List of people from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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This is a list of well-known persons who were either born in, or lived in, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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[edit] Arts
- Joe Andoe,[1] painter
- Marcello Angelini,[2] ballet dancer
- Charles Bell (painter), (1935–1995)
- Ted Berrigan,[3] poet
- John Brainard, painter
- Ralph Ellison, author
- Michelle Firment Reid,[4] artist
- P. S. Gordon,[5] painter
- S.E. Hinton, author
- G. A. Lane,[6] wood sculptor, musician, puppeteer, author
- Ron Padgett,[7] poet
- Josh Mars,[8] painter, composer, sculptor, performance artist, filmmaker.
[edit] Business
- Frank Abagnale,[9] fraud expert, former con man, subject of Catch Me If You Can
- Tareq Al-Suwaidan[10] and economist, Kuwait Investment Authority
- Bill Bartmann,[11] businessman, named as "One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years"[12]
- J. Paul Getty, oilman founder of Getty Oil Company, who made his first million in Tulsa between 1914 and 1916[13]
- Thomas Gilcrease,[14] oilman, founder of Gilcrease Museum
- J. M. Hall, pioneer merchant in Tulsa, organized First Presbyterian Church (Tulsa)
- George Kaiser,[15] chairman of BOK Financial Corporation
- Henry Kravis,[16] co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- James McBirney (1870-1944), co-founder and president National Bank of Commerce in Tulsa[17]
- Sam P. McBirney (1877–1936), founder and vice president National Bank of Commerce in Tulsa[18]
- Waite Phillips, oilman and philanthropist
- William G. Skelly (1877–1957), founder of Skelly Oil Company, Spartan Aircraft Company and Spartan School of Aeronautics
[edit] Music
- Lega-C, rapper
- The Agony Scene, Metalcore band
- Elvin Bishop
- Ester Dean singer/Song writer
- Garth Brooks,[19] country music singer
- Johnny Polygon
- Anita Bryant singer
- J. J. Cale,[20] songwriter and musician, an originator of The Tulsa Sound
- Capital Lights, pop rock band
- Rodney Carrington[21] country music singer and comedian
- Chuck Cissel,[22] singer and dancer
- Roy Clark, country musician
- David Cook, 2008 American Idol winner
- Joe Diffie,[23] country musician
- Phil Driscoll, trumpet player and singer, Christian and jazz musician
- Ronnie Dunn[24] (Brooks and Dunn)
- Annie Ellicott, jazz, swing Singer
- Rocky Frisco, piano for J.J. Cale, In 2008 inducted into the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame.
- Ira "Rocky caple", steel guitarist,Rocky Caple and the Shotguns, Rocky Caple wrote one of the country's most popular steel guitar solo songs “The Sawed-Off Shotgun.”
Inducted in to the western swing hall of fame, Randy Schell and the Shot Glass Band, which at the time included such well-known people as Candis Clark, Rocky Caple and David Thayer. Rocky has played with garth Brooks and many other stars
- The Gap Band, Charlie, Ronnie & Robert Wilson, R&B, funk, and soul band
- Hanson, Isaac, Taylor & Zac Hanson, Rock band
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, jazz band
- David Gates (Bread)
- Jelly Roll, hip-hop producer
- Tosca Kramer (1903-1976), violinist, violist, and music educator
- Fredell Lack (b. 1922), violinist
- Rodney Lay, Jr., Dove Award-winning songwriter, performer and radio personality
- John D. LeVan, early pioneer in Tulsa Music, singer, guitarist, inducted Nat'l Rockabilly Hall of Fame 2004[25]
- Leon McAuliffe, Steel guitarist
- Leo Okeke, engineer, producer, keyboards Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, New Kids on the Block, Lady Soul
- Jamie Oldaker, drummer Eric Clapton, Bob Seger
- Patti Page
- Pillar (band)
- Carl Radle, musician, bassist for Derek and the Dominos
- Steve Ripley, engineer, producer, singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Tractors and Bob Dylan
- Leon Russell, singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
- Dick Sims, keyboards, Eric Clapton, Bob Seger, Joan Armatrading
- Andy Skib – American backup Guitarist/keyboardist in David Cook's band.
- Ryan Tedder, producer, songwriter, lead singer of One Republic
- David Teegarden, drummer with Bob Seger
- David Terry, leader of the band Aqueduct
- Hank Thompson
- Neal Tiemann, lead guitarist in David Cook's band.
