List of Oklahoma City University alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni of Oklahoma City University

Arts

 * Joseph Erb - Sculptor, painter, and animator whose focus is Cherokee storytelling
 * Lois Harjo Ball – painter, basket maker, and ceramic artist
 * Bert Seabourn (1961 Certificate of Art) – expressionist painter

Business

 * Wanda L. Bass – philanthropist and chairman of the First National Bank and Trust of McAlester
 * Jack Worthington – investment banker

Education

 * Andrew K. Benton (J.D.) – president of Pepperdine University and as an interim president at the University of Central Oklahoma
 * Florence Birdwell (1945, BA and MA) – professor of voice at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University from 1946 to 2013
 * Carroll Freeman (MA Performing Arts) – operatic tenor, director of the opera program at the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University
 * Jeane Porter Hester (1963) – former professor of medicine, Chief of Supportive Therapy, and Chief of Leukapheresis at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 * Beverly Hoch (1975 Music) – coloratura soprano and music instructor at Texas Woman's University
 * Timothy Long – conductor, pianist, and member of the faculty at the Stony Brook University
 * Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board
 * Jim Roth (1994) – Dean of the OCU School of Law and Oklahoma Corporation Commission 2007–2009
 * W. Stephen Smith (1981 MPA0 – Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera

Entertainment

 * Sarah Coburn (1994 MA Music) – operatic soprano
 * Kristin Chenoweth (1990 Musical Theater) – Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress
 * Stephen Dickson (1973) – operatic baritone
 * Sam Douglas (BFA directing) – actor
 * Mack Harrell – operatic and concert baritone vocalist
 * Chris Harrison (1993 BA Mass Communication) – television personality, host of The Bachelor
 * Erika Hebron (2009 Performing Arts in Dance) – Miss Missouri 2010
 * Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Miss America of 1967, television anchor, and Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation
 * William Johns (1961) – opera singer
 * Gwendolyn Jones – operatic mezzo-soprano
 * Marquita Lister (198 – operatic soprano
 * Kurt Loder – entertainment critic, author, columnist, and television personality best known for his role at MTV News
 * Stacey Logan (1985) – Broadway actress
 * Lakshmi Manchu – actress, producer, and television presenter
 * Chris Merritt (1974) – Grammy Award-nominated operatic tenor
 * Leona Mitchell (1970) – operatic soprano and Music Hall of Fame inductee
 * April Nelson (2014) – Miss Louisiana 2015 and third runner-up to Miss America
 * Cathy O'Donnell (1945) – actress
 * Kelli O'Hara (1998) – Seven-time Tony Award nominated actress
 * Susan Powell (1984) – Miss America 1981
 * Bill Randle (J.D.). – disc jockey, lawyer and university professor
 * Lisa Reagan – singer, composer, pianist, musician, and former Miss Oklahoma
 * Gabrielle Ruiz (2007 BFA dance performance) – actress
 * Checkley Sin (MBA) – film producer and 2022 candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * Shawntel Smith (2000) – Miss America 1996
 * Gerald Steichen (1986) – New York City Opera conductor for Cats and The Phantom of the Opera
 * Fred Tackett – songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the band Little Feat
 * Lara Teeter (1976) – Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, and professor
 * Mason Williams (1958) – Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer, writer who created of "Classical Gas"

Government and civil service

 * Carl Alexandre – Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and U.S. Department of Justice deputy
 * Michael D. Brown (1981) – First Director and Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2003–2005
 * Janie Simms Hipp – General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and founder of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations
 * Jane Anne Jayroe (1968) – Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Recreation, Miss America of 1967, and television anchor
 * Alice Marriott (1930 English and French) – field representative with the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Arts and Craft Board and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma

Law

 * Carl Alexandre – U.S. Department of Justice Deputy and Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
 * Deborah Barnes (1983) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
 * Doug Combs (1976 J.D._ – Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
 * Barry Grissom – United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
 * Carol Hansen (1974) – Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
 * Elizabeth A. Hayden (1980) – District Judge for Stearns County, Minnesota
 * Walter Jenny – general counsel for the Oklahoma Commission on Consumer Credit and Oklahoma Department of Labor as Assistant General Counsel
 * Yvonne Kauger (1969) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
 * Vern Miller – Kansas attorney general from 1971 to 1975
 * Marian P. Opala (1953) – Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1978–2010
 * Gary Richardson – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
 * Alma Wilson – first woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court
 * James R. Winchester (1977) – Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 2007–2009

Literature and journalism

 * Royal Alexander – lawyer and congressional staff member
 * Rana Husseini (1990 BA, 1993 MLA) – Award-winning journalist and human rights activist
 * William Harjo LoneFight (1991) – Native American author
 * Leslie A. McRill – the ninth poet laureate of Oklahoma

Military

 * Edmond Harjo – Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Code Talker during World War II, 2013 recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
 * David L. Goldfein – Air Force Chief of Staff
 * Rick Rescorla – British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist
 * Robert J. Skinner – United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the Director of Defense Information Systems Agency
 * Eugene L. Tattini – retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and served as deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Politics

