List of University of Oklahoma people
The list of University of Oklahoma people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the University of Oklahoma.
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Educators
- Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons and co-founder of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma[1]
- Jerry Farley, long-time administrator at OU; 16th president of Washburn University
- Elizabeth Garrett, legal scholar, 13th President of Cornell University
- George Henderson, founder of University of Oklahoma Human Relations program, author of 29 books, including Race and the University: A Memoir[2]
- Robert L. Lynn, president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, 1975–1997; received Ph.D. from Oklahoma[3]
- Miguel Terekhov, ballet dancer and instructor, co-founder of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma[1]
Scientists
- Howard Bluestein, atmospheric scientist
- Charles A. Doswell III, meteorologist
- Henry T. Lynch, cancer researcher
- Paul Markowski, meteorologist
- Jens Rud Nielsen, physicist
- Erik N. Rasmussen, atmospheric scientist
- Neil B. Ward, atmospheric physicist
- GA Mansoori, thermodynamic scientist
Athletes
- Dee Andros, former collegiate football coach and Oregon State athletic director
- Jim Acree, former collegiate and high school football coach
- Vickey Ray Anderson, former professional football player
- 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
- Joe Bowden, former professional football player
- Anthony Bowie, former professional basketball player
- Sam Bradford, professional football player, Heisman winner, currently a member of the Minnesota Vikings
- Donald Brown, former professional football player
- Bill Campbell, American player of gridiron football
- Tom Churchill, former Olympic decathlete, football player and multiple sports
- Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican National Taekwondo Team Member
- Mark Clayton, former professional football player
- Patrick Collins, former professional football player
- Bart Conner, former gold medal gymnast
- Stacey Dales, former WNBA player and ESPN analyst, current NFL Network host/reporter
- Jack Davis, professional football player
- Greg Dobbs, baseball player, currently a member of the Florida Marlins
- Roger Eason, former professional football player
- Jimmy Edwards, Professional football player[4]
- Kelly Garrison-Funderburk, former All-American gymnast and 1988 USA Olympian
- Harvey Grant, former professional basketball player
- Jermaine Gresham, football player, currently a member of the Cincinnati Bengals
- Matt Grice, wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, former UFC Featherweight[5]
- Blake Griffin, 1st pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Los Angeles Clippers
- Quentin Griffin, professional football player, currently playing in Europe as of 2013
- Jake Hager, wrestles for WWE under the name Jack Swagger
- Todd Hamilton, professional golfer, won The Open Championship in 2004
- Tommie Harris, football player, a free agent as of 2012
- Mickey Hatcher, former professional baseball player and coach[6]
- Ray Hayward, Major League Baseball pitcher[7]
- Josh Heupel, football player, current co-offensive coordinator at the University of Missouri
- Victor Hicks, former professional football player
- Buddy Hield, 6th pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans
- Cowboy Hill, professional football player
- Danny Hodge, former All-American wrestler and popular pro wrestler
- Jonathan Horton, former All-American gymnast and current USA Olympian
- Randy Hughes, former professional football player
- Demontre Hurst, NFL player
- Clint Ingram, professional football player[8]
- Jack Jacobs, football player, popularized the forward pass
- Keith Jackson, former professional football player
- Ed Jeffers, former professional football player
- Bob Kalsu, former professional football player, killed in action as a US Army Artillery officer in Vietnam
- Anthony Kim, professional golfer
- Bobby Kimball, former professional football player
- Stacey King, former professional basketball player
- Jim Mankins, former professional football player
- Rod Manuel, former professional football player
- Gerald McCoy, football player, currently a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Wahoo McDaniel, former professional wrestler and football player
- Tommy McDonald, former professional football player and NFL hall of fame member
- Russ McGinnis, former professional baseball player
- Lee Morris, former professional football player
- DeMarco Murray, football player, currently a member of the Tennessee Titans
- Eduardo Nájera, former professional basketball player, currently head coach of the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League
- Ralph Neely, former professional football player[9]
- Fred Nixon, former professional football player[10]
- Greg Norton, former professional baseball player
- Russ Ortiz, professional baseball player[11]
- Romero Osby (born 1990), American basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Steve Owens, former professional football player and Heisman Trophy winner
- Ashley Paris, professional basketball player