- Wayman Tisdale (1964–2009), jazz musician and former professional basketball player
- Dwight Twilley, musician
- Jared Tyler, singer-songwriter and producer
- Bob Wills, western swing band leader for the Texas Playboys
- Johnny Lee Wills,western music band leader, brother of Bob Wills
- Charlie Wilson, R&B singer and lead singer of The Gap Band
- Bob Wootton, Lead guitarist for the Tennessee Three
- G. A. Lane,[6] notable for solo & duet acoustic folk rock and gospel venues, composer – arranger – songwriter
- Annie Clark (St. Vincent)[6]
- Admiral Twin, Mark Carr, Jarrod Gollihare, John Russell, Brad Becker, Rock band
- Jim Keltner, drummer for the Traveling Wilburys
- micheal boggs, singer-songwriter FFH christian
[edit] Politics
- Tom Adelson, member of the Oklahoma State Senate
- Dewey F. Bartlett, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator
- Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., Mayor of Tulsa (2009 - Present)
- James Inhofe, U.S. Senator
- James Robert Jones, former member of the United States House of Representatives, chairman of the American Stock Exchange
- Frank Keating, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma
- David Hall, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma
- Sheila Kuehl, former actress, now California State Senator
- Steve Largent, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Democratic U.S. Senator representing New York
- John A. Sullivan, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Kathy Taylor, mayor of Tulsa (2006 - 2009)
- John Volz, attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, died in Tulsa in 2011.
- R. James Woolsey, Jr., former director, Central Intelligence Agency
- Terry Young, former Mayor of the City of Tulsa
[edit] Print
- William Bernhardt, mystery/suspense fiction author
- Mildred Grosberg Bellin, Jewish cookbook author
- Daniel J. Boorstin, historian and writer; former Librarian of Congress
- P.C. Cast, author
- Ralph Ellison, author
- John Hope Franklin, African American historian
- Martin Gardner, author of works on philosophy, mathematics and literature
- S. E. Hinton, author
- John Albert Knebel, Secretary of Agriculture in the Carter Administration
- Mercedes Lackey, science fiction author
- R.A. Lafferty, science fiction author
- Billie Letts, author
- Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and actor
- Russell Myers, cartoonist of the Broom-Hilda comic strip
- William P. Steven, 1908 - 1991, journalist and newspaper editor
- Dan Piraro, cartoonist of the Bizarro comic strip
- Will Thomas, mystery fiction author
- Michael Wallis, author
- K. D. Wentworth, science fiction author
[edit] Radio
- Paul Harvey, radio personality
- Tim Quigley (aka. "Tim Lumen"), Groovera Chilled Web Radio
[edit] Screen
- Gene Autry
- Pamela Bach, actress and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff
- Marshall Bell, actor
- William Boyd (actor) (Hopalong Cassidy)
- Gary Busey, actor
- Kristin Chenoweth, Broadway actress
- Cindy Chupack, screenwriter for Sex and the City
- Larry Clark, film director and photographer
- Iron Eyes Cody, actor
- Jay Dee, comedian
- Larry Drake
- Blake Edwards
- Alice Ghostley
- Clu Gulager
- Bill Hader, actor
- Eva Jinek, news anchor
- Jennifer Jones, actress
- Malese Jow, actress
- Heather Langenkamp, actress
- Tommy Morrison
- Jerry Nelson, actor, puppeteer
- Tim Blake Nelson, actor and director
- Mary Kay Place, actress
- Tony Randall, actor
- Julian Rebolledo, actor and voice talent
- Jack Roberts, actor
- Gailard Sartain, actor
- Ted Shackelford, actor
- Peter Simon
- Kylie Sparks, actress
- Mary Stuart
- Wes Studi
- Paula Trickey, actress
- Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress
- Amber Valletta, actress and supermodel
- Stacy Valentine, female pornstar
- Mason Williams
- Alfre Woodard, actress
- Judy Woodruff, news anchor and journalist
- Don Woods, meteorologist
[edit] Sports
- Brent Albright, professional wrestler
- Mikey Burnett, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Quentin Chaney, Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver
- Dale Cook, American martial artist and actor
- Ebi Ere, basketball player for the Melbourne Tigers.
