100 Notable alumni of
Oklahoma State University
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Oklahoma State University is 266th in the world, 114th in North America, and 107th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Oklahoma State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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James Marsden
- Occupations
- actortelevision actormodelfilm actorvoice actor
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James Paul Marsden is an American actor. His accolades include nominations for two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe. He began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Touched by an Angel (1995), and Party of Five (1995). Marsden gained fame for his portrayal of Cyclops in four films of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and for his roles in the films The Notebook (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Hairspray (2007), Enchanted (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the drama film The Butler (2013), Tom Wachowski in the action-adventure comedy film series Sonic the Hedgehog (2020–present) and reprised his role as Cyclops in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Doomsday (2026).
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Daniel Cormier
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlersports analystmixed martial arts fighter
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Daniel Ryan Cormier is an American former professional mixed martial artist, freestyle wrestler, and current color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion, Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first fighter to have title defenses in two divisions. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.
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Reba McEntire
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- singervoice actorrecording artistactorcountry singer
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Reba Nell McEntire, or simply Reba, is an American country singer and actress. Dubbed "The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s, she has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number-one spot. An actress in both film and television, McEntire starred in the television series Reba, which aired for six seasons. She also owns several businesses, including a restaurant and a clothing line.
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Garth Brooks
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 1984 studied advertising
- Occupations
- actorsinger-songwriterpoetfilm producerguitarist
- Biography
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Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country singer and songwriter. His musical style blends traditional country with pop and rock elements, which has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.
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Randy Couture
- Occupations
- film actorathletetelevision actoractorprofessional wrestler
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Randall Duane Couture is an American mixed martial arts commentator, actor, former United States Army sergeant, former professional mixed martial artist, and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler. During his tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he became a three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, an interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, making him a six-time UFC Champion and the UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament winner. He is the first fighter in history to win a UFC championship in two different divisions. As of 2025, he serves as a commentator and analyst for the Professional Fighters League.
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Rickie Fowler
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Rick Yutaka Fowler is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008. On January 24, 2016, he reached a career high fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking following his victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. He is one of only four golfers to shoot 62 in a major championship, achieving the feat at the 2023 U.S. Open, played at the Los Angeles Country Club.
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Anita Hill
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- human rights defenderlawyerprofessorwomen's rights activist
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Anita Faye Hill is an American lawyer, educator and author. She is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the university's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.
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Rex Linn
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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Rex Maynard Linn is an American actor. He is best known domestically for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and more recently for playing Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. Internationally he is best known for playing Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller film Cliffhanger.
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Joyce Meyer
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Pauline Joyce Meyer is an American Charismatic Christian author, speaker, and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Joyce and her husband, Dave, have four grown children and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered near the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.
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Marcus Smart
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marcus Osmond Smart is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile defenders of his generation, he has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team thrice and was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, becoming only the second point guard after Gary Payton to do so. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Johny Hendricks
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fightercollegiate wrestler
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Johny Hendricks is an American former mixed martial artist and collegiate wrestler. He competed in the welterweight and middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and is a former UFC Welterweight Champion.
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Cade Cunningham
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Cade Parker Cunningham is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Bowie High School in his hometown of Arlington, Texas, before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and among the top players in the 2020 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he led one of the best high school teams in history and received national player of the year recognition.
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Mason Rudolph
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Brett Mason Rudolph III is an American professional football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, winning the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award during his last year before being drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 2018 NFL draft. Rudolph has also played for the Tennessee Titans.
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Paul Sparks
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Paul Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire, writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, mall owner John Breem in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Physical, attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series The Girlfriend Experience, and a recurring role in the limited series The Night Of. Sparks has also starred in the films Deception (2008), Afterschool (2008), The Missing Person (2008), Mud (2012), Parkland (2013), Stealing Cars (2015), Thoroughbreds (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017).
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Viktor Hovland
- Occupations
- professional golfer
- Biography
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Viktor Hovland is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2019. Hovland became the first Norwegian to win on the PGA Tour (2020 Puerto Rico Open) and on the European Tour (2021 BMW International Open). He has won seven times on the PGA Tour, including at the 2023 Tour Championship, resulting in his first FedEx Cup.
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Markwayne Mullin
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 2010 graduated with associate degree
- Occupations
- husbandry workerradio personalitybusiness executiveplumberpolitician
- Biography
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Markwayne Mullin is an American and Cherokee politician and businessman serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in a special election in 2022 to serve the remainder of Jim Inhofe's term.
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Bill Self
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- coachbasketball playerbasketball coach
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Billy Eugene Self Jr. is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level and has been the coach of the Jayhawks since 2003.
