Oklahoma has been home to a number of trailblazers. Our citizens have contributed to every field of work and left an indelible mark on our country and our world. Below is a partial list of individuals who were born, raised, or became famous in Oklahoma.

Native Americans

1. Quanah Parker - Quahadi Comanche Indians' final chief
2. Geronimo - Chiricahua Apache leader and famous fighter
3. Te Ata Fisher - Chickasaw story teller and performer
4. Wilma Mankiller - first primary female chief of the Cherokee Nation
5. Maria Tallchief - world renowned ballerina
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Arts/Communication

1. William Boyd - actor
2. Chuck Norris - actor and martial artist
3. Gene Autry - actor and musician
4. Dale Robertson - actor
5. Joan Crawford - Academy Award winning actress
6. Ron Howard - actor, producer, and director
7. Brad Pitt - actor
8. Dan Rowan - television host
9. Paul Harvey - broadcaster
10. Tony Randall - actor
11. Rue McClanahan - actress
12. Will Rogers - cowboy, comedian, and actor
13. Paul Harvey - radio commentator
14. Walter Cronkite - television journalist
15. Mary Hart - television personality
16. James Garner - actor
17. Ben Johnson - Academy Award winning actor
18. Ralph Ellison - writer
19. Bill Wallace - writer
20. John Hope Franklin - historian and writer
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Political/Military Figures

1. Jeane Kirkpatrick - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
2. Carl Albert - Served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
3. Joseph J. Clark - U.S. Navy Admiral, first Native American to graduate from the Naval Academy
4. Daniel Patrick Moynihan - U.S. Senator, Ambassador to India, Ambassador to the United Nations
5. General Tommy Franks - Commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq/Afghanistan
6. William Crowe - former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
7. David Boren - former Governor of Oklahoma, President of OU
8. Bo Gritz - Green Beret officer during Vietnam War
9. J.C. Watts - former OU quarterback, former Oklahoma Congressman

Athletics

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2. Jim Thorpe - gold medal Olympian, pro football and MLB player, Sac & Fox Indian
3. Johnny Bench - Cincinnati Reds player, member Baseball Hall of Fame
4. Henry Iba - basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame
5. Bart Conner - gold medal Olympian in gymnastics
6. Lee Roy Selman - OU player, Football Hall of Fame inductee
7. Warren Spahn - baseball player, Baseball Hall of Fame
8. Joe Carter - MLB player
9. Joe Don Looney - Cameron and OU player, NFL
10. Darrell Porter - MLB player
11. Gil Morgan - pro golfer
12. Sam Bradford - quarterback for OU Sooners
13. Jason White - former quarterback for OU Sooners
14. Steve Largent - Seattle Seahawks, Pro Football Hall of Fame, and politician
15. Barry Sanders - OSU Cowboys Heisman Trophy winner, Football Hall of Fame
16. Shannon Miller - gold medal Olympian in gymnastics
17. Steve Owens - OU Sooners football player and 1969 Heisman Trophy winner
18. Bob Kalsu - OU Sooners player, Buffalo Bills
19. Billy Sims - running back, Detroit Lions, Heisman Trophy winner
20. Spencer Tillman - running back OU, sportscaster
21. Brian Bosworth - OU Sooners player, NFL
22. Bobby Murcer - pro basketball player, sportscaster
23. Darrell Royal - coach at University of Texas
24. Troy Aikman - quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
25. Barry Switzer - football coach, OU Sooners and Dallas Cowboys
26. Bud Wilkinson - OU Sooners football coach, College Football Hall of Fame
27. Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees, Baseball Hall of Fame

Music

1. Garth Brooks - country music artist
2. Carrie Underwood - country singer and American Idol winner
3. Reba McEntire - country singer
4. The Flaming Lips - rock band
5. The All-American Rejects - rock band
6. Hoyt Axton - country singer
7. Bob Wills - country singer
8. B.J. Thomas - singer
9. Woody Guthrie - folk singer
10. Vince Gill - country singer
11. Lee Hazlewood - singer
12. Jimmy Webb - music composer
13. Hanson - pop-singer group
14. Toby Keith - country musician
15. Sandi Patty - Christian music artist
16. Patti Page - singer

Aviation/Aeronautics

1. Clarence L. Tinker - commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific during World War II
2. Wiley Post - first pilot to take a solo flight around the world
3. John Herrington - astronaut, Chickasaw Indian
4. Owen Garriott - astronaut
5. Shannon Lucid - astronaut
6. William Pogue - astronaut
7. Thomas Stafford - astronaut

Miss America

1. Lauren Nelson - 2007 Miss America
2. Jennifer Berry - 2006 Miss America
3. Shawntel Smith - 1996 Miss America
4. Susan Powell - 1981 Miss America
5. Jane Anne Jayroe - 1967 Miss America
6. Norma Smallwood - 1926 Miss America and the first Miss America of Native American Heritage