Famous People Born in Oklahoma

Oil made Oklahoma a wealthy state, but natural-gas production has now surpassed it. Oil refining, meat packing, food processing, as well as machinery manufacturing i.e. particularly construction as well as oil equipment are significant here. Minerals produced in Oklahoma comprise helium, gypsum, zinc, cement, coal, copper, as well as silver. These are the celebrated people who are born in the city Oklahoma.

  • Phil McGraw Story - Presenter Of Dr. Phil (TV series)
    Phillip Calvin McGraw was a psychologist who quit his practice to start a self motivation workshop called Pathways. He was a college football player before doing his Ph.D. in psychology. At the same time he started Pathways. Phil also started a company ‘Courtroom Science...

  • S. Robson Walton Story
    Profile Sam Walton is a business man of American origin. He was the Chairman of Walmart from 1992 to 2015, the largest retailer in the world.Sam Walton was declared the 11th richest person in the world. ...

  • Garth Brooks Success Story
    Profile Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music singer and songwriter. His first music album, named after himself was released in 1989. It peaked at No.2 in the U.S country charts and reached No.13 on the billboard 200. ...
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    Wes Welker Success Story
    Profile A dashing personality, Wes Walker is an American football wide receiver and return specialist. Presently, a free agent, he was signed by San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2004. ...
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    Blake Shelton Success Story
    Synopsis Blake Shelton is an American Country music singer and television personality. He made his debut with his single “Austin” in 2001. The song remained on the number one spot for five weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. ...
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    Sam Walton Success Story
    Whenever we think of supermarkets, the first name that comes to our mind is Wal-Mart. Today the name is synonymous with retail shopping. A great mind often drives a successful business and one such person is Sam Walton. He started the first Wal-Mart in 1962 when he was 44 year...

Oklahoma is renowned for a few people who play a great contribution in art, culture, education as well as entertainment and also in sports sector who are born in this place.

Born in the Oklahoma City, Elizabeth Warren earned her law degree from Rutgers University. After teaching law at more than a few universities, Warren was chosen to lead the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. In the year 2008, she was the leader of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Ron Howard was born in Oklahoma, who gained national recognition as a child actor, first as Opie on The Andy Griffith Show, and then as the adolescent Richie Cunningham on the Happy Days. Howard went on to an extremely winning career behind the camera, directing varied hit movies as the Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind as well as The Da Vinci Code. Born in Oklahoma; Blake Shelton moved to Nashville while he was 17 to turn out to be a country music songwriter. Success followed Shelton for more than a few years, right onto the coaching/judging panel of TV the Voice in 2011. The list of victorious people in this place goes on.