List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America
J Mays
J Mays is an American industrial designer who served as Group Vice President of Global Design and Chief Creative Officer at Ford Motor Company, and is now Chief Design Officer at Whirlpool. His name is simply "J", named after his grandfather, S J Mays.
Lonny Chapman
Lon Leonard Chapman was an American actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on television drama series.
John Ingle
John Houston Ingle was an American actor best known for his roles as scheming patriarch Edward Quartermaine in the ABC soap opera General Hospital and Mr. Threehorn, the father of the main character Cera in the Land Before Time.
J. Edward Roush
John Edward Roush was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Patrick Cranshaw
Joseph Patrick Cranshaw was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, in the 2003 hit comedy Old School. Cranshaw also starred as Sheriff Bob in the Air Bud movies and he played the same role in Air Buddies for the final time; Air Buddies was dedicated to both him and Don Knotts, who died one year after Cranshaw's death.
Mason Cook
Mason Cook is an American actor. He played Cecil Wilson in the 2011 film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. From 2016 to 2019, he has portrayed the role of Ray DiMeo in the ABC sitcom Speechless.
Greg Edmonson
Greg Edmonson is a music composer for television and movies. He is primarily known for composing the soundtrack to the cult TV series Firefly. He is also the composer for the first three games in the Uncharted video game series, and for a number of episodes of the American animated sitcom King of the Hill.
Kyle Nelson
Kyle Nelson is an American football long snapper who is a free agent. He played college football at New Mexico State University. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2011.
Joseph J. Clark
Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark, USN was an admiral in the United States Navy, who commanded aircraft carriers during World War II. Born and raised in Oklahoma and a native of the Cherokee Nation, In 1917, he was the first Native American to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. Clark preferred to be called "J. J." instead of his full name or the nickname "Jocko."
Jimmy Rushing
James Andrew Rushing was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.