- Matt Gogel, professional golfer
- Bill Goldberg, former professional NFL football player and undefeated wrestler
- Matt Grice, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Tommy Hanson, baseball pitcher
- Gerald Harris, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Marques Haynes, Basketball Hall of Famer.[26]
- David Heath, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Randy Heckenkemper, golf course designer
- Koyie Hill, Major League Baseball catcher
- Felix Jones, Dallas Cowboys Running Back
- Steve Largent, Seattle Seahawks hall of fame wide receiver
- Sam P. McBirney, coach of Tulsa Golden Hurricane football (1914–1916)
- R. W. McQuarters, former professional football cornerback.
- Robert Meachem, New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver
- Kenny Monday, Olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling
- Ray Murphy, Jr., collegiate wrestler and 1989 Handicapped Person of the Year
- Charlie O'Brien, former professional baseball catcher
- Janice O'Hara, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Peter Ramondetta, Professional Skateboarder
- Nolan Richardson (born 1941), former college basketball coach for the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas, and announced as head coach and general manager of the city's Tulsa Shock
- Tubby Smith (born 1951), college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota; former coach of the University of Tulsa, University of Georgia and University of Kentucky
- Sammy Sosa (born 1968), professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers and former player for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles (formerly of Minor league baseball's Tulsa Drillers)
- John Starks, former professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
- Iciss Tillis, professional basketball player of the WNBA's Washington Mystics
- Wayman Tisdale (1964–2009), former professional basketball player
- Matt Wiman, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
[edit] Other
- Jennifer Berry,[27] Miss America 2006.
- Corbin Billings, Novelist, Motivational Speaker
- Charles Page, philanthropist and founder of Sand Springs, Oklahoma
[edit] References
- ^ "Artnet". http://www.artnet.com/artist/1513/joe-andoe.html.
- ^ "Tulsa Ballet 2007–2008 Profile for Marcello Angelini". Archived from the original on 2007-09-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070914205141/http://www.tulsaballet.org/inside_tulsa_ballet/marcello_angelini_bio.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ "Ted Berrigan Biography on Poetry Foundation". http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=532. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ "Michelle Firment Reid MySpace Profile". http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89150601. Retrieved 2007-08-23.[dead link]
- ^ "P.S. Gordon Homepage". http://psgordon.com/. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ a b c "The UNIMA International Directory of Scholarly Researchers". http://pagesperso-orange.fr/unima/uni_Researchers2007.pdf.
- ^ "Ron Padgett Biography on Poets.org". http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/614.
- ^ "MySpace.com – JOSH MARS – Berkeley/Tulsa – Ambient / Experimental / IDM". http://www.myspace.com/joshartmars.
- ^ "Abagnale & Associates (based in Tulsa)" (in English). Abagnale & Associates. http://www.abagnale.com/. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ^ Swidan Website
- ^ "The Richest Man You've Never Heard Of". http://www.inc.com/magazine/19970901/1316_pagen_2.html. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ "About Bill Bartmann". Archived from the original on 2007-09-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070910212917/http://www.billbartmann.com/bbe.html. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ Whitman, Alden (1976-06-06). "J. Paul Getty dead at 83; amassed billions from oil". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1215.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Gilcrease Museum History". http://www.gilcrease.org/history.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ "Forbes's The World's Richest People". http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/OXNB.html. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ "Academy of Achievement Biography". http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kra0bio-1. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ Tulsa Gal Website. "Tulsa Founders: James H. McBirney."June 20, 2010.[1]
- ^ Tulsa Gal Website. "Tulsa Founders: James H. McBirney."June 20, 2010.[2]
- ^ "Life and Times of Garth Brooks". http://www.planetgarth.com/gbstory/lt_garth_brooks.php. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "JJ Cale Biography on Yahoo! Music". http://music.yahoo.com/ar-294166-bio--JJ-Cale. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ [3] Rodney Carrington website bio
- ^ "Chuck Cissel Biography on Soul Tracks". http://www.soultracks.com/chuck_cissel.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Biography on Star Pulse". http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Diffie,_Joe/index.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "Brooks & Dunn Bio on TV.com". http://www.tv.com/brooks-and-dunn/person/118096/biography.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ http://www.rockabillyhall.com
- ^ "Globetrotting tales," Tulsa World, June 25, 2008. (Haynes grew up in Sand Springs.)
- ^ "KRMG Event Guide for 2006 Miss America". http://krmg.com/MARKET/shared/event_guide/missamerica2006.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
