# List of people from Norman, Oklahoma

People from Norman, Oklahoma.

## Arts

* Yvonne Chouteau, Shawnee prima ballerina
* Oscar Jacobson, painter, curator, author, educator
* Mary Leader, poet
* America Meredith, Cherokee Nation art writer, artist, and curator
* Ravi Rajan, artist, musician, educator
* Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Potawatomi potter
* Lynn Riggs, Cherokee playwright
* Susan Stryker, professor, author, filmmaker
* Julie Ann Ward, professor, author, poet laureate of Norman

## Business

* Clay Bennett, majority owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
* Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
* Archie W. Dunham, oil and gas CEO
* Roy Furr, founder of Furr's grocery store and cafeteria chain
* Michael F. Price, mutual fund investor
* Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton

## Film and television

* Candy Clark, actress
* Jack Garner, actor
* James Garner (1928–2014), actor of television series Maverick and The Rockford Files and the movies The Great Escape and The Americanization of Emily. There is a 10-foot bronze statue of Garner as Bret Maverick in Norman.
* Ed Harris, actor
* Owen Joyner, actor
* Christian Kane, actor
* Hoda Kotb, journalist and anchor of NBC's Today
* Sharron Miller, television director, writer, producer
* Nyambi Nyambi, actor
* Megyn Price, actress

## Music

* Broncho, rock band
* Chainsaw Kittens, rock band
* Yolanda Kondonassis, harpist
* Jesse Ed Davis, guitarist
* The Flaming Lips, rock band
* Vince Gill, country and bluegrass performer
* Samantha Crain, singer/songwriter

## Politics

* Carl Albert, late Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* David Boren, Democratic U.S. Senator, Oklahoma Governor; University of Oklahoma President
* Jake Files, Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from Fort Smith, Arkansas, since 2011; born in Norman in 1972
* Susanna M. Salter, moved to Norman following her service as the first woman mayor in the United States in Argonia, Kansas.
* Elizabeth Warren, Democratic U.S. Senator

## Print

* Angie Debo, historian
* Linda Hogan, author, academic, environmentalist
* George Miksch Sutton, ornithologist, painter, author

## Radio

* Mary Jo Heath, host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

## Sports

* Christopher Bell, race car driver
* Sam Bradford, football player
* Ryan Broyles, football player
* Dominic Cervi, football (soccer) player
* Nadia Comaneci, gymnast
* Bart Conner, gymnast
* Jordan Evans, NFL linebacker (Bengals)
* Blake Griffin, NBA forward (Nets)
* Charlie Kolar, football tight end for the Baltimore Ravens
* Daniel McCutchen, MLB pitcher (Pirates)
* Jim Ross, former WCW and WWE (Hall of Fame) wrestling commentator, and executive; current AEW commentator and executive
* Travis Simpson, football player
* Barry Switzer, football coach
* Zac Taylor, head coach of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals
* Bud Wilkinson, football coach
* Trae Young, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
* Lindy Waters III, NBA player

## Others

* Anita Hill, law professor (lived in Norman and worked at OU during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings)
* Fred Haise, astronaut, circled the Moon on Apollo 13
* Donna J. Nelson, OU chemistry professor, 2016 ACS President, and science advisor to Breaking Bad
* David Scheffer, lawyer and diplomat who was Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, appointed by President Bill Clinton
* Charles Thayer, Muscogee Creek Nation
* Alpharad, YouTuber, esports personality and musician.
* Nathan Altshiller Court (1881–1968), Polish–American mathematician