List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America
Jean Shepard
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.
Ted Hinton
Ted Cass Hinton was a Dallas County, Texas, deputy sheriff, the youngest of the posse that ambushed and killed Bonnie and Clyde near Gibsland, Louisiana, on May 23, 1934.
Randy Bass
Randy William Bass is an American politician and former baseball player. He is less notable for his career in Major League Baseball than for his success in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hanshin Tigers. From 2005 to 2019, Bass served as a Democratic State Senator from Oklahoma, representing District 32.
Larry Sellers
Larry Sellers is an American actor and stuntman of Osage, Cherokee, and Lakota heritage.
Daryl Dike
Daryl Dike is an American soccer player who plays for Barnsley of the EFL Championship, on loan from Orlando City of MLS. Dike played college soccer for the University of Virginia and was selected in the first round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City having already signed a Generation Adidas contract. He is the most recent recipient of the offensive category for the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1977.
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Yahweh ben Yahweh was an American black leader who in 1979 founded and led the Nation of Yahweh, a new religious movement headquartered in Florida that had thousands of African-American devotees at its peak. Yahweh was later indicted on three counts of federal racketeering and extortion charges, to which he was found not guilty. However, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.
Tracy Letts
Tracy S. Letts is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County and a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).
Jason White
Jason White is an American former college football quarterback who played for the University of Oklahoma, was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and won the Heisman Trophy in 2003.
Shake Milton
Malik Benjamin "Shake" Milton is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2015 to 2018. Milton was drafted 54th overall in the 2018 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks and previously played for the Delaware Blue Coats.