List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America
Wade Williams
Wade Andrew Williams is an American actor. He is known for his various character roles, and for his starring role as Brad Bellick on the Fox television series Prison Break.
Chaske Spencer
Chaske Spencer is a Native American actor and producer. He had a recurring role as Deputy Billy Raven in the Cinemax original series Banshee.
Ted Shackelford
Theodore Tillman Shackelford III is an American actor. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS television series Knots Landing (1979–1993); since 2006, he has appeared in a recurring role on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, portraying twin brothers William and Jeffrey Bardwell.
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood film studios during the era of McCarthyism for being a communist.
Lam Jones
John Wesley "Lam" Jones was an American sprinter. He won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was also an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Texas.
Darla Hood
Darla Jean Hood was an American child actress, best known as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. She was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of music teacher Elizabeth Davner, and James Claude Hood, who worked in a bank.
Andrew Heaney
Andrew Mark Heaney is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Angels, and New York Yankees. Prior to becoming a professional, he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
S. Robson Walton
Samuel Robson "Rob" Walton is an heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. He is the eldest son of Helen Walton and Sam Walton. He was chairman of Walmart from 1992 to 2015. As of September 2020, Walton had a net worth of $68.1 billion, making him the 14th richest person in the world.
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Tom Platz
Thomas Steven Platz is an American retired professional bodybuilder.