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.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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
• Jermaine Gresham, football player, currently a member of the Cincinnati Bengals
• 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 San Diego Chargers
• 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
• 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
• 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 Paris, professional basketball player
• Ashley 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, 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
• Trent Williams, football player, currently a member of the Washington Redskins
• "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, 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.
• Susana Martinez, current Governor of New Mexico (R), First Hispanic woman (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
• Dan Slater, Colorado political leader, B.A., 1994.
• 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
• Clayton Bennett, majority owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Roger Brady, Air Force General
• 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
• 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
• 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 "Jed" Dayang, diplomat, M.P.A.2009, Pi Alpha Alpha
• Jesus "Jessie" Valencia, M.P.A. 2009
• Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton