100 Notable alumni of
University of Oklahoma - Norman
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The University of Oklahoma - Norman is 130th in the world, 57th in North America, and 55th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Oklahoma - Norman sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Olivia Munn
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- television presenterfilm actorcomediantelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Lisa Olivia Munn is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series Attack of the Show! (2006–2010) before appearing as a recurring correspondent on the Comedy Central late night series The Daily Show from 2010 to 2011.
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Ed Harris
- Occupations
- film directordirectortelevision actorvoice actortheatrical director
- Biography
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Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000) and Appaloosa (2008), the former earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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James Garner
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm actormilitary personneltelevision producer
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James Scott Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than fifty theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), Victor/Victoria (1982), and Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He also starred on television in Maverick and The Rockford Files.
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Blake Griffin
- Occupations
- basketball playeractor
- Biography
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Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore. Griffin was selected first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and was a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. In January 2018, Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons and played for them until 2021. In March 2021, Griffin signed with the Brooklyn Nets. In September 2022, Griffin signed with the Boston Celtics, whom he stayed with until his retirement in 2023.
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Baker Mayfield
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 2014 studied communication studies
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Baker Reagan Mayfield is an American professional football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, he played for the Oklahoma Sooners, becoming the first walk-on player to win the Heisman Trophy. He was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 2018 NFL draft.
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Jalen Hurts
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- Studied in 2019
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jalen Alexander Hurts is an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He began his college football career with the Alabama Crimson Tide, leading the team to consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship appearances in 2016 and 2017. After three seasons at Alabama, Hurts used his final year of eligibility with the Oklahoma Sooners and made an appearance in the 2019–20 College Football Playoff.
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Rue McClanahan
- Occupations
- autobiographerfilm actorcomedianstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Eddi-Rue McClanahan was an American actress, primarily known for her work in television sitcoms. She portrayed Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–1978), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–1984), and Blanche Devereaux on both The Golden Girls (1985–1992) and its spin-off The Golden Palace (1992–1993).
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Troy Aikman
- Occupations
- NASCAR team ownertelevision presenterannouncerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Troy Kenneth Aikman is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. After transferring from the Oklahoma Sooners, he played college football for the UCLA Bruins and won the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior. Aikman was selected first overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Cowboys, where he was named to six Pro Bowls and won three Super Bowls. He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII, the franchise's first title in over a decade. Aikman was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Adrian Peterson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Adrian Lewis Peterson is an American former professional football running back. Peterson played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs in football history. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, setting the freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards in 2004. Named a unanimous All-American that year, he became the first freshman to finish as a runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Peterson finished his college career as the Sooners' third-all-time leading rusher.
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Trae Young
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rayford Trae Young is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where in his one season in 2017–18, he tied the then NCAA Division I single-game assists record with 22 and became the only player to ever lead the NCAA in both points and assists in a single season. Nicknamed "Ice Trae", he was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 NBA draft with the fifth pick, and traded the same day to the Atlanta Hawks, along with a future first-round pick, for the draft rights to Luka Dončić. He joined Dončić in a unanimous selection to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2019. He is a four-time NBA All-Star, and led the Hawks to three playoff runs, including a trip to the conference finals in 2021.
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Huey Long
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and often took forceful action. A controversial figure, Long is celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or, conversely, denounced as a fascistic demagogue.
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Dennis Weaver
- Occupations
- voice actoraircraft pilottrade unionistactortelevision actor
- Biography
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Billy Dennis Weaver was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's deputy Chester Goode on the western Gunsmoke and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the police drama McCloud. He starred in the 1971 television film Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil (1958).
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Austin Reaves
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Austin Tyler Reaves, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers and the Oklahoma Sooners. Reaves joined the Lakers as an undrafted free agent.
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Buddy Hield
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- Studied in 2012-2016
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Chavano Rainer "Buddy" Hield is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
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Rance Howard
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Rance Howard was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.
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Fred Haise
- Occupations
- military officermilitary flight engineerfighter pilotaircraft pilotastronaut
- Biography
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Fred Wallace Haise Jr. is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having served as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 landing was aborted en route. Haise flew five Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in 1977. He retired from NASA in 1979. He is the last surviving crew member of Apollo 13 and the last surviving Apollo astronaut that flew to the moon without landing.
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Brian Bosworth
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1987 graduated with Bachelor of Science in management
- Occupations
- film actoractorAmerican football player
- Biography
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Brian Keith Bosworth is an American actor and former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. Nicknamed "the Boz", he played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning two Dick Butkus Awards and winning the 1986 Orange Bowl. Bosworth was selected by the Seahawks in the first round of the 1987 NFL supplemental draft, but his professional career was cut short by injury. After retiring as a player, Bosworth pursued an acting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Nate Parker
- Occupations
- screenwriterdirectorfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Nate Parker is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride.
