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The list of University of Oklahoma people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the University of Oklahoma.

Athletes

Jim Acree, former collegiate and high school football coach
Dee Andros, former collegiate football coach and Oregon State athletic director
Vickey Ray Anderson, former professional football player
Sam Bradford, professional football player, Heisman winner, currently a member of the Saint Louis Rams
Brent Albright, professional wrestler, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Jason Bartlett, baseball player, currently a member of the San Diego Padres
Mookie Blaylock, former professional basketball player
Brian Bosworth, former professional football player
Anthony Bowie, former professional basketball player
Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican National Taekwondo Team Member
Mark Clayton, football player, currently a member of the Saint Louis Rams
Patrick Collins, former professional football player
Bart Conner, former gold medal gymnast
Stacey Dales, former WNBA player, currently an ESPN basketball analyst
Greg Dobbs, baseball player, currently a member of the Florida Marlins
Roger Eason, former professional football player
Harvey Grant, former professional basketball player
Blake Griffin, 1st pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Quentin Griffin, professional football player, currently a free agent
Jake Hager, professional wrestler, wrestling for WWE Under the name Jack Swagger
Todd Hamilton, professional golfer, won The Open Championship in 2004
Tommie Harris, football player, currently a member of the Chicago Bears
Mickey Hatcher, former professional baseball player and current hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Josh Heupel, football player, current quarterbacks coach at the University of Oklahoma
Danny Hodge, former All-American wrestler and popular pro wrestler
Jonathan Horton, former All-American gymnast and current USA Olympian
Jack Jacobs, football player, popularized the forward pass
Keith Jackson, former professional football player
Ed Jeffers, former professional football player
Anthony Kim, professional golfer
Bobby Kimball, former professional football player
Stacey King, former professional basketball player
Jim Mankins, former professional football player
Wahoo McDaniel, former professional wrestler and football player
Tommy McDonald, former professional football player and NFL hall of fame member
Lee Morris, former professional football player
Eduardo Nájera, basketball player, currently with the Charlotte Bobcats
Ralph Neely, former professional football player
Fred Nixon, former professional football player
Greg Norton, former professional baseball player
Russ Ortiz, professional baseball player
Courtney and Ashley Paris, twin sisters and current Sooners women's basketball players
Lindy Pearson, former professional football player
Adrian Peterson, professional football player, currently with the Minnesota Vikings.
Hollis Price, professional basketball player
Clifford Ray, an American basketball coach, and former professional basketball player
Ryan Rohlinger, professional baseball player, currently with the San Francisco Giants
Darrell Royal, football player who became a highly successful coach at the University of Texas at Austin
Lee Roy Selmon, former professional football player and NFL hall of fame member
Steve Sewell, former professional football player
Joe Simpson, former professional baseball player and current Atlanta Braves broadcaster
Travis Simpson, former professional football player
Billy Sims, former professional football player
Wayman Tisdale, former professional basketball player
Frank Trigg, MMA fighter and broadcaster
Richard Turner, former professional football player
Steve Owens, former professional football player and Heisman Trophy winner
Willie Warren, basketball player, currently with the Los Angeles Clippers
Joe Washington, former professional football player
"Cowboy" Bill Watts, former professional wrestler
Elbert Watts, former professional football player
J.C. Watts, former professional football player and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Jason White, football player, Heisman Trophy winner
Roy Williams, former professional football player
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams, former All-American offensive lineman and popular pro wrestler, especially in Japan
Reggie Willits, baseball player, currently a member of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Chet Winters, former professional football player
J. T. Wise, professional baseball player in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
Bobby Witt, former professional baseball player