- Courtney Paris, professional basketball player
- Lindy Pearson, former professional football player
- Adrian Peterson, professional football player, currently with the Minnesota Vikings
- Hollis Price, professional basketball player
- Clifford Ray, basketball coach and former professional basketball player
- Jimmy Rogers, professional football player
- Ryan Rohlinger, professional baseball player, currently with the Cleveland Indians
- Jason Rouser, Olympic gold medalist, track and field
- 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
- Larry Sherrer, 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
- Evan Tanner, former mixed martial artist who won the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2005
- Spencer Tillman, former professional football player; National Champion, Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers; sports analyst
- Wayman Tisdale, former professional basketball player
- Frank Trigg, MMA fighter and broadcaster
- Jerry Tubbs, former professional football player
- Richard Turner, former professional football player
- Casey Walker, NFL player
- 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, former 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
- Trent Williams, football player, currently a member of the Washington Redskins
- Reggie Willits, former professional baseball player, currently baseball coach at Binger-Oney (Oklahoma) high school
- Chet Winters, former professional football player
- J. T. Wise, professional baseball player with the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
- Bobby Witt, former professional baseball player
- Waddy Young, former professional football player, killed in action as a US Army Air Force bomber pilot in World War II
Arts and entertainment
- Gregory Benford, science fiction author and physicist, B.S. Physics, 1963
- Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006
- C. J. Cherryh, science fiction and fantasy author, B.A. Latin, 1964
- Kellie Coffey, country music singer
- Stephen Dickson, opera singer
- Larry Drake, television and film actor
- Ronnie Claire Edwards, actress
- James Garner, film actor and director
- David Gates, musician and lead singer for Bread [12]
- Alice Ghostley, Tony Award-winning actress
- Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker
- Ed Harris, film actor and director
- Van Heflin, Academy Award-winning film and theater actor
- Rance Howard, actor
- Kevin James (undergraduate), radio show host and lawyer
- Christian Kane, actor, musician, singer/songwriter
- Harold R. "Hal" King, suspense novelist
- Roberta Knie, opera singer
- Marvin Lamb, American composer
- Steve Lamb, Dallas radio broadcaster with the longest uninterrupted weekday tenure of any radio sports figure in Texas history, B.A. Radio and Television News
- Kirstin Maldonado, soprano in the a Capella band "Pentatonix"
- Kelly Mantle, drag queen and actor
- Elizabeth Bauer Mock, modern architecture advocate, professor of architecture
- Olivia Munn, actress (The Newsroom), model, spokesperson, and former G4 host
- Jason Nelson, pioneering net artist and digital poet, 1993
- Tom Paxton, singer-songwriter, B.F.A., 1959
- Meg Randall, actress
- G. Patrick Riley, mask maker and art educator
- Matt Villines (2000), film director (Funny or Die, Saturday Night Live)[13]
- Dennis Weaver, Emmy Award-winning actor
Law
- Vaughn Ary, first United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division Major General, J.D., 1987
- Tom Colbert, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, first African-American Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, J.D., 1982
- Noma Gurich, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1978
- Rudolph Hargrave, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1949
- Ralph B. Hodges, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1954
- Steven W. Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1974
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, former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, B.A. Journalism, 1975; J.D., 1980
- Dan Boren, former congressman (D-OK), M.B.A., 2000
- David Boren, former Governor of Oklahoma and 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 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 and former Congressman (R-OK), M.D., 1983
- Tom Cole, Congressman (R-OK), Ph.D. British History, 1984
- David Hall, former Oklahoma Governor
- Brad Henry, former 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
- Wayne Harold Johnson (Master of Library Science), member of both houses, respectively, of the Wyoming State Legislature, 1993 to 2017; represents Cheyenne (R)
- Frank Keating, former Governor of Oklahoma (R), J.D., 1969
- Robert H. Kittleman, Maryland State Senator, 1947
- Jess Larson, U.S. Air Force Major General and first administrator of the General Services Administration
- Susana Martinez, current Governor of New Mexico (R), first Latina governor in the U.S. (J.D. 1986)
- Barry McBee, former Chief-of-Staff for Texas Gov. Rick Perry; former Chairman of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; current Vice-Chancellor for Governmental Affairs, University of Texas System[14] (B.A. History, 1978)
- Dave McCurdy, former Congressman (D-OK)