 * Hannah Atkins (1986) – Oklahoma Secretary of State 1987–1991
 * Danny Britt – member of the North Carolina Senate
 * Brian Bushweller ( BA Music) – member of the Delaware Senate,
 * Jeff Cloud (1991 J.D.) – Commissioner of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
 * Brandon Creighton (J. D.) – Member of the Texas Senate
 * Jose Cruz – Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Brooks Douglass – member of the Oklahoma Senate
 * Mickey Edwards (1969 J.D.) – served eight terms in United States House of Representatives
 * Enoch Kelly Haney (1964) – Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
 * Carri Hicks – Oklahoma Senate
 * David Holt (1909) – Mayor of Oklahoma City
 * Ernest Istook (1976) – United States House of Representatives
 * A. Visanio Johnson – Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Phillip Journey – Kansas Senate and judge Kansas's 18th Judicial District Court for Division 1
 * Steven T. Kuykendall (1968) – member of the United States Congress representing California's 36th congressional district 1999–2001
 * Todd Lamb (2005) – Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor 2011–2019, Majority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate 2004–2011
 * Keith Leftwich – Oklahoma State Senate
 * Richard Lerblance (1979) – Oklahoma State Senate
 * Lin Hsin-i – Taiwanese Minister of Economic Affairs and Vice Premier
 * Angela Monson (Criminal justice) – Oklahoma State House of Representatives
 * Anthony Moore – Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Tim Moore (1995) – Speaker of the House, North Carolina General Assembly
 * Johnston Murray (1946) – Governor, State of Oklahoma 1951–1955
 * Kenneth Nance – lawyer, lobbyist, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Ron Norick – mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 * Leon C. Phillips (1916) – 11th Governor of Oklahoma
 * Arsyadjuliandi Rachman (1987 MBA) – Indonesian politician who served as governor of Riau
 * T. W. Shannon – Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Jason Smith – U.S. House of Representatives and Missouri House of Representatives
 * Steve Smith – member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
 * Mike Thompson – member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Ray Vaughn – Oklahoma House of Representatives
 * Yeo Jun Wei – Singaporean convicted of espionage by the United States on behalf of the People's Republic of China
 * Marvin York – President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate

Religion

 * Craig Groeschel (1991 Marketing) – founder and senior pastor of Life.Church
 * William C. Wantland – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire

Sports

 * Carl Allen – professional football player
 * John Barfield – former MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers
 * Richard Benigno – professional soccer player
 * Susie Berning – professional golfer on the LPGA tour with 4 major wins and 12 total wins
 * Joe Bisenius (2004) – MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Karl Coombes – tennis coach and player
 * Tony Dawson – former professional tennis player
 * Dino Delevski – former professional soccer player for the Kansas City Comets
 * Os Doenges – college football coach
 * Gary Gray – former NBA guard for the Cincinnati Royals
 * Ace Gutowsky – professional football player
 * Paul Hansen – head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
 * Curtis Haywood – NBA basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
 * Carl Henry – professional basketball player
 * Gary Hill – former NBA guard for the San Francisco Warriors
 * Hal Hilpirt – professional football player
 * Rubin Jackson – college and professional basketball player
 * Marisue Jacutin – former professional tennis player
 * Jim Kamp – professional football player
 * Bud Koper (1964) – former NBA player and All-American basketball player
 * Allen Leavell (1979) – former NBA guard for the Houston Rockets
 * Abe Lemons (1949) – former basketball coach for Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas at Austin
 * Eric Manuel – former professional basketball player
 * Keith Miller – former professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball
 * Nick Mohtadi – former professional tennis player
 * Taiwo Rafiu (1994) – women's basketball Olympian for Nigeria
 * Hub Reed (1958) – former NBA center for the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons
 * Ivan Saičić – professional basketball player
 * Freddy Sanchez – MLB infielder for the San Francisco Giants and 2006 National League batting champion
 * Ralph Schilling (1941) – former NFL player for the Washington Redskins
 * Chris Schroder (2001) – MLB pitcher for the Florida Marlins
 * Marion Shirley – professional football player
 * Arnold Short (1954) – NCAA All-American and 1955 AAU All-American basketball player Phillips 66ers
 * Dave Simmons – former NBL basketball player, father of NBA player Ben Simmons
 * Beeyong Sison – professional tennis player and coach
 * Chas Skelly – NAIA All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, current Featherweight in the UFC
 * Bruce Sloan – Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Giants
 * Bryant Smith – former professional basketball player
 * Chris Spendlove – former professional soccer player
 * Dušan Stević – former professional basketball player
 * Dick Stone (1934) – former MLB pitcher for the Washington Senators
 * Zouhair Talbi – long distance runner
 * Hugh Taylor – professional football player and coach
 * Ashur Tolliver – former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * K. T. Turner – college basketball coach
 * Orville Tuttle – professional football player and college football coach
 * Tyrone van Aswegen – professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour
 * Harry Vines (1961) – former director of USA Basketball and prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community
 * Jim Wade – professional football player
 * Daniela Wallen – professional basketball player
 * Jim Ware – professional basketball player
 * Jerry Lee Wells – professional basketball player
 * Brad Wieck – professional baseball pitcher
 * Basil Wilkerson – professional football player
 * Buzz Williams (1994) – head men19s basketball coach for Texas A&M

Other

 * Thomas Radecki – former psychiatrist, convicted criminal, and founding member of the National Coalition on Television Violence