List of Famous people born in Oklahoma, United States of America
Owen K. Garriott
Owen Kay Garriott was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.
Meaghan Oppenheimer
Meaghan Oppenheimer is an American television and movie screenwriter. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in various regional theatre productions and television shows. She graduated from Holland Hall, and then New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2009. She relocated to Los Angeles to begin her screenwriting career. Oppenheimer married Tom Ellis on June 1, 2019.
Cady Groves
Cady Danyl Groves was an American singer and songwriter from Emporia, Kansas. Some of her notable songs include "This Little Girl", "Oh Darlin'", "Forget You", and "Love Actually". She released four EPs during her lifetime: A Month of Sundays (2009), The Life of a Pirate (2010), This Little Girl (2012), and Dreams (2015). A fifth EP, Bless My Heart, was released shortly after her death.
Olivia Jordan
Olivia Jordan Thomas is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2015. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as second runner-up. Jordan also represented the United States at Miss World 2013 where she finished in the top 20. She is the first woman from Oklahoma to be crowned Miss USA.
Karen Dalton
Karen J. Dalton was an American folk blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan. Although she did not enjoy much commercial success during her lifetime, her music has gained significant recognition since her death. Artists like Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, and Joanna Newsom have noted her as an influence.
Josh Jacobs
Joshua Jacobs is an American football running back for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama and was drafted by the Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists, including Adele, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, MØ, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Logic, Paul McCartney and Blackpink.
Brandon Weeden
Brandon Kyle Weeden is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was drafted as the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He has also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Titans, and Houston Texans.
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant Gill is an American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist and a duet partner.
Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After service as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.