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.
Educators
- Clinton E. Adams, former medical school dean at Western University of Health Sciences, and current president of Rocky Vista University[1]
- Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons and co-founder of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma[2]
- Jerry Farley, long-time administrator at OU; 16th president of Washburn University
- Elizabeth Garrett, legal scholar, 13th President of Cornell University
- Robert L. Lynn, president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, 1975–1997; received Ph.D. from Oklahoma[3]
- Charles ("Chuck") W. Mooney Jr., the Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law, and former interim Dean, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Roger E. Nebergall, Professor of Speech
- Miguel Terekhov, ballet dancer and instructor, co-founder of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma[2]
Scientists
- Howard Bluestein, atmospheric scientist
- Gregory Benford, physicist and science fiction writer (also seen in Arts and Entertainment)
- James Benford, physicist
- Norman H. Boke, botanist
- Charles A. Doswell III, meteorologist
- Henry T. Lynch, cancer researcher
- GA Mansoori, thermodynamic scientist
- Paul Markowski, meteorologist
- Jens Rud Nielsen, physicist
- Erik N. Rasmussen, atmospheric scientist
- Neil B. Ward, atmospheric physicist
- Christina Warinner, anthropologist
- Gladys West, mathematician
Athletes
- Jim Acree, former collegiate and high school football coach
- Brent Albright, professional wrestler, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion
- Vickey Ray Anderson, former professional football player
- Dee Andros, former collegiate football coach and Oregon State athletic director
- 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, current MMA fighter with Bellator and professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling; former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and WWE United States Champion as 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 head coach of the UCF Golden Knights
- 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]
- Keith Jackson, former professional football player
- Jack Jacobs, football player, popularized the forward pass
- 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
- Baker Mayfield, professional football player
- Gerald McCoy, football player, currently a member of the Carolina Panthers
- 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 (retired)
- 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
- Milton Overton, Athletic Director, Kennesaw State University[12]
- 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 Washington Redskins
- 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
- Dave Schultz, 3x NCAA Champion, Olympic and world champion wrestler[13]
- Mark Schultz, 3x NCAA Champion, Olympic and world champion wrestler[13]
- 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
- Burch Smith, Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
- Terry Stotts, Head Coach, Portland Trail Blazers
- 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
- Trae Young, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
- 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
- Robert O'Neil Bristow, award-winning author
- Jim Butcher, award-winning author
- 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[14]
- 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
- Olinka Hrdy, artist, 1928
- 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
- D.L. Lang, poet laureate of Vallejo, California
- Kirstin Maldonado, soprano in the a capella band "Pentatonix"
- Kelly Mantle, drag queen and actor
- Travis McElroy, co-host and co-creator of The Adventure Zone and My Brother, My Brother, and Me[15]
- 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)[16]
- Dennis Weaver, Emmy Award-winning actor
Law
- Vaughn Ary, first United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division Major General, J.D., 1987
- Robert E. Bacharach, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, B.A., 1981
- 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
- Robert Harlan Henry, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, former Oklahoma Attorney General, B.A., 1974, J.D., 1976
- Ralph B. Hodges, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1954
- William Judson Holloway, Jr., Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, B.A., 1947
- Alfred P. Murrah, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, namesake of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, LL.B., 1928
- Steven W. Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1974
- James R. Winchester, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, B. A., 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); former 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
- Mick Cornett, former Mayor of Oklahoma City
- David Hall, former Oklahoma Governor
- Brad Henry, former Governor of Oklahoma (D), B.A. Economics, 1985, J.D., 1988
- 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
- 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[17]
- Frank Spooner, Louisiana businessman and Republican politician, B.S., 1960[18]
- 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
- Gary Clayton Anderson, historian, specialist in American Indian studies, faculty member since the 1980s
- Leila Andrews (1876-1954), physician, associate professor of medicine at OU College of Medicine (1910-1925)
- Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves
- Harry W. Bass, Sr. (1895–1970), American oilman and philanthropist[19]
- Clay Bennett, majority owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos (deceased)
- Roger Brady, Air Force General
- Phillip T. Butler POW in North Vietnam, president of Veterans for Peace
- Mike Davis, anthropologist, archeologist, and boat builder
- Angie Debo, historian of Oklahoma and Native Americans, A.B. History 1918, Ph.D. 1933
- Jordan Deschamps-Braly, maxillofacial surgeon
- Archie W. Dunham, oil and gas CEO
- Gregory S. Emde, Lieutenant United States Navy, B.S. Microbiology, 2012
- Bob Faith (born 1963/1964), founder, chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners[20]
- James M. Flinchum, editor-in-chief of the former Wyoming State Tribune (since Wyoming Tribune Eagle) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, 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, author
- Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1959
- Thomas J. Haynes, Air National Guard general
- Robert Henson, journalist and author
- Anita Hill, OU Law professor and accuser in the Clarence Thomas scandal
- Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma
- Anna Lewis (1885–1961), historian, writer, Ph.D. 1930
- Tom Love, owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (dropped out)[21]
- Shannon Lucid, astronaut, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1973
- Rodney McKinley, 15th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
- Larry Merchant, sportswriter and commentator for HBO Sports
- Dari Nowkhah, lead anchor for ESPNU
- Lotsee Patterson, librarian, educator, and founder of the American Indian Library Association
- Ross Porter, broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Michael F. Price, mutual fund investor
- Mark M. Ravitch, surgeon
- Lawrence G. Rawl, Chairman and CEO of Exxon
- Prito Reza, photographer, director, television host, writer, public speaker and radio jockey
- Slim Richey, jazz guitarist
- Gary Michael Rose, 1989, U.S. Army captain, Medal of Honor Recipient, Vietnam War 1970
- Jeffrey D. Sadow, political scientist, conservative columnist
- Charles Schusterman (1945–2000), businessman, philanthropist[22]
- 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 storm chaser
- Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton
- William C. Wantland, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire
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