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CeeDee Lamb
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Cedarian DeLeon "CeeDee" Lamb is an American professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners where he was a consensus All-American in 2019, and was selected by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.
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Josh Heupel
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Joshua Kenneth Heupel is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Previously he was head coach at the University of Central Florida, where he compiled a 28–8 record.
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Trent Williams
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Trent Williams is an American professional football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was recognized as an All-American, and was selected by the Washington Redskins fourth overall in the 2010 NFL draft. Williams is considered one of the greatest offensive tackles of all time, having made twelve Pro Bowls and five All-Pro teams.
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DeMarco Murray
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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DeMarco Murray is an American football coach and former professional player who is currently the running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). A running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, Murray was a three-time Pro Bowl selection, one-time first-team All-Pro, and NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2014 after leading the NFL in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
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Rick Rescorla
- Occupations
- paratroopersecurity consultantarmy officer
- Biography
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Richard Cyril Rescorla was a British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist. He served as a British Army paratrooper during the Cyprus Emergency and a commissioned officer in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Army before entering the private sector, where he worked in corporate security.
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Van Heflin
- Occupations
- film actorcharacter actorstage actor
- Biography
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Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. was an American theatre, radio, and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942). He also had starring roles in the westerns Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and Gunman's Walk (1958). He portrayed a mentally disturbed airline passenger in the classic disaster film Airport (1970).
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Randy Bass
- Occupations
- baseball playerpolitician
- Biography
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Randy William Bass is an American politician and former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and served in the Oklahoma Senate.
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Bart Conner
- Occupations
- artistic gymnastgymnastics coach
- Biography
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Barthold Wayne Conner is a retired American Olympic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Oklahoma, along with his wife, Romanian Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci. In addition, Conner is a long-time gymnastics commentator, and both Comăneci and Conner are highly involved with the Special Olympics.
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Jim Butcher
- Occupations
- actorscience fiction writernovelist
- Biography
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Jim Butcher is an American author. He has written the contemporary fantasy The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires book series.
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Pat Bowlen
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Patrick Dennis Bowlen was an American lawyer, executive and the majority owner of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL), winning three Super Bowls. He was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the class of 2019. Bowlen owned other professional sports franchises in the Colorado region. Bowlen served as the Broncos CEO from 1984 until July 2014, when he stepped down as Broncos' CEO due to the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
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Rick Bayless
- Occupations
- restaurateurchef
- Biography
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Rick Bayless is an American chef and restaurateur who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is widely known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time. Among his various accolades are a Michelin star, the title of Top Chef Masters, and seven James Beard Awards.
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Arlen Specter
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Arlen Specter was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years.
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Jake Hager
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighterprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Donald Jacob Hager Jr. is an American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his tenures in WWE as Jack Swagger and in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as Jake Hager. As a mixed martial artist, he was signed to Bellator MMA and competed in the heavyweight division.
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Mark Andrews
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Mark Andrews is an American professional football tight end for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and was selected by the Ravens in the third round of the 2018 NFL draft. Andrews has been elected to the Pro Bowl three times and was named to the 2021 All-Pro Team after setting the Ravens' single-season record for receptions and receiving yards.
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Larry Drake
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actorfilm actordub actor
- Biography
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Larry Richard Drake was an American actor. He was best known as Benny Stulwicz in L.A. Law, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also appeared as Robert G. Durant in both Darkman and Darkman II: The Return of Durant, a homicidal mental patient who escapes an insane asylum in the slasher black comedy Dr. Giggles, and was the voice of Pops in Johnny Bravo.
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"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
- Occupations
- professional wrestlerAmerican football playeramateur wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Steven Franklin Williams, best known under the ring name "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, was an American collegiate and professional wrestler and collegiate football player. He was known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and is a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion, having won both the Herb Abrams and Bill Watts versions of the UWF World Heavyweight Championship and the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.
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Taylor Griffin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Taylor Drew Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and is the older brother of Blake Griffin.
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Jason White
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jason White is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He was named a unanimous All-American and won the Heisman Trophy in 2003.
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Jamie Marchi
- Occupations
- screenwritervoice actordub directorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jamie Marchi is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games. She is known for her role as Masane Amaha in Witchblade, Mari Ohara in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Mimi in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Mitsuko Kongo in A Certain Scientific Railgun, Charlotte E. Yeager in Strike Witches, Haruna Saotome in Negima!, Rias Gremory in High School DxD, Panty Anarchy in the first season of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Cathy in Angels of Death, and Mt. Lady in My Hero Academia.
