100 Notable alumni of
University of Oklahoma - Norman
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The University of Oklahoma - Norman is 133rd in the world, 58th in North America, and 56th 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
- voice actorwritertelevision presenterfilm actorcomedian
- 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, primarily on the series Attack of the Show! from 2006 until 2010. Munn appeared as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011. She is known for her three-season-long portrayal of Sloan Sabbith in Aaron Sorkin's HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014).
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Ed Harris
- Occupations
- film actorcharacter actorscreenwriteractorstage actor
- Biography
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Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Pollock (2000), and The Hours (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations.
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James Garner
- Occupations
- film produceractortelevision actorfilm actormilitary personnel
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James Scott Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall (1960) with Natalie Wood; The Wheeler Dealers (1963) with Lee Remick; Darby's Rangers (1958) with Stuart Whitman; Roald Dahl's 36 Hours (1965) with Eva Marie Saint; as a Formula 1 racing star in Grand Prix (1966); Raymond Chandler's Marlowe (1969) with Bruce Lee; Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with Walter Brennan; Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria (1982) with Julie Andrews; and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He also starred in several television series, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the ABC 1950s Western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the NBC 1970s private detective show, 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, who 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). After beginning his college football career with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Mayfield played for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2017, becoming the first walk-on player to ever win the award. He was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 2018 NFL draft.
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Rue McClanahan
- Occupations
- fashion designerwriterautobiographerfilm actorcomedian
- Biography
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Eddi-Rue McClanahan was an American actress. She was best known for her roles on television sitcoms, including Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), and its spin-off series The Golden Palace (1992–93).
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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 being benched for Tua Tagovailoa during Alabama's victory in the 2017 championship game, Hurts spent one season as Alabama's backup quarterback in 2018. He played his final season with the Oklahoma Sooners, leading them to an appearance in the 2019–20 College Football Playoff.
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Troy Aikman
- Occupations
- announcerAmerican football playerNASCAR team ownertelevision presenter
- 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 by the Cowboys in the 1989 NFL draft, went 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 who played fifteen 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 Atlanta Hawks 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association (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 2019 NBA All-Rookie First Team. He is a three-time NBA All-Star, and has led the Hawks to three playoff runs, including a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021.
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Dennis Weaver
- Occupations
- screenwriterpoliticianstage actorvoice actoraircraft pilot
- 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. He 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 Golden State Warriors 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. In 2016, he received four major national player of the year awards: the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy. Hield was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans and was traded to the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins in 2017. He was dealt to the Indiana Pacers in a package for Domantas Sabonis in 2022. In February 2024, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. In July 2024, Hield was involved in a 6-team trade that involved him getting traded to the Golden State Warriors.
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Rance Howard
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision 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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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, nicknamed "the Boz", is an American actor and former football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. A two-time Dick Butkus Award winner during his college football career at the University of Oklahoma, he also achieved notoriety for his outspoken comments and antics. 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
- film actorscreenwriterfilm directordirectoractor
- Biography
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Nate Parker is an American actor. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride. Parker's directorial debut feature film, The Birth of a Nation, in which he also starred, made history at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival when Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for $17.5 million, breaking the record for the most paid for a Sundance Film Festival production, surpassing Little Miss Sunshine, which had been acquired by Searchlight for $10 million ten years earlier. The film was ultimately unsuccessful in wide release and did not receive acclaim, after rape allegations against Parker resurfaced.
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Fred Haise
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary officermilitary flight engineerfighter pilotaircraft pilot
- 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 known to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. He was slated to become the 6th person to walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 landing mission was aborted en route.
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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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DeMarco Murray
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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DeMarco Murray is an American college football coach and former professional player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. A three-time Pro Bowl selection and one-time first-team All-Pro, he was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2014 after leading the NFL in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
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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 eleven Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams.
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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
- stage actorfilm actorcharacter 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 memorable 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), his final screen appearance.
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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, both Comăneci and Conner are highly involved with the Special Olympics.
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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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Jim Butcher
- Occupations
- novelistactorscience fiction writer
- 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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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
- politicianmilitary officerlawyer
- 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 professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is performing on the independent circuit. 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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Larry Drake
- Occupations
- film actordub actorvoice actortelevision 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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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 at Oklahoma 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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Taylor Griffin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Taylor Drew Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma 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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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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Jamie Marchi
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritervoice actordub director
- Biography
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Jamie Lynn 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 Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and Junko Enoshima in Danganronpa.
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Wayman Tisdale
- Occupations
- jazz guitaristjazz musicianbasketball player
- 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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Terry Stotts
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Terry Linn Stotts is an American former professional basketball player and coach 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 National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012 to 2021 before most recently spending an offseason as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2023.
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Gladys West
- Occupations
- mathematiciansurveyor
- Biography
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Gladys Mae West is an American mathematician. She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018. West was awarded the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for the development of satellite geodesy models.
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Ragan Smith
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Ragan Elizabeth Smith is a retired American gymnast. She is a five-time member of the US National Team (2014–2019) and competed for the University of Oklahoma in collegiate gymnastics from 2020–2024. She is the 2017 United States national all-around champion and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.
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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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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 the Boy Scouts of 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
- politicianphysicianobstetrician
- 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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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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Iqbal Theba
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Iqbal Theba is a Pakistani actor, 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 who has had a music career spanning 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 gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1953. He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. Royal was an All-American at the University of Oklahoma, where he played football from 1946 to 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996.
