List of people from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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This is a list of well-known persons who were either born in, or lived in, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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[edit] Arts
- Gilbert Adams – artist.
- Marcello Angelini – ballet dancer.
- Dewayne Pass – printmaker.
- P. S. Gordon – painter.
- Michelle Firment Reid; artist.
[edit] Business
- Frank Abagnale – fraud expert, former con man, subject of Catch Me If You Can.
- Thomas Gilcrease – oil man, endowed Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art.
- George Kaiser – Billionaire chairmain of BOK Financial Corporation.
- Henry Kravis – Billionaire co-founder, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Frank Phillips – founder of Phillips Petroleum.
[edit] Entertainment/media
- Gary Busey – actor.
- Kristin Chenoweth – Broadway actress.
- Cindy Chupack – scriptwriter, Sex and the City.
- Larry Clark – film director and photographer.
- Iron Eyes Cody – actor.
- Blake Edwards – film director and producer.
- Bill Hader – actor.
- Paul Harvey – radio personality.
- Jennifer Jones – actress.
- Heather Langenkamp – actress.
- Tim Blake Nelson – actor and director.
- Mary Kay Place – actress.
- Tony Randall – actor.
- Julian Rebolledo – actor and voice talent.
- Gailard Sartain – actor.
- Ted Shackelford – actor.
- Jeanne Tripplehorn – actress.
- Amber Valletta – actress and supermodel.
- Alfre Woodard – actress.
- Judy Woodruff – news anchor and journalist.
- Don Woods – meteorologist.
[edit] Print
- Ted Berrigan – poet.
- Daniel J. Boorstin – historian and writer; former Librarian of Congress.
- Joseph N. Cameron – poet.
- John Hope Franklin – African American historian.
- Martin Gardner – author of works on philosophy, mathematics and literature.
- S. E. Hinton – author.
- Russell Myers – cartoonist of the Broom-Hilda comic strip.
- Dan Piraro – cartoonist of the Bizarro comic strip.
- Ron Padgett – poet.
- Michael Wallis – author.
[edit] Music
- Garth Brooks – country music singer.
- J.J. Cale – songwriter and musician.
- Jeremy Castle – country music singer and songwriter.
- Chuck Cissel – singer and dancer.
- Gap Band – R&B, funk, and soul band.
- Hanson – pop band.
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – jazz band.
- Tosca Kramer – violinist, violist, and music educator
- Fredell Lack – violinist
- Carl Radle – musician, bassist for Derek and the Dominos.
- Leon Russell – singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist.
- David Terry – The do everything man from the band Aqueduct (band).
- Wayman Tisdale – jazz musician and former professional basketball player.
- Dwight Twilley – musician.
- Bob Wills – country music singer.
- Joe Diffie - country musician.
- Jared Tyler – singer-songwriter and producer.
[edit] Politics
- Dewey F. Bartlett – former Governor of the state of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator.
- James Inhofe – U.S. Senator.
- Frank Keating – former Governor of the state of Oklahoma
- Sheila Kuehl – former actress, now California State Senator.
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan – Democratic U.S. Senator representing the state of New York.
- John Sullivan – member of the United States House of Representatives.
- Tom Adelson – member of the Oklahoma State Senate.
- Brian Crain – member of the Oklahoma State Senate.
- Terry Young – former Mayor of the City of Tulsa.
[edit] Sports
- Matt Gogel – professional golfer.
- Bill Goldberg – former professional football and wrestler.
- Randy Heckenkemper - golf course designer
- Koyie Hill – Major League Baseball catcher
- Kenny Monday – Olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling.
- Charlie O'Brien – former professional baseball catcher.
- Nolan Richardson – former college basketball coach for the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas.
- Tubby Smith – college basketball coach at the University of Kentucky; former coach of the University of Tulsa and University of Georgia.
- Sammy Sosa – professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs (formerly of Minor league baseball's Tulsa Drillers).
- John Starks – former professional basketball player for the New York Knicks.
- Iciss Tillis – professional basketball player of the WNBA's Washington Mystics.