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Susana Martinez
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Susana Martinez is an American politician and attorney who served as 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She was the first female Governor of New Mexico, and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States.
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Wayman Tisdale
- Occupations
- basketball playerjazz guitaristjazz musician
- Biography
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Wayman Lawrence Tisdale was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Gladys West
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- mathematiciansurveyor
- Biography
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Gladys Brown West was an American mathematician. She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Jack Brisco
- Occupations
- professional wrestleramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco was an American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the NCAA Division I national championship. He turned pro shortly after and performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco.
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Terry Stotts
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Terry Linn Stotts is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the top assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA from 2012 to 2021 before most recently spending an offseason as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA in 2023.
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Ragan Smith
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Ragan Elizabeth Smith is a retired American gymnast and current assistant coach. She is a five-time member of the US National Team (2014–2019) and competed for the University of Oklahoma in collegiate gymnastics from 2020 to 2024. She is the 2017 United States national all-around champion and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.
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Randall L. Stephenson
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Randall Lynn Stephenson is a retired American telecommunications executive. He served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of AT&T Inc. from 2007 to 2020. He was national president of Scouting America from 2016 to 2018.
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Tom Coburn
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- 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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Brett James
- Occupations
- record producermusiciansinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Brett James Cornelius was an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville. James began his musical career in 1995 with a self-titled album on the former Arista Nashville's Career Records division, which charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He re-signed with Arista Nashville early in the 21st century and charted two more singles which were not included on an album.
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Bill Watts
- Occupations
- professional wrestlerAmerican football player
- Biography
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William F. Watts Jr., better known under the ring name Bill Watts, is a retired American professional wrestler, promoter and former American football player. Watts garnered fame under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a promoter in the Mid-South United States, which grew to become the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Watts also worked under the ring name Doctor Scarlett which was sometimes stylised as Dr. Scarlett.
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Jack Ging
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jack Lee Ging was an American actor. He was best known as General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright on NBC's television adventure series The A-Team, and for his supporting role in the final season of Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson.
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Kelly Mantle
- Occupations
- comediantelevision actorsinger-songwriterdrag queenmusician
- Biography
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Kelly Leroy Mantle is an American actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, musician, drag queen, trans-icon and reality television personality. Mantle appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of the reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Iqbal Theba
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Iqbal Theba is a Pakistani and American actor, best known for his recurring role as Principal Figgins in the show Glee.
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Tom Paxton
- Occupations
- singerguitaristsinger-songwriterwriterenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter whose career spans more than sixty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions.
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Darrell Royal
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Darrell K Royal was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 1954 to 1955, the University of Washington in 1956, and the University of Texas from 1957 to 1976, compiling a career record of 184 wins, 60 losses and five ties. During his 20-year tenure as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns, Royal's teams won three national championships and 11 Southwest Conference titles while finishing ranked in fifteen seasons. He amassed a record of 167–47–5 while in Austin and won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career.
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Creed Humphrey
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Creed Humphrey is an American professional football center for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the Big 12 Conference's offensive lineman of the year in 2019 and 2020. He was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft.
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Frank Trigg
- Occupations
- professional wrestlermixed martial arts refereejudokamixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Frank Trigg is an American retired mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler, MMA referee and TV host. Trigg is a veteran of the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, BAMMA, and the World Fighting Alliance, where he was the promotion's only Welterweight champion. He has professional wrestling appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Fernando Chui
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fernando Chui Sai On GCM GML is a Macau politician who served as the 2nd chief executive of Macau from 2009 to 2019. He served as secretary for social and cultural affairs from 1999 to 2009.
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Sterlin Harjo
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Sterlin Harjo is a Native American director, producer and screenwriter from Oklahoma. He is a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and a Muscogee descendant. He has directed three feature films, two documentaries, as well as the FX comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs and The Lowdown, all of them set in his home state of Oklahoma and concerned primarily with Native American and Oklahoman people.
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C. J. Cherryh
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- translatorscience fiction writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance–Union universe, and her Foreigner series. She is known for worldbuilding, depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology.
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Tom Cole
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1984 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- professorconsultantadvocatepoliticiangraduate assistant
- Biography
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Thomas Jeffery Cole is an American politician and former educator serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district since 2003. A Republican, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1988 to 1991 and as the 26th secretary of state of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1999. An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, Cole is the longest-serving Native American in the history of Congress. On April 10, 2024, Cole was elected chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
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Eduardo Nájera
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Eduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez is a Mexican former professional basketball player who is currently a scout for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a pregame and postgame analyst on Mavericks Live on Fox Sports Southwest. Before being promoted to a scout with the Mavs, he was head coach of the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League. He is regarded as the greatest Mexican basketball player ever.
