfilled his military obligation before being called up to the majors to stay in 1969. Murcer averaged 21 home runs, 89 RBIs, and a .277 average over a full season during his career. A switch hitter, Murcer ended with 252 home runs, 1,043 RBIs, and a .277 average. - 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, … - Mickey Mantle
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams. Mantle played on 12 pennant winners and 7 World Championship clubs. He still holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), … - Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961) is an American country music singer-songwriter who has enjoyed commercial success throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Five of his albums have reached number one on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart, and he has had fifteen Number One singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts. In addition, he starred in the 2006 film "Broken Bridges". - J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts (born November 18, 1957) is an American conservative Republican politician, CNN political contributor, former Representative from Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress, and former professional Canadian football player. - Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He became famous during the mid 1990s, after having starring roles in several major Hollywood films, including "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994 and the thriller "Se7en" in 1995. Pitt has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe Award, both for his role in "Twelve Monkeys" (1996). - Vince Gill
Vince Gill (born Vincent Grant Gill, April 12, 1957) is an American country music musician, songwriter, and singer. - Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time. She was known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 29 albums, with more than 60 million records sold as of 2006. - 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. - Dr. Phil
Phillip Calvin "Phil" McGraw, (born September 1, 1950), best known as Dr. Phil, is a four-time Emmy Award-nominated television personality who is the host of the popular American psychology TV show "Dr. Phil", who gained celebrity status following appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". McGraw is noted for his Texas accent and for his one-finger wave to his wife Robin, in the audiences at the beginning of every show. - Dan Boren
David Daniel "Dan" Boren (born August 2, 1973) is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma, representing Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (map). - Tom Cole
Thomas Jeffery Cole (born April 28, 1949) is a politician from the state of Oklahoma, currently representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cole, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), is the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the House. He also serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, and is a Deputy Minority Whip. - Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on "Walker, Texas Ranger". In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts. - Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma. He is most well-known for his service as Speaker of the House from 1971 to 1977. At 5 feet 4 inches tall, Albert was often affectionately known as the "Little Giant from Little Dixie." He is also credited with having held the highest political office of any Oklahoman in American history. "(see also: Little Dixie)" - 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. - Jim Thorpe
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (May 28 1888–March 28 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, played American football collegiately and professionally, and also played professional baseball and basketball. - Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin (born December 9, 1954) is an American Republican politician from the US State of Oklahoma. She is currently the Congresswoman for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, replacing outgoing Congressman Ernest Istook. She is the second woman elected to the United States Congress from Oklahoma and the the first since 1921. Fallin was the first Republican and first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. She served in that post from 1995 to 2007. - Bill Self
Bill Self (born December 27, 1962 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas. He is a four-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), was named National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News in 2000, and the Big 12 Coach Year in 2006. Self played collegiate basketball at Oklahoma State University, … - Bill Moyers
Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934 as Billy Don Moyers) is an American journalist and public commentator. Born in Hugo, Oklahoma, and raised in Texas, Moyers began his journalism career at age 16 as a cub reporter at the "Marshall News Messenger" in Marshall, Texas. He and his wife, Judith Davidson Moyers, have three grown children and five grandchildren. - Ernest Istook
Ernest James Istook Jr. (born February 11 1950, in Fort Worth, Texas) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th District of Oklahoma. Istook was a member of the Appropriations and the Homeland Security committees. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006, running against incumbent Democratic Gov. Brad Henry. Istook lost the gubernatorial race by a very wide margin, getting only 33.5% of the vote to Henry's 66.5%. - Bob Wills
James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader. - Drew Edmondson
William Andrew "Drew" Edmondson (born October 12, 1946), is an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, Edmondson is the 16th and current Attorney General of Oklahoma. - 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. - Don Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6 1948) is an American political leader who was a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. A member of the religious right, he sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned gay marriage. - Jason White
Jason White (born June 19 1980) was a quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team from 1999 to 2004 (jersey number 18). White was raised in Tuttle, Oklahoma playing high-school football there with the Tuttle Tigers (jersey number 17). After suffering from consecutive anterior cruciate ligament tears and reconstructive knee surgeries on both knees during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, … - Wiley Post
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 - August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His plywood aircraft, the "Winnie Mae" is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center adjacent to Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and his pressure suit is being prepared for display at the same location. - 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. - Clem McSpadden
Clem Rogers McSpadden (born November 9, 1925), was a Democrat politician and a Representative to Congress from Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District who served from 1973 to 1975. McSpadden was born on a ranch near the small town of Bushyhead in Rogers County, Oklahoma. He attended public schools at nearby Oologah. After completing his college education, he served in the United States Navy during World War II 1944-1946. He was first elected to public office in November, … - Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a American actor, film director, and producer, primarily for his roles on sitcoms, movies and television, who came to prominence in the 1960s as Andy Griffith's son, Opie Taylor, on "The Andy Griffith Show", and later as Tom Bosley's son & Henry Winkler's best friend, Richie Cunningham, on "Happy Days" (a role he played from 1974 to 1980). - Robert S. Kerr
Robert S. Kerr, born September 11, 1896 in what is now Ada, Oklahoma and died on January 1, 1963 in Washington, D.C.. From humble beginnings he became a sucessful oilman, Governor of Oklahoma, and a United States Senator who worked to conserve natural resources and whose legacy includes water projects that link the Arkansas River to the oceans of the world. - Robert
Robert (Bob) Dale Fenimore, football player, native of Woodward, Oklahoma. Oklahoma A&M now Oklahoma State University’s first two-time All American football player. Following college, Fenimore was a first draft choice of the Chicago Bears. Fenimore is a member of the Oklahoma Football Hall of Fame, the Big 8 Football Hall of Fame, and the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame. He played on the winning 1945 Cotton Bowl and 1946 Sugar Bowl teams. - Jim Ross
James William Ross (born January 3 1950) is a professional wrestling announcer and executive currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its "RAW" brand as their play-by-play commentator. To many peers, Ross is considered to be one of the best wrestling announcers in history and has been called the voice of World Wrestling Entertainment. He is better known as Good Ol JR or simply JR to his fans. - Troy Aikman
Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California, USA) is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the Fox network. He is also a joint owner of the NASCAR Nextel Cup racing team, Hall of Fame Racing, along with fellow former Cowboys quarterback, Roger Staubach. He is considered one of the best NFL quarterbacks of his era, … - Frank Lucas
Frank D. Lucas (b. January 6, 1960) is a politician from the state of Oklahoma, currently representing Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional district in the U.S. House (map). The district, the largest in the state and one of the largest in the country, stretches from the Panhandle to the fringes of the Tulsa suburbs. - Jari Askins
Jari Askins (April 27, 1953) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from the US State of Oklahoma. She is the 15th and current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. She is the second female Lt. Governor in Oklahoma and the first female Democrat to hold the position. Before serving as Lt Governor, Askins served in all three branches of the government of Oklahoma: Legislative (State Representative), Executive (Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board), … - Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. Chenoweth is a person of small stature (four feet, eleven inches tall and 95 pounds) and has a distinctive speaking voice; in "FHM's" March 2006 issue, she compared her voice to that of Betty Boop. Chenoweth is a coloratura soprano.
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