List of people from Norman, Oklahoma

This is a list of well-known persons who were either born in, or lived in, Norman, Oklahoma.

Arts

• Yvonne Chouteau, prima ballerina
• Mary Leader, poet
• Jeri Redcorn, Caddo potter
• Lynn Riggs, playwright
• Susan Stryker, professor, author, filmmaker

Business

• Clay Bennett, majority owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
• Archie W. Dunham, oil and gas CEO
• Roy Furr, founder of Furr's grocery store and cafeteria chain
• Michael F. Price, mutual fund investor
• Jeremy Short, business professor and author
• Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton

Music

• Chainsaw Kittens, rock band
• Jesse Ed Davis, guitarist
• The Flaming Lips, rock band
• Vince Gill, country and bluegrass performer
• Toby Keith, country music performer
• Moon Martin, pop songwriter and performer
• Garth Brooks, country music performer

Politics

• Carl Albert, late Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• David Boren, Democrat U.S. Senator/Oklahoma Governor; University of Oklahoma President
• Jake Files, Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from Fort Smith, Arkansas, since 2011; born in Norman in 1972^[1]

Print

• Gary Clayton Anderson, historian
• Angie Debo, historian
• James M. Flinchum, former editor of the Norman Transcript; editor-in-chief of the former Wyoming State Tribune (since Wyoming Tribune Eagle) in Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Linda Hogan, author, academic, environmentalist
• George Miksch Sutton, ornithologist, painter, author

Radio

• Mary Jo Heath, host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

Television

• Hoda Kotb, NBC anchor
• Reed Timmer, storm-chaser

Screen

Actor James Garner

• Candy Clark, actress
• Jack Garner, actor
• James Garner, actor
• Ed Harris, actor
• Christian Kane, actor
• Sharron Miller, television director, writer, producer
• Nyambi Nyambi, actor

Sports

• Christopher Bell, NASCAR, sprint car driver
• Sam Bradford, football player
• Ryan Broyles, football player
• Dominic Cervi, football (soccer) player
• Bart Conner, gymnast
• Nadia Comaneci, gymnast
• Blake Griffin, NBA forward (Clippers)
• Daniel McCutchen, MLB pitcher (Pirates)
• Jim Ross, former WCW and WWE (Hall of Fame) wrestling announcer, and executive
• Travis Simpson, football player
• Bob Stoops, head football coach at the University of Oklahoma
• Barry Switzer, football coach
• Bud Wilkinson, football coach

Others

• Gary Clayton Anderson, American historian
• Fred Haise, astronaut

References