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Brady Manek
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brady Reece Manek is an American professional basketball player for Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Carl Albert
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carl Bert Albert was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1977.
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Danny Hodge
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlerboxerprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Dan Allen Hodge was an American amateur and professional wrestler, who also had a brief professional boxing career. He is in both the U.S. amateur wrestling Hall of Fame, for his three NCAA titles and Olympic silver medal, and the pro wrestling Hall of Fame, as a seven-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. The Dan Hodge Trophy is the college wrestling equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.
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Travis McElroy
- Occupations
- podcasterpresenter
- Biography
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Travis Patrick McElroy is an American podcaster, writer, and comedian. He is known for his work on podcasts such as My Brother, My Brother and Me, Shmanners, The Adventure Zone, and Can I Pet Your Dog?.
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Dick Armey
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1968 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- fellowassistant professoreconomistprofessoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Richard Keith Armey is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. representative from Texas's 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House majority leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. After his retirement from Congress, he has worked as a consultant, advisor, and lobbyist.
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J. C. Watts
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- American football playerpoliticianCanadian football player
- Biography
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Julius Caesar Watts Jr. is an American politician, clergyman, and former football player. Watts played as a quarterback in college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th congressional district.
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Owen K. Garriott
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1953 graduated with Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- electrical engineerelectrotechnicianmilitary officerengineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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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.
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Azar Nafisi
- Occupations
- novelistprofessorpublic figurejournalistliterary critic
- Biography
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Azar Nafisi is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
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Mark Chen
- Years
- 1935-.. (age 91)
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- 1964-1966 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Chen Tan-sun, also known by his English name Mark Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and atmospheric scientist who served as Secretary-General of the Office of the President of Taiwan under former President Chen Shui-bian. He was also previously Foreign Minister of the ROC from 2004 to 2006 (the first Democratic Progressive Party member to occupy the position). Before returning to Taiwan, he worked for the United States Department of Commerce from 1973 to 1992, over 19 years.
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Stacey Dales
- Occupations
- basketball playersports commentator
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Stacey Dales is a Canadian-American former basketball player and a current reporter on the NFL Network. Dales was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised in Brockville, Ontario.
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Michael James Adams
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- military officertest pilotmilitary flight engineeraircraft pilotastronaut
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Michael James Adams was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
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Seth Littrell
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- American football player
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James Seth Littrell is an American football coach and former player. He is a senior offensive analyst at the University of Tennessee. Littrell served as the head football coach at the University of North Texas from 2016 to 2022. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oklahoma for part of the 2024 season.
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Yul Moldauer
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
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Yul Kyung-Tae Moldauer is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2017 U.S. national all-around champion and the 2017 World bronze medalist on floor exercise. Additionally he was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships.
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Shannon Lucid
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- chemistbiochemistastronaut
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Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, Lucid held the record for the longest duration spent in space by an American and by a woman. She was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996, making her the tenth person and the first woman to be accorded the honor.
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Martha Hildebrandt
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- writerlinguistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño was a Peruvian linguist and Fujimorist politician. She was first elected to Congress in 1995 and, in 1999, she became the second woman to serve as President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (following Martha Chávez's term in 1995–1996).
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Gregory Benford
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- science fiction writerwriterastronomeruniversity teachernovelist
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Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
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Dan Boren
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 2001 graduated with Master of Business Administration
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- academic administratorpoliticianbank telleraide-de-campcongressional staff
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David Daniel Boren is an American businessman and retired politician who serves as the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation. Prior to this, he served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2013. The district included 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 the 28th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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Jermaine Gresham
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- American football player
- Biography
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Jermaine Gresham 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 Sooners, earning first-team All-American honors in 2008. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.
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Rick Saccone
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- politicianmilitary officer
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Richard Saccone is an American educator and far-right politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin of 0.3%.
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Jon Gray
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jonathan Charles Gray is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers.
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Alvan Adams
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alvan Leigh Adams is an American former professional basketball player. He spent his entire 13-year career with the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Adams was named as the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1975 and selected as an NBA All-Star in 1976. He retired in 1988 and holds Suns records for games played (988), minutes played (27,203), rebounds (6,937) and steals (1,289). Raised in Oklahoma City, Adams was nicknamed the "Oklahoma Kid".
