List of University of Oklahoma people

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The list of University of Oklahoma people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the University of Oklahoma.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

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
  • Julia Gaines, director of the University of Missouri School of Music
  • Elizabeth Garrett, legal scholar, 13th President of Cornell University
  • Robert L. Lynn, president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, 1975–1997; received PhD 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[]

Athletes[]

  • Vickey Ray Anderson, former professional football player
  • Dee Andros, former collegiate football coach and Oregon State athletic director
  • Jason Bartlett, former professional baseball player
  • 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, most recently a member of the Arizona Cardinals
  • 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
  • Isaiah Cousins (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Stacey Dales, former WNBA player and ESPN analyst, current NFL Network host/reporter
  • Jack Davis, professional football player
  • Greg Dobbs, former professional baseball player
  • Kristian Doolittle (born 1997), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • 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, former professional football player
  • 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, former professional football player
  • 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 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 free agent
  • 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, former professional football player who is now the running backs coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team.
  • Kyler Murray, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, 9th overall draft pick in the 2018 MLB Draft
  • Eduardo Nájera, former professional basketball player, currently a scout for the Dallas Mavericks
  • Ralph Neely, former professional football player[9]
  • sheldon Neuse, professional baseball player
  • 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 who last played 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 Detroit Lions
  • Hollis Price, professional basketball player
  • Clifford Ray, basketball coach and former professional basketball player
  • Jimmy Rogers, professional football player
  • Ryan Rohlinger, former professional baseball player
  • 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; free agent
  • Terry Stotts, Head Coach of the Portland Trail Blazers
  • Evan Tanner, former mixed martial artist who won the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2005
  • TaShawn Thomas (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Premier League
  • 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
  • Joe Washington, former professional football player
  • 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 playe
  • Trent Williams, football player, currently a member of the San Francisco 49ers
  • Reggie Willits, former professional baseball player, first base coach of the New York Yankees
  • Chet Winters, former professional football player
  • J. T. Wise, former professional baseball player
  • Bobby Witt, former professional baseball player
  • Trae Young, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
  • Waddy Young, professional football player, killed in action as a US Army Air Force bomber pilot in World War II

Arts and entertainment[]

  • Brent Albright, professional wrestler, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion
  • Alpharad, YouTuber, Esports personality, and musician
  • 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]
  • Jim George, author
  • Alice Ghostley, actress
  • Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker
  • Ed Harris, film actor and director
  • Van Heflin, film and theater actor
  • Robert Henson, journalist and author
  • Rance Howard, actor
  • Olinka Hrdy, artist, 1928
  • Kevin James (undergraduate), radio show host and lawyer
  • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, poet and novelist[15]
  • Christian Kane, actor, musician, singer-songwriter
  • Roberta Knie, opera singer
  • Marvin Lamb, composer
  • D.L. Lang, poet laureate of Vallejo, California
  • Carol Littleton, film editor
  • 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[16]
  • 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
  • Slim Richey, jazz guitarist
  • G. Patrick Riley, mask maker and art educator
  • Matt Villines (2000), film director (Funny or Die, Saturday Night Live)[17]
  • "Cowboy" Bill Watts, former professional wrestler
  • Dennis Weaver, Emmy Award-winning actor
  • "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, former All-American offensive lineman and popular pro wrestler, especially in Japan

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
  • Anita Hill, OU Law professor and accuser in the Clarence Thomas scandal
  • 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), PhD 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, PhD Public Health
  • Tom Coburn, former U.S. Senator and Congressman (R-OK), M.D., 1983
  • Tom Cole, Congressman (R-OK), PhD 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
  • Peter MacDonald, Navajo Code Talker, 7th Chairman of the Navajo Nation
  • Susana Martinez, 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
  • 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[]

  • 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, PhD 1933
  • Jordan Deschamps-Braly, maxillofacial surgeon
  • Archie W. Dunham, oil and gas CEO
  • Bob Faith (born 1963/1964), founder, chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners[20]
  • 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
  • Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1959
  • Thomas J. Haynes, Air National Guard general
  • Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma
  • Anna Lewis (1885–1961), historian, writer, PhD 1930
  • Tom Love, owner, founder, and chairman of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (dropped out)[21]
  • Shannon Lucid, astronaut, PhD Biochemistry, 1973
  • Kelli Masters, lawyer and sports agent
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gregory S. Emde, United States Navy Lieutenant, B.S. Microbiology, 2012

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