- Scott Meacham, former State Treasurer of Oklahoma
- Sydney B. Nelson, former Louisiana state senator from Shreveport (D), B.B.A., 1957
- Paul Spitzfaden, mayor of Mandeville, Louisiana, 1984–1996 (R), Graduate study, 1968[15]
- Frank Spooner, Louisiana businessman and Republican politician, B.S., 1960[16]
- Rob Standridge, Oklahoma state senator (R), Bachelor's Pharmacy, 1993
- David Walters, former Governor of Oklahoma (D), B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1973
- J.C. Watts, former U.S. Representative who was the chairman of the House Republican Conference (R-OK), B.A. Journalism, 1981
Others
- James Alan Abrahamson, 1961, astronaut, Air Force general, and CEO
- Gary Clayton Anderson, American historian, specialist in American Indian studies, faculty member since the 1980s
- Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves
- Harry W. Bass, Sr. (1895–1970), American oilman and philanthropist.[17]
- Clay Bennett, majority owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
- Roger Brady, retired Air Force General
- Mike Davis, anthropologist, archeologist, and boat builder
- Angie Debo, historian of Oklahoma and Native Americans, A.B. History 1918, Ph.D. 1933
- Archie W. Dunham, oil and gas CEO
- James M. Flinchum, editor-in-chief of the former Wyoming State Tribune (since Wyoming Tribune Eagle) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Class of 1939
- Roy Furr, founder of Furr's grocery store and cafeteria chain
- Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 and STS-9 astronaut, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1953
- Walter E. Gaskin, Lieutenant General United States Marine Corps
- Jim George, bestselling author
- Brison D. Gooch, historian of 19th century Europe; 1960s faculty member
- Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1959
- Thomas J. Haynes, Air National Guard general
- Robert Henson, award winning journalist and author
- Tom Love, owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (dropped out)[18]
- Shannon Lucid, astronaut, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1973
- Lauren Taylor Lundeen, Miss Oklahoma USA 2012 and Top 10 in Miss USA 2012 pageant
- Rodney McKinley, 15th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
- D. Nathan Meehan, Ph.D., P.E., President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Senior Executive Advisor of Baker Hughes Inc.
- Larry Merchant, former sportswriter and current commentator for HBO Sports
- John D. Morris, anti-evolution activist and president of ICR
- Dari Nowkhah, lead anchor for ESPNU
- 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
- Lawrence G. Rawl, former Chairman and CEO of Exxon
- Slim Richey, jazz guitarist
- Jeffrey D. Sadow, political scientist, conservative columnist
- Charles Schusterman (1945–2000), businessman, philanthropist.[19]
- Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T since 2007
- Susan Stryker, professor, author, filmmaker, director of the University of Arizona's Institute of LGBT Studies
- Reed Timmer, meteorologist and extreme storm chaser
- Prasanna Venkatesan, Executive Vice President, Landis+Gyr
- Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton
- William C. Wantland, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire
References
- 1 2 Anderson, Jack (2012-01-09). "Miguel Terekhov, Dancer With Ballets Russes, Dies at 83". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ↑ "Dr. George Henderson". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ "Dr. Lynn is slated by Lions", Minden Press-Herald, Minden, Louisiana, September 24, 1975, p. 1
- ↑ "Jimmy LaRoy Edwards". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Matt Grice UFC Profile". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Mickey Hatcher Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ "Ray Hayward Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Clint Ingram". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Ralph Neely". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Frederick Lenar Nixon". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Russ Ortiz Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/09/entertainment/ca-10903 Los Angeles Times. '70s Hit-Maker Bread to Serve Slices of Past. July 9, 1997. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ↑ Smith, Michael (2016-07-13). "Tulsa filmmaker known for 'SNL' projects dies of cancer at 39". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ↑ http://www.utsystem.edu/offices/governmental-relations/barry-mcbee-jd
- ↑ "Louisiana: Spitzfaden, Paul Riley, Who's Who in American Politics, 2003–2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 795
- ↑ "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Election of 1976", Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, LIV No. 3 (Summer 2013), p. 346
- ↑ Elam, Leslie A. "Harry W. Bass, Jr. Biography". Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ May, Bill (July 1, 1995). "Diligence, Good Sites Give Love Midas Touch". The Journal Record. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "Charles Schusterman" (PDF). Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
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