by eddie1 on February 27th, 2007

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Does anyone famous come from your hometown?

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  • by - retroglide - on March 26th, 2008

    - retroglide -

    Yes, a few!

    Arts

    * Marcello Angelini[1], ballet dancer
    * Ted Berrigan[2], poet
    * Michelle Firment Reid[3], artist
    * P. S. Gordon[4], painter
    * Ron Padgett[5], poet
    * Kelie Myers[6], painter

    Business

    * Frank Abagnale[7], fraud expert, former con man, subject of Catch Me If You Can
    * Tareq Al-Suwaidan[8], economist and multi-billionaire, Kuwait Investment Authority
    * Thomas Gilcrease[9], oilman, founder of Gilcrease Museum
    * George Kaiser[10], billionaire chairman of BOK Financial Corporation
    * Henry Kravis[11], billionaire co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
    * Bill Bartmann[12], businessman, named as "One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years"[13]

    Music

    * Elvin Bishop
    * Garth Brooks[14], country music singer
    * J. J. Cale[15], songwriter and musician, an originator of The Tulsa Sound
    * Jeremy Castle[16], country music singer and songwriter
    * Chuck Cissel[17], singer and dancer
    * Roy Clark, [country music|country]] musician
    * David Cook
    * Joe Diffie[18], country musician
    * Phil Driscoll, trumpet player and singer, Christian and jazz musician
    * Ronnie Dunn[19] (Brooks and Dunn)
    * The Gap Band, Charlie, Ronnie & Robert Wilson, R&B, funk, and soul band
    * Hanson, Isaac, Taylor & Zac Hanson, Pop band
    * Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, jazz band
    * David Gates (Bread)
    * Tosca Kramer, violinist, violist, and music educator
    * Fredell Lack, violinist
    * Patti Page
    * Pillar (band)
    * Carl Radle, musician, bassist for Derek and the Dominos
    * Leon Russell, singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
    * David Terry, The do everything man from the band Aqueduct (band)
    * Hank Thompson
    * Wayman Tisdale, jazz musician and former professional basketball player
    * Dwight Twilley, musician
    * Jared Tyler, singer-songwriter and producer
    * Bob Wills, country music singer
    * Charlie Wilson, R&B singer and lead singer of The Gap Band
    * Bob Wootton, Lead guitarist for the Tennessee Three from 1969 to 1996 (part time from then on)
    * Jelly Roll, hip-hop producer

    Politics

    * Dewey F. Bartlett, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator
    * James Inhofe, U.S. Senator
    * 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
    * Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Democratic U.S. Senator representing the state of New York
    * John Sullivan, member of the United States House of Representatives
    * Tom Adelson, member of the Oklahoma State Senate
    * Brian Crain, member of the Oklahoma State Senate
    * Terry Young, former Mayor of the City of Tulsa

    Print

    * Daniel J. Boorstin, historian and writer; former Librarian of Congress
    * John Hope Franklin, African American historian
    * Martin Gardner, author of works on philosophy, mathematics and literature
    * S. E. Hinton, author
    * Russell Myers, cartoonist of the Broom-Hilda comic strip
    * Dan Piraro, cartoonist of the Bizarro comic strip
    * Michael Wallis, author

    Radio

    * Paul Harvey, radio personality

    Screen

    * Gene Autry
    * William Boyd (actor) (Hopalong Cassidy)
    * Gary Busey, actor
    * Kristin Chenoweth, Broadway actress
    * Cindy Chupack, scriptwriter for Sex and the City
    * Larry Clark, film director and photographer
    * Iron Eyes Cody, actor
    * Larry Drake
    * Blake Edwards
    * Alice Ghostley
    * Clu Gulager
    * Bill Hader, actor
    * Jennifer Jones, actress
    * Heather Langenkamp, actress
    * Rue McClanahan
    * Tommy Morrison
    * Tim Blake Nelson, actor and director
    * Mary Kay Place, actress
    * Tony Randall, actor
    * Julian Rebolledo, actor and voice talent
    * Gailard Sartain, actor
    * Ted Shackelford, actor
    * Peter Simon
    * Mary Stuart
    * Wes Studi
    * Wayman Tisdale
    * Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress
    * Amber Valletta, actress and supermodel
    * Mason Williams
    * Alfre Woodard, actress
    * Judy Woodruff, news anchor and journalist
    * Don Woods, meteorologist
    * Jerry Nelson, one of the puppeteers for the Muppets

    Sports

    * Quentin Chaney, Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver
    * Matt Gogel, professional golfer
    * Bill Goldberg, former professional football and wrestler
    * Randy Heckenkemper, golf course designer
    * Koyie Hill, Major League Baseball catcher
    * Steve Largent, Seattle Seahawks hall of fame wide receiver
    * Robert Meachem, New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver
    * Kenny Monday, Olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling
    * Charlie O'Brien, former professional baseball catcher
    * Nolan Richardson, former college basketball coach for the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas
    * Tubby Smith, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota; former coach of the University of Tulsa, University of Georgia and University of Kentucky
    * Sammy Sosa, 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, former professional basketball player
    * Ernie Torres, Professional Skateboarder
    * Peter Ramondetta, Professional [Skateboarder]]

    Other

    * Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006.
    * Haydn Porter, model
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_people_from_Tulsa,_Oklahoma

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