Famous Oklahomans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Oklahoma or spent some important time in Oklahoma.
Gene Autry, actor and singer
Johnny Bench, baseball player
Garth Brooks, country singer
Lon Chaney Jr., actor
Roy Clark, country singer
Tom Coburn, U.S. senator
Gordon Cooper, astronaut
James Garner, actor
Geronimo, Apache warrior
Vince Gill, country singer
Sylvan Goldman, inventor of shopping cart
Woody Guthrie, folk singer and songwriter
Merle Haggard, country singer and songwriter
Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster
Tony Hillerman, mystery novelist
S. E. Hinton, novelist
Ben Johnson, actor
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee chief
Mickey Mantle, baseball player
Reba McEntire, country singer
Roger Miller, country singer
Tom Mix, actor
Patty Page, singer
Wiley Post, aviator
James Riding-in, author
Dale Robertson, actor
Will Rogers, humorist
Sequoyah, devised a table of symbols for the 86 sounds in the Cherokee language
Jim Shoulders, 16-time world champion rodeo cowboy
Thomas Stafford, astronaut
Lauren Stamile, actress
Barry Switzer, football player and coach
Jim Thorpe, football player and Olympic athlete
Dennis Weaver, actor
Elmo Williams, film editor
Sheb Wooley, actor