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Muhammed Lawal
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlerprofessional wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
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Muhammed Lawal, known by his ring name King Mo, is an American professional wrestler and retired mixed martial artist currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. As a mixed martial artist, he is a former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and Rizin 100kg World Grand Prix Champion.
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Tony Allen
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Anthony Allen is an American former professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies. Nicknamed "the Grindfather", he is a six-time member on the NBA All-Defensive Team, including three first-team selections. Allen won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 2008. Known for his suffocating on-ball pressure, he is widely regarded as one of the best defenders in NBA history.
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Buddy Ryan
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
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James David "Buddy" Ryan was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1986 to 1990, and of the Arizona Cardinals from 1994 to 1995. Ryan also served as the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears from 1978 to 1985, and of the Houston Oilers in 1993. Coaching multiple Hall of Fame defensive players throughout his career, Ryan is considered by many to be one of the greatest defensive minds in the history of American football.
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T. Boone Pickens
- Occupations
- financierhusbandry workerentrepreneur
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Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. Later in life, he was a prominent conservative activist and philanthropist. At the time of Pickens' death in 2019, his net worth stood at $500 million, after he had given away more than $1 billion to various philanthropic causes.
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Justin Blackmon
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Justin Carl Blackmon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, twice earning unanimous All-American honors before being selected by the Jaguars fifth overall in the 2012 NFL draft. With Jacksonville, he was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy and was suspended indefinitely for another violation later that year and has not played since. Blackmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Don Haskins
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- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Donald Lee Haskins, nicknamed "the Bear", was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). He was the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1961 to 1999 (the school was known as Texas Western College until 1967). In 1966 his team won the NCAA tournament over the Wildcats of the University of Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp. The watershed game highlighted the end of racial segregation in college basketball.
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Eka Zguladze
- Occupations
- civil servantjournalistpoliticiantranslator
- Biography
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Ekaterine "Eka" Zguladze is a Georgian and Ukrainian government official. She served as First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 17 December 2014 until 11 May 2016. She had also served as Georgia's First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs from 2006 to 2012 and Acting Minister of Internal Affairs in 2012.
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Kevin Stitt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Kevin Stitt is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote. Stitt was reelected to a second term in 2022, defeating Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister, a Republican turned Democrat, with 55.4% of the vote.
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Wally Funk
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in secondary education
- Occupations
- inspectorastronautaircraft pilotflight instructor
- Biography
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Mary Wallace Funk is an American aviator, commercial astronaut, and goodwill ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Administration inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13.
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Mason Cox
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Studied in 2010-2014
- Occupations
- basketball playerAustralian rules football player
- Biography
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Mason Troy Cox is an American-born Australian professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Playing as a ruckman and key forward, he first played Australian rules football in April 2014 before making his AFL debut for Collingwood two years later in April 2016. Cox previously played basketball for Oklahoma State University in the Big 12 Conference and, standing at 211 cm (6 ft 11 in), is the tallest player to ever be measured at an AFL Draft Combine.
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Chuba Hubbard
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Chuba Robert-Shamar Hubbard is a Canadian professional football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he was a unanimous All-American, named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and won the Jon Cornish Trophy in 2019. Hubbard was selected by the Panthers in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.
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John Starks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Levell Starks is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was undrafted in the 1988 NBA draft after attending four colleges in his native Oklahoma, including Oklahoma State University. Starks was named an NBA All-Star while playing for the New York Knicks in the 1990s.
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Mary Fallin
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Newt Fallin is an American politician and real estate broker who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2011, and as lieutenant governor from 1995 to 2007. As of 2025, Fallin remains the only woman to have served as governor of Oklahoma.
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Tom Coburn
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Studied in 1983
- Graduated with intern
- Occupations
- physicianobstetricianpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Allen Coburn was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 2005 to 2015. A Republican, Coburn previously served as a United States representative from 1995 to 2001.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie
- Occupations
- manageramateur wrestlerprofessional wrestler
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Adnan bin Abdul Kareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie, better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, was an Iraqi-American professional wrestler and manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan. In 1971 he defeated André the Giant in Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, under the auspices of his high school classmate, Ba'ath Party leader Saddam Hussein. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). On December 7, 1976, he won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship with Chief Jay Strongbow.
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Eddie Sutton
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Edward Eugene Sutton was an American college basketball coach. A native of Bucklin, Kansas, Sutton played college basketball at Oklahoma A&M (later Oklahoma State) and was a head coach at the high school, junior college, and college levels spanning six decades.