Arts and Entertainment

Gregory Benford, Science fiction author and physicist, B.S. Physics, 1963
C. J. Cherryh, science fiction and fantasy author, B.A. Latin, 1964
Kellie Coffey, country music singer
Larry Drake, television and film actor
Ronnie Claire Edwards, actress
Stephen Dickson, opera singer
James Garner, film actor and director
Alice Ghostley, Tony Award-winning American actress
Ed Harris, film actor and director
Van Heflin, Academy Award-winning American film and theater actor
Rance Howard, American actor
Harold R. "Hal" King, suspense novelist
Roberta Knie, opera singer
Olivia Munn, model, spokesperson, and G4 host
Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter, B.F.A., 1959
Jim Ross, professional wrestling announcer
Dennis Weaver, Emmy Award-winning actor
Kevin James (undergraduate), radio-show host and lawyer
Jason Nelson, Pioneering Net Artist and Digital Poet, 1993

  meg randall former actress

Law

Tom Colbert, first African-American Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Steven W. Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1974
Vaughn Ary, first United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division Major General

Politics

Carl Albert, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-OK), B.A. Political Science, 1927
Dick Armey, former U.S. House Majority Leader (R-TX), Ph. D. Economics
Jari Askins, current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, B.A. Journalism, 1975; J.D., 1980
Dan Boren, Congressman (D-OK), M.B.A., 2000
David Boren, former Governor of Oklahoma & U.S. Senator (D-OK), current President of the University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1968
Brad Carson, former Congressman (D-OK), J.D. 1994
Fernando Chui Sai On, current Chief Executive and the former the Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Ph. D. Public Health
Tom Coburn, current U.S. Senator & former Congressman (R-OK), M.D., 1983
Tom Cole, Congressman (R-OK), Ph. D. British History, 1984
David Hall, former Oklahoma Governor
Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma (D), B.A. Economics, 1985 & J.D., 1988
Robert Harlan Henry, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and former Oklahoma Attorney General
Frank Keating, former Governor of Oklahoma (R), J.D., 1969
Robert H. Kittleman, Maryland State Senator, 1947.
Scott Meacham, former State Treasurer of Oklahoma
Susana Martinez, current Governor of New Mexico (R), First Hispanic woman (latina) governor in the U.S. (J.D. 1986)
Sydney B. Nelson, former Louisiana state senator from Shreveport (D), B.B.A., 1957
David Walters, former Governor of Oklahoma (D), B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1973
J.C. Watts, former U.S. House Republican Conference Chair (R-OK), B.A. Journalism, 1981
Matthew Landis, former Trustee for the Antelope Valley College Board of Trustees. The youngest individual ever elected to the Board of Trustees. MBA 2007

Others

James Alan Abrahamson, 1961, astronaut, Air Force general, and CEO
Gary Clayton Anderson, American historian, specialist in American Indian studies, faculty member since 1980s
Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
Mike Davis, anthropologist, archeologist, and boat builder.
Angie Debo, historian of Oklahoma and Native Americans, A.B. History 1918, Ph.D. 1933
James M. Flinchum (Class of 1939), editor-in-chief of the former Wyoming State Tribune (since Wyoming Tribune Eagle) in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Roy Furr, founder of Furr's grocery store and cafeteria chain
James L. Gallogly, Executive Vice President of ConocoPhillips
Major General Walter E. Gaskin, United States Marine Corps
Brison D. Gooch, historian of 19th century Europe, 1960s faculty member
Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1959
Timothy Headington, CEO of Headington Oil
Robert Henson, award winning journalist and author
Shannon Lucid, astronaut, Ph. D. Biochemistry, 1973
Rodney McKinley, 15th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
John D. Morris, anti-evolution activist and president of ICR
Lotsee Patterson, librarian, educator, and founder of the American Indian Library Association
Ross Porter, former broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Michael F. Price, mutual fund investor
Joseph R. Nevins, Professor of Breast Cancer Genomics at Duke University, discovered the E2F protein and the Rb/E2F pathway.
Lawrence G. Rawl, former Chairman and CEO of Exxon
Jeffrey D. Sadow, political scientist, conservative columnist
Juan E. Dayang, Jr., Filipino diplomat, Pi Alpha Alpha, M.P.A., 2009
Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton

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 *[[Lawrence G. Rawl]], former Chairman and [[CEO]] of [[Exxon]]
 *[[Jeffrey D. Sadow]], [[political scientist]], conservative [[columnist]]
+*Juan E. Dayang, Jr., Filipino diplomat, Pi Alpha Alpha, M.P.A., 2009
 *[[Helen Walton]], widow of Sam Walton