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Ruben Kihuen
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- 2006-2011 graduated with master's degree in public administration
- Occupations
- graduate advisorpolitician
- Biography
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Rubén Jesús Kihuen Bernal is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives for Nevada's 4th congressional district, serving from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a member of the Nevada Senate from 2006 to 2016. He was Nevada's first Latino member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Kihuen described himself as the first "Dreamer" elected to Congress. In December 2017, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Kihuen to resign in response to sexual misconduct allegations against him by a female campaign staff member, as reported by BuzzFeed. He refused to resign but did not run for reelection in 2018.
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Susan Stryker
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- university teacherfilm directorhistoriansociologistfilm producer
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Susan Stryker is an American professor, historian, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Studies, former director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, and founder of the Transgender Studies Initiative at the University of Arizona. Stryker is the author of several books and a founding figure of transgender studies as well as a scholar of transgender history.
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Kenneth Murray
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Kenneth Rogers Murray Jr. is an American professional football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. He signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2024 before being traded to the Cowboys in 2025.
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Nik Bonitto
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Nikolas Bonitto is an American professional football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.
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Kenneth M. Taylor
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- military officer
- Biography
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Kenneth Marlar Taylor was a United States Air Force officer and a flying ace of World War II. He was a new United States Army Air Corps second lieutenant pilot stationed at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Along with his fellow pilot and friend George Welch, Taylor managed to get a fighter plane airborne under fire. Taylor claimed to have shot down four Japanese dive bombers but only two were confirmed. Taylor was injured during the incident and received several awards for his efforts, including the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart.
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Brad Henry
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Bradford Henry is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 1992 to 2003. As of 2026, he is the last Democrat to have been elected or serve as governor of Oklahoma.
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Lonny Chapman
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1947 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in drama
- Occupations
- playwrightactortelevision actor
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Lon Leonard Chapman was an American actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on television drama series.
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Fred R. Harris
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1952 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in historiography and political science
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerwriterpolitical scientist
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Fred Roy Harris was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate.
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Cleta Mitchell
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Cleta B. Deatherage Mitchell is an American lawyer, former politician, and Republican elections activist. Elected in 1976, Mitchell served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives until 1984, representing District 44 as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1996, she registered as a Republican. Since then, she has worked as a Republican lawyer and activist focused on elections, asserting, without evidence, that Democrats win elections only by cheating.
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Will Claye
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- long jumperathletics competitortriple jumper
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Will Claye is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medals at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Claye won a bronze medal in long jump and a silver medal in triple jump. He repeated his silver medal in the triple jump four years later. His personal best of 18.14 m (59 ft 6 in), set at the Jim Bush Southern California USATF Championships in Long Beach on June 29, 2019, ranks him as the No. 4 triple jumper of all time.
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Diane Bish
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- television presenterorganistcomposer
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Diane Joyce Bish is an American organist, composer, conductor, as well as executive producer and host of The Joy of Music television series. As a concert organist, she performs at concerts throughout North America and Europe. Bish also continues to tape episodes for her television series by visiting notable organs throughout the world.
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Frank Keating
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney, politician and a former FBI special agent who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
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Zach Neal
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Zachary Sheridan Neal is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
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Tony Casillas
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Tony Steven Casillas is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) from 1986 through 1997. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, winning an NCAA national championship in 1985, when he also won the Lombardi Award and was the UPI Lineman of the Year. Casillas was also part of the Dallas Cowboys back to back victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, both against the Buffalo Bills. In 2004, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Pat Choate
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- politicianeconomist
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Patrick Jeffrey Choate is an American economist who is most known for being the 1996 Reform Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, the running-mate of Ross Perot. Following the 1996 election, the Federal Election Commission certified the Reform Party as a national political party eligible for federal campaign matching funds, a historic first.
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Todd Hamilton
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- golfer
- Biography
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William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer. He is best known for his victory at the 2004 Open Championship.
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Jed Johnson, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 6th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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Doris Eaton Travis
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- dancerfilm actormodelstage actorsinger
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Doris Eaton Travis was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of acclaimed chorus girls who performed as members in the Broadway theatrical revues of the Ziegfeld Follies.
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Jonathan Horton
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Jonathan Alan Horton is a former American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is the 2008 Olympic silver medalist on horizontal bar, the 2010 World all-around bronze medalist, a two-time Olympian, a two-time U.S. National All-Around Champion, and a 17-time medalist at the U.S. National Championships. At the 2008 Olympics, he also won a bronze medal with his U.S. teammates in the team competition. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he qualified for the horizontal bar event final and finished in sixth place. In 2016, he had surgery on his left rotator cuff and as a result was unable to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Isaiah Cousins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah De Vonte Cousins is an American professional basketball player for Bashkimi of the Kosovo Superleague. He played college basketball for the University of Oklahoma before playing professionally in the NBA G League, France and Israel.