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Dexter Manley
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Dexter Keith Manley is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Ottawa Rough Riders. Manley played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was selected by the Redskins in the fifth round of the 1981 NFL draft.
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John Ashley
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- singertelevision actorfilm actortelevision producerfilm producer
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John Ashley was an American actor, producer and singer. He was best known for his work as an actor in films for American International Pictures, producing and acting in horror films shot in the Philippines, and for producing various television series, including The A-Team.
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Mark Muñoz
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlerThai boxermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Mark Kenery Muñoz is a Filipino-American former professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor from 2007 until 2015, Munoz also formerly competed for the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Throughout his career, Munoz was credited as one of "the nicest guys in MMA" even being officially ranked as No.1 during an Episode of "UFC Tonight" due to his contributions to both the sport of MMA, and his local community through activities such as starting up and running his own gym, and heading his own "anti-bullying" campaign.
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Stuart Roosa
- Occupations
- military flight engineerastronautmilitary officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Stuart Allen Roosa was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to land astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) on the Moon. While Shepard and Mitchell spent two days on the lunar surface, Roosa conducted experiments from orbit in the Command Module Kitty Hawk. He was one of 24 men to travel to the Moon, which he orbited 34 times.
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Andrew Heaney
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Andrew Mark Heaney is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Prior to becoming a professional, he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Desmond Mason
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Desmond Tremaine Mason is an American painter and former professional basketball player. He played as a shooting guard and small forward. Mason has also found success as an artist, working in a variety of media. Currently, he is an NBA analyst and sports radio co-host for The Franchise, a sports talk station in Oklahoma City.
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Liu Shih-fang
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Shyh-fang is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as the Minister of the Interior since 2024.
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Jaylen Warren
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Studied in 2021-2021
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Derrell Jaylen Warren is an American professional football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Snow College, Utah State and Oklahoma State.
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Kathrin Lehmann
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Kathrin Margrit Lehmann is a Swiss-German member of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) board of directors and a retired elite ice hockey forward and association football goalkeeper. She is the only sportswoman to have won the premier European cup competition in both ice hockey and association football.
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Richard Dumas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Richard Wayne Dumas Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is the son of former American Basketball Association (ABA) player Rich Dumas.
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Jeffrey Beall
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- bloggerlibrarian
- Biography
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Jeffrey Beall is an American librarian and library scientist who drew attention to "predatory open access publishing", a term he coined, and created Beall's list, a list of potentially predatory open-access publishers.
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James Anderson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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James Lee Anderson is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ula of the Saudi Basketball League (SBL). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. In 2010, Anderson was named Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a first team All-American. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 20th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft.
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Ed Roberts
- Occupations
- military officercomputer scientistbusinesspersoninventorphysician
- Biography
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Henry Edward Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful microcomputer in 1974. He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer".
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Alexander Norén
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Alexander Norén is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won twelve tournaments on the European Tour, including the BMW PGA Championship, the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, the British Masters, HNA Open de France and the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He was a member of the winning 2018 European Ryder Cup team.
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Don Nickles
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Donald Lee Nickles is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senate as the longest-serving senator from Oklahoma up until that point, he founded the Nickles Group, a lobbying firm.
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Blake Jarwin
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Blake Jarwin is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
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John Juanda
- Occupations
- poker player
- Biography
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Johnson "John" Juanda is an Indonesian professional poker player of Chinese descent based in Tokyo, Japan. He has won five World Series of Poker bracelets.
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Matt Hague
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball coach
- Biography
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Matthew Donald Hague is an American professional baseball first baseman and coach. He is the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Markel Brown
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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DeMarious Markel Brown is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Spencer Sanders
- Years
- 1999-.. (age 27)
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Spencer Sanders is an American football quarterback for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (UFL). He previously played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Ole Miss Rebels.
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Frank Lucas
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 1982 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Dean Lucas is an American politician and farmer serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003, prior to redistricting.
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Jawun Evans
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jawun B. Evans is an American professional basketball player for the Anhui Wenyi of the National Basketball League (NBL). A point guard, he played college basketball for Oklahoma State, Evans was named an All-American in the 2016–17 season.
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Keith Anderson
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Keith Anderson is an American country music singer. Before signing to a record deal, Anderson was one of several co-writers on "Beer Run (B Double E Double R-U-N)", a duet by Garth Brooks and George Jones, released in late 2001. Anderson was signed as a recording artist to Arista Nashville in 2004. His debut single "Pickin' Wildflowers" was released that year, as the lead-off track from his debut album Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll. Counting "Pickin' Wildflowers", the album produced a total of four hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and was certified gold by the RIAA.
