List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America

Josh Brown

Joshua Clell Brown is a former American football placekicker. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska.

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Skip Bayless

First Name Skip
Born on December 4, 1951 (age 74)

John Edward "Skip" Bayless II is an American sports columnist, commentator, and television personality. He is well-known for his work as a commentator on the ESPN2 show First Take with Stephen A. Smith, a show which he left in June 2016. Bayless debuted his new show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1 on September 6, 2016.

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Sanora Babb

First Name Sanora
Born on April 21, 1907
Died on December 31, 2005 (aged 98)

Sanora Babb was an American novelist, poet, and literary editor. She was the wife of Chinese-born American cinematographer James Wong Howe.

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Tim Blake Nelson

First Name Tim
Last Name Nelson
Born on May 11, 1964 (age 62)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Timothy Blake Nelson is an American actor, writer, and director. His most famous roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Daniel "Danny" Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Dr. Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk (2008), Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), Buster Scruggs in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and Wade Tillman / Looking Glass in the HBO series Watchmen (2019) for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award.

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Clint Lorance

First Name Clint
Born on December 13, 1984 (age 41)

Clint Allen Lorance is a former United States Army officer and a war criminal. While serving as a first lieutenant in the War in Afghanistan with the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division in 2012, Lorance was charged with two counts of second-degree murder after he ordered his soldiers to open fire on three Afghan men who were on a motorcycle. Lorance was found guilty by a court-martial in 2013 and sentenced to 19 years in prison after the sentence was reviewed by his commanding general.

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Sarah Vowell

Sarah Jane Vowell
First Name Sarah
Last Name Vowell
Born on December 27, 1969 (age 56)

Sarah Vowell is an American author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress. Vowell has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows. She was also the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.

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Tisha Campbell

Tisha Michelle Campbell
First Name Tisha
Born on October 13, 1968 (age 57)
Height 164 cm | 5'5

Tisha Michelle Campbell is an American actress, comedian, singer, and dancer. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in New Jersey, she made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film Little Shop of Horrors, and later starred on the short-lived NBC musical comedy drama Rags to Riches (1987–1988).

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Cleavon Little

First Name Cleavon
Born on June 1, 1939
Died on October 22, 1992 (aged 53)

Cleavon Jake Little was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film Blazing Saddles.

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Josh Richardson

Joshua Michael Richardson is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers, earning first-team all-conference honors in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as a senior in 2015. He was selected in the second round of the 2015 NBA draft by the Miami Heat and has also played for the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Cindy Pickett

First Name Cindy
Last Name Pickett
Born on April 18, 1947 (age 79)

Cindy Pickett is an American actress.

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