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