List of people from Norman, Oklahoma
Encyclopedia
Music
- Jesse Ed DavisJesse Ed DavisJesse Edwin Davis was an American guitarist. He was well regarded as a session artist. His death in 1988 is attributed to a drug overdose.-Biography:...
- guitarist - The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
- rock band - Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
- country and bluegrass performer - Moon MartinMoon MartinJohn David "Moon" Martin is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.-Career:Martin gained recognition in the 1970s as a pop artist and composer...
- pop songwriter and performer - Toby KeithToby KeithToby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
- country performer
Politics
- Carl AlbertCarl AlbertCarl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma.Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977...
- U.S. Speaker of the House - David Boren - U.S. Senator/Oklahoma Governor/University of Oklahoma President
- Gary Clayton AndersonGary Clayton AndersonGary Clayton Anderson is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma, known for his specialization in the American Indians of the Great Plains and the Southwest.-Background:...
- historian - Angie DeboAngie DeboAngie Elbertha Debo was an American historian who wrote 13 books and hundreds of articles about Native American and Oklahoma history...
- historian - James M. FlinchumJames M. FlinchumJames Maxwell Flinchum, Jr., known as Jim Flinchum , was from 1961 until his retirement in 1985 the editor-in-chief of the Wyoming State Tribune, one of two forerunners of the existing Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, Wyoming.-Early years:Flinchum was born in Caddo in Bryan County in southern...
, former editor of the Norman Transcript; editor-in-chief of the former Wyoming State Tribune (since Wyoming Tribune EagleWyoming Tribune EagleThe Wyoming Tribune Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Cheyenne and distributed primarily in Laramie County, Wyoming. It is the state's second largest newspaper in terms of circulation, behind the Casper Star Tribune. The Tribune Eagle is also one of several newspapers serving the Front Range...
) in CheyenneCheyenne, WyomingCheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
, WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High... - Linda HoganLinda HoganLinda Hogan may refer to:* Linda Hogan , Native American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories...
- author, academic, environmentalist - George Miksch SuttonGeorge Miksch SuttonGeorge Miksch Sutton was an American ornithologist and bird artist. He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as more popular works illustrated with his own art. His early artistic work was inspired and tutored by Louis Agassiz Fuertes...
- ornithologist, painter, author
Screen
- Jack GarnerJack GarnerJack Edward Garner was an American film and television actor, known for The Rockford Files and numerous other television roles. He is the brother of James Garner.-Early life and career:...
- actor - James GarnerJames GarnerJames Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
- actor - Christian KaneChristian KaneChristian Kane is an American actor and singer/songwriter of Native American descent. He currently stars as Eliot Spencer on the TNT series Leverage. He is best known for his roles in the television shows Angel and Into the West, and the movies Just Married and Secondhand Lions.He is the lead...
- actor - Sharron MillerSharron MillerSharron Miller is an American television and film director, producer, and screenwriter. She has also worked as a sound editor and film editor. Miller was the first woman ever to win the coveted Directors Guild of America Award for directing drama....
- television director, writer, producer - Nyambi NyambiNyambi NyambiNyambi Nyambi is an American character actor. His most prominent role is Samuel in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly.- Early life and education :...
- actor
Sports
- Travis SimpsonTravis SimpsonTravis Simpson is a former center in the National Football League.-Career:Simpson played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Oklahoma....
- football player - Dominic CerviDominic CerviDominic Cervi is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Football League First Division club Greenock Morton on loan from Scottish Premier League side Celtic.-Personal life:...
- football (soccer) player - Barry SwitzerBarry SwitzerBarry Switzer is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a...
- football coach - Bud WilkinsonBud WilkinsonCharles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4. His Oklahoma Sooners won three national championships and 14...
- football coach - Sam BradfordSam BradfordSamuel Jacob "Sam" Bradford is an American football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was the first overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, and played college football at Oklahoma. In 2008, as a redshirt sophomore, Bradford became the second sophomore to win a...
- Football player - Daniel McCutchenDaniel McCutchenDaniel Thomas McCutchen is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is of no relation to fellow Pirates player Andrew McCutchen.-Early life:...
- MLB pitcher (Pirates) - Blake GriffinBlake GriffinBlake Austin Griffin is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association . Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father, Tommy Griffin, who was the...
- NBA forward (Clippers) - Bart ConnerBart ConnerBart Wayne Conner is a former American gymnast who, as a member of the gold medal-winning men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games won an individual gold on the parallel bars...
- Gymnast
Other
- Gary Clayton AndersonGary Clayton AndersonGary Clayton Anderson is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma, known for his specialization in the American Indians of the Great Plains and the Southwest.-Background:...
- American historian - Charles Thayer - Native American; Muscogee Creek Nation
- Reed TimmerReed TimmerReed Timmer is a meteorologist and professional storm chaser who stars in the American documentary reality television series Storm Chasers. He also starred in the documentary film Tornado Glory....
- extreme meteorologist