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Ally Carter
- Occupations
- bloggerchildren's writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Ally Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman, an American author of young adult fiction and adult-fiction novels.
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Kenny Monday
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Kenny Dale Monday is an Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. Monday is a three-time Olympian.
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Henry Bellmon
- Occupations
- farmermilitary officerpolitician
- Biography
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Henry Louis Bellmon was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mainly in the 1960s and again in the 1980s, as well as a two-term United States Senator in the 1970s. He was the first Republican to serve as Governor of Oklahoma and, after his direct predecessor George Nigh, only the second governor to be reelected.
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Jordy Mercer
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jordy Joe Mercer is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Washington Nationals. Prior to beginning his professional career, he played college baseball at Oklahoma State University. He has also competed for the United States national baseball team in international competition. Mercer bats and throws right-handed.
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Mohammad A. Arafat
- Born in
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Bangladesh - Occupations
- researcheracademicactivistpolitician
- Biography
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Mohammad A. Arafat is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and academic. He is a former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-17 constituency in 2023–2024. On October 17, 2024, International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for Arafat in connection with alleged crimes against humanity and genocide during the 2024 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement. The Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal requested Interpol to issue red notices for several accused, including Arafat, to assist with their arrest and possible extradition.
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Mickey Tettleton
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mickey Lee Tettleton is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. Although Tettleton played mostly as a catcher, he also played as a first baseman, an outfielder, and as a designated hitter.
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Joe Stanka
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Joe Donald Stanka was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher from Hammon, Oklahoma played for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball in 1959, and the Nankai Hawks and Taiyo Whales in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1960 to 1966. He stood at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and weighed 201 pounds (91 kg).
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Bob Kurland
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Robert Albert Kurland was an American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now Oklahoma State Cowboys). Standing 7-foot (2.1 m) tall, he has been credited as the first person to dunk in a college basketball game. He led the U.S. basketball team to gold medals in two Summer Olympics, and led his AAU team to three national titles. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Le'Bryan Nash
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Le'Bryan Keithdrick Nash is an American professional basketball player for the Satria Muda Pertamina of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Coumba Sow
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Coumba Louisa Sow is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Women's Super League and has appeared for the Switzerland national team.
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Allie Reynolds
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Allie Pierce Reynolds was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reynolds pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1942–1946) and New York Yankees (1947–1954). A member of the Muscogee Nation, Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief".
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Josh Brecheen
- Occupations
- motivational speakerpolitician
- Biography
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Joshua Chad Brecheen is a Native American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 2010 to 2018. He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.
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Kevin Tway
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Kevin Coulter Tway is an American professional golfer who has played on the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour. He won numerous junior tournaments, and most notably, the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur. Tway is the son of Bob Tway, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship in 1986. Following Kevin's maiden PGA Tour win at the Safeway Open in October 2018, they are one of only ten father-son pairs to have won PGA Tour events.
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Ponnala Lakshmaiah
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ponnala Lakshmaiah is an Indian politician. He is a member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). He is a former minister for Information Technology and Communications for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was also a member of the legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh, and a member of the All India Congress Committee.
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Pernilla Lindberg
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Pernilla Anna Lindberg is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2018 ANA Inspiration, a major championship, and represented Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As an amateur she was part of the team winning the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy, the IGF's World Amateur Team Championship.
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Neal Patterson
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Neal L. Patterson was an American businessman who was CEO of Cerner Corporation, a Kansas City-based medical software corporation. Patterson was also owner of the Sporting Kansas City soccer team.
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Harry Azhar Azis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harry Azhar Azis was an Indonesian politician.
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William R. Pogue
- Occupations
- military officerautobiographermathematicianaircraft pilotastronaut
- Biography
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William Reid Pogue was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. He was also a teacher, public speaker and author.
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Ali Hamsa
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Ali bin Hamsa was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 24 June 2012 to 28 August 2018.
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Jelani Woods
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jelani Woods is an American professional football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys before transferring to the Virginia Cavaliers for 2021, when he was named first-team All-ACC. Woods was selected by the Colts in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.
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Chase Jackson
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Chase Foster Jackson is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2022 and 2023 in women's shot put, which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships. She won on the first attempt which, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, made her the first woman's shot put world champion to win on the first attempt.
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Jordan Baker
- Occupations
- baseball umpire
- Biography
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Jordan Christopher Baker is an American umpire for Major League Baseball.
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Marcell Ateman
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Marcell Ligon Ateman is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Oklahoma State.