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Kelly Mantle
- Occupations
- musicianactorcomediantelevision actorsinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Kelly Leroy Mantle is an American actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, musician, drag queen, 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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Frank Trigg
- Occupations
- judokamixed martial arts fighterprofessional wrestlermixed martial arts referee
- 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, World Fighting Alliance, and has made professional wrestling appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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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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Fernando Chui
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- 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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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, where he is identified as Eddie Avila. 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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C. J. Cherryh
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- writertranslatorscience fiction writernovelist
- 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
- politiciangraduate assistantscreenwriterprofessorconsultant
- Biography
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Thomas Jeffery Cole is the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves as the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Before serving in the House of Representatives, he was the 26th Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1999.
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Brady Manek
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brady Reece Manek is an American professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Danny Hodge
- Occupations
- professional wrestleramateur wrestlerboxer
- 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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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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J. C. Watts
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianCanadian football playerAmerican 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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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
- politicianadministratorfellowassistant professoreconomist
- 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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Sterlin Harjo
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Sterlin Harjo is an American Seminole filmmaker. He has directed three feature films, a documentary, and the FX comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, all of them set in his home state of Oklahoma and concerned primarily with Native American people and content.
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Mark Chen
- Years
- 1935-.. (age 90)
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- 1964-1966 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Mark Tang-shan/Tan-sun 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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Owen K. Garriott
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1953 graduated with Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- astronautelectrical engineerelectrotechnicianmilitary officerengineer
- 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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Stacey Dales
- Occupations
- basketball playersports commentator
- Biography
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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 J. Adams
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary officertest pilotmilitary flight engineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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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
- Biography
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James Seth Littrell is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oklahoma before parting ways with the university on October 20, 2024. He was the head coach at the University of North Texas from 2016 to 2022.
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Azar Nafisi
- Occupations
- writernovelistprofessorpublic figurejournalist
- 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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Yul Moldauer
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- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Yul Kyung-Tae Moldauer is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 U.S. national all-around champion and the 2017 World bronze medalist on floor exercise. He has been a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team since 2017 and represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships.
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Jermaine Gresham
- Occupations
- 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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Shannon Lucid
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- astronautchemistbiochemist
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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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Gregory Benford
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- physicistscience fiction writerwriterastronomeruniversity teacher
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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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Martha Hildebrandt
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterlinguist
- Biography
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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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Rick Saccone
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- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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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 2019. 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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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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Jon Gray
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Jonathan Charles Gray (born November 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Colorado Rockies.
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Dan Boren
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 2001 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- aide-de-campcongressional staffacademic administratorpoliticianbank teller
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David Daniel Boren is an American businessman and politician who is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation, based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician, who 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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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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Alvan Adams
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- 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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Susan Stryker
- Occupations
- film directorhistorianfilm producerprofessorsociologist
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Susan O'Neal Stryker, best known as Susan Stryker, is an American professor, historian, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and sexuality and trans realities. 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 leading scholar of transgender history.
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Brad Henry
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Bradford Henry is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1992 to 2003.
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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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Will Claye
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- triple jumperlong jumperathletics competitor
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Will Claye is an American track and field athlete of Sierra Leonean descent 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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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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Fred R. Harris
- Enrolled in the University of Oklahoma - Norman
- In 1952 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in historiography and political science
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianuniversity teacherlawyerwriter
- Biography
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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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Diane Bish
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- composertelevision presenterorganist
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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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Kenneth Murray
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Kenneth Rogers Murray Jr. is an American professional football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans 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.
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Brett James
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- recording artistsinger-songwriterrecord producer
- Biography
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Brett James Cornelius is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville. James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records (a division of Arista Nashville) as a solo artist in 1995, James charted three singles and released a self-titled debut album that year. He returned to Arista as a recording artist in 2002, releasing two more singles.
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Jonathan Horton
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- 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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Tony Casillas
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- 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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Frank Keating
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
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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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Zach Neal
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- 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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Jed Johnson, Jr
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- 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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Pat Choate
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Pat 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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Isaiah Cousins
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah De Vonte Cousins is an American professional basketball player for Inter Bratislava of the Slovak Basketball League (SBL) and European North Basketball League (ENBL). He played college basketball for the University of Oklahoma before playing professionally in the NBA G League, France and Israel.
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Doris Eaton Travis
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- stage actorsingeractormodelfilm actor
- Biography
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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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Steven Salaita
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- university teacherAmericanistwriterbus driver
- Biography
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Steven Salaita is an American scholar, author and public speaker. He became the center of a controversy when the University of Illinois did not hire him as a professor of American Indian Studies following objections to a series of tweets critical of Israel's bombardment of Gaza in 2014. He also experienced similar controversy during the hiring process at the American University of Beirut in 2016.
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Phil Loadholt
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Philip Loadholt Jr. is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle and the current offensive line coach for the Mississippi State University. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 2009 until his retirement in 2015. Prior to joining Colorado's coaching staff, he was an offensive analyst for Oklahoma from 2022 to 2023. He also spent time as a player personnel analyst for Ole Miss (2020–21) and UCF (2017).
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Frank McGee
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Frank McGee was an American television journalist, best known for his work with NBC from the late 1950s into the early 1970s.
