List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America
Will Sampson
William Sampson Jr. was a Native American painter, actor, and rodeo performer. He is best known for his performance as the apparent deaf and mute Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Crazy Horse in the 1977 western The White Buffalo, as well as his roles as Taylor in Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Ten Bears in 1976's The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Steve Largent
Stephen Michael Largent is an American former professional football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former Republican politician, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma, from 1994 until 2002. Prior to his political career, Largent was a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League for his entire 14-season professional football career. He held several all-time receiving records when he retired and is considered one of the greatest wide receivers of all-time.
Barry Odom
Barry Stephen Odom is an American football coach and currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas. He is the former head football coach of the Missouri Tigers football team.
Ekpe Udoh
Ekpedeme Friday "Ekpe" Udoh is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and the Baylor Bears. In the 2010 NBA draft, he was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the sixth overall pick.
Jesse Pearson
Bobby Wayne Pearson, known as Jesse Pearson, was an American actor, singer, director, and writer.
Zaven Collins
Zaven Collins is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulsa, where he was named a unanimous All-American and won several defensive player of the year awards in 2020. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Tony Randall
Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for his role as Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. In a career spanning about six decades, Randall received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Anita Bryant
Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses" that reached No. 5 on the charts. She was also a former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and was a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.
Ree Drummond
Anne Marie "Ree" Drummond is an American blogger, author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, she was listed as No. 22 on Forbes' Top 25 Web Celebrities. Her blog, The Pioneer Woman, which documents Drummond's daily life as a ranch wife and mother, was named Weblog of the Year 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Annual Weblog Awards.
Ivy Levan
Ivy Rose Levan is an American singer, songwriter, model and actress from Bentonville, Arkansas. At 16, Levan moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, eventually signing to Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records. Levan made her acting debut starring as "Cynthia" in the 2010 film Drop Dead Gorgeous which followed by other television appearances, including her most recent in Fox's The Rocky Horror Show film.