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Leroy McGuirk
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlerprofessional wrestleractorpromoter
- Biography
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Leroy Michael McGuirk was an American amateur and professional wrestler, and wrestling promoter. He was involved in professional wrestling for more than fifty years. As one of the longest surviving members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), he was affiliated with the organization from 1949 to 1982, where he was a one-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
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Neill Armstrong
- Occupations
- American football playerAmerican football coachCanadian football player
- Biography
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Neill Ford Armstrong was an American professional football player and coach whose career spanned more than four decades at both the college and professional levels. Notably, Armstrong served as the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Member of the 1945 National Championship Oklahoma A&M Team.
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Kinga Philipps
- Occupations
- television actorjournalisttelevision produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kinga Philipps is a Polish American actress and journalist. She has been a correspondent for a variety of networks including: USA Network, AMC, Food Network, Current TV, Fox Sports, SyFy, National Geographic Channel and Travel Channel.
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Jack Hartman
- Occupations
- American football playerbasketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Jack Hartman was an American football player and college basketball coach.
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Todd Lamb
- Occupations
- U.S. Secret Service agentpolitician
- Biography
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Todd Lamb is an American politician and university administrator who is the current president of the University of Central Oklahoma. He previously served as the 16th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019 and as a member of the Oklahoma state senate from 2005 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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John Paul Hammerschmidt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Paul Hammerschmidt was an American politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, Hammerschmidt served 13 terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, located in the northwestern quadrant of the state. He served from 1967 until his retirement in 1993.
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Steve Ripley
- Occupations
- singermusical instrument makerguitaristcomposermusician
- Biography
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Paul Steven Ripley was an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He was also the leader/producer of country rock band The Tractors.
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R. W. McQuarters
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Robert William McQuarters, II is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Michael A. Guetlein
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Michael Anthony Guetlein is a United States Space Force general who serves as the direct reporting program manager of the Office of Golden Dome for America. He recently served as the second vice chief of space operations from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as the deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office from 2019 to 2021 and as the first commander of Space Systems Command from 2021 to 2023.
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Ted Leitner
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Theodore Leitner is an American former sportscaster.
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Barry Hinson
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Barry Douglas Hinson is an American college basketball coach and most recently was the head coach of the Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team (SIU). He was born in Marlow, Oklahoma. Before SIU he was the Director of Men's Basketball Operations at the University of Kansas, head coach of Missouri State University and head coach of Oral Roberts University. On March 28, 2012, Hinson was announced the head coach of Southern Illinois University's men's basketball team.
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Rusty Ryal
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Rusty Allen Ryal is an American former professional baseball utility player. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 14th round of the 2005 MLB draft, out of Oklahoma State University. He is the son of the former major league player, Mark Ryal.
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Corey Williams
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Corey Williams is an American retired professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Auburn Tigers of the SEC Conference. He is the former men's basketball head coach of Stetson University.
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Terrel Harris
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Terrel Andre Harris is an American former professional basketball player who most recently served as a player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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John Farrell
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Edward Farrell is an American former baseball pitcher, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his eight-season playing career, Farrell was a member of the Cleveland Indians, California Angels, and Detroit Tigers. He was the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 to 2010, before serving as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays from 2011 to 2012. He returned to the Red Sox as their manager in 2013, winning the World Series with them in his first year, and led the team until 2017. Since 2018, he has held a scouting position with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Watermelon Slim
- Occupations
- singerguitaristmusician
- Biography
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William P. Homans III, professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", is an American blues musician. He plays both guitar and harmonica. He is currently signed to NorthernBlues Music, based in Toronto, Ontario. Homans has also earned bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Oregon and Oklahoma State University.
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Wes Watkins
- Enrolled in Oklahoma State University
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianadministrator
- Biography
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Wesley Wade Watkins was an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Watkins was a member of the United States House of Representatives where he represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six years as a Republican.
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Caroline Hedwall
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Caroline Ingrid Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she was a dominating player, winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship as well as the individual titles at the Espirito Santo Trophy and the NCAA Championship.
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Dick Hutton
- Occupations
- professional wrestleramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Richard Heron Avis Hutton was an American amateur and professional wrestler. He was a three-time NCAA champion and, as a professional, held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, making him a one-time world champion in professional wrestling.
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Sanjiv Sidhu
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Sanjiv Sidhu, who was born in June 1957 in Hyderabad, India, is an Indian-American software entrepreneur known for founding i2 Technologies, a supply chain management software company, and o9 Solutions, a Dallas, Texas-based company that offers a decision management platform for multinational corporations
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Gebisa Ejeta
- Occupations
- geneticist
- Biography
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Gebisa Ejeta is an Ethiopian American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum.
