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

David Daniel Boren is the President and Chief Banking Officer at First United Bank of Oklahoma. Dan is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2013. The district includes most of the eastern part of the state outside of Tulsa. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as a State Representative in Oklahoma House District 28.

Ronald Fagin is an American mathematician and computer scientist, and IBM Fellow at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He is known for his work in database theory, finite model theory, and reasoning about knowledge.

Elizabeth Leonard Scott was an American mathematician specializing in statistics.

Robert Irby Clarke was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s.

Steve La Porte is a makeup artist. He won at the 61st Academy Awards in the category of Best Makeup for his work on Beetlejuice. He shared his Oscar with Ve Neill and Robert Short.

Robert James Woolsey Jr. headed the Central Intelligence Agency from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. He held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. His career also included time as a professional lawyer, venture capitalist and investor in the private sector.

Brandon Douglas is an American actor. He first came to prominence in the television series Falcon Crest, in which he played Ben Agretti during the 1988–1989 season. He is best known for playing Wayne Jones in the TV series Northern Exposure. He is also known for playing Dr. Andrew Cook in the series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Other credits include 21 Jump Street, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, and JAG. He also costarred as Cameron Frye in the sitcom Ferris Bueller.

Bud S. Smith is an American film editor, producer, and director. He shared the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Flashdance and also shared the 2008 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. He is a regular collaborator of director William Friedkin, serving as editor on six of his films. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Flashdance (1983) and The Exorcist (1973). He is married to dialogue editor Lucy Coldsnow-Smith.

Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Noted in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.

John Harold Whisenant Jr. is an American former head coach for the Sacramento Monarchs and New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).