List of people from Enid, Oklahoma
This is a list of people from Enid, Oklahoma.
Academics
[edit]- Melissa Dell - Economics professor, Harvard University, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
Actors and actresses
[edit]- Richard Erdman - actor, Stalag 17, Community
- Glenda Farrell - actress
- Lynn Herring - actress, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives
- Thad Luckinbill - actor, star of The Young and the Restless
- Russell Scott - Blinky the Clown, Blinky's Fun Club
Artists
[edit]- Gene Havlick - Academy Award-winning film editor
- Paladine Roye - Ponca artist
- James B. Shackelford - cinematographer
- Lyndon Stromberg - sculptor
- Mark Enger - painter
- Matt Enger - painter
- Donna Cox - digital artist, scientist, and academic.
Athletes
[edit]- Kody Bliss - CFL
- Lydell Carr - Running back for the Arizona Cardinals
- Todd Franz - 2005 NFL player, Green Bay Packers[1]
- Don Haskins - Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach of 1966 NCAA Champion Texas Western Miners, subject of book and movie "Glory Road."
- Ray Hayward - Major League Baseball pitcher[2]
- Andrew Hoxie - USSF soccer player
- Steve Fuller - NFL
- Lou Kretlow - Major League Baseball pitcher
- Chris McCubbins - Olympian, runner
- Ken Mendenhall - NFL
- William E. "Pinky" Newell - athletic trainer, Purdue University, a founder of the National Athletic Trainers' Association
- Stacy Prammanasudh - LPGA
- Brent Price - NBA
- Mark Price - NBA
- Rip Radcliff - Major League Baseball outfielder
- Lil Stoner - Major League Baseball pitcher, also played for Champlin Oilers
- John Ward - NFL
- Jeff Zimmerman - NFL
Architects
[edit]- Karl Kamrath - architect and tennis player
Authors
[edit]- Don Blanding - poet, author
- Walter Bowart - author, psychedelic drug advocate
- J. Quinn Brisben - poet, socialist presidential candidate
- Wade Burleson - author and historian
- Angie Debo - author, historian, teacher at Enid High School
- Jon Franklin - author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Carol Hamilton - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1995-1997
- Marquis James - author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Louis Jenkins - poet
- D.L. Lang - Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California
- Quraysh Ali Lansana - poet, civil rights historian
- Mark Potts - Pulitzer prize winning journalist and filmmaker
- Betty Lou Shipley - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1997-1998
- Bess Truitt - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1945-1946
Business owners
[edit]- Sherman Billingsley - founder and owner of the Stork Club in New York City
- Sam Boyd - casino owner
- Clyde Cessna - aviation pioneer, aircraft manufacturer
- Harold Hamm - owner of Continental Resources and Hiland Partners; billionaire
Criminals
[edit]- Daniel Holtzclaw - serial sexual assault under color of authority as Oklahoma City police officer
Musicians and singers
[edit]- Vida Chenoweth - first professional solo classical marimbist
- Karen Dalton - singer, musician
- Kyle Dillingham - violinist
- Casey Grillo - drummer for power metal group Kamelot
- Michael Hedges - guitarist
- Mark Kelly - bassist for Petra
- Leona Mitchell - opera singer
- Brad Richter - classical guitarist
- Sam Rivers - jazz musician
- Matthew Schultz - musician, Pigface, Lab Report
- Mark Selby - musician
- Don Yule - opera singer with the New York City Opera
Television and radio personalities
[edit]- Glenn Hauser - DXer
- Sharron Miller - Emmy Award and Directors Guild of America Award winning television director, producer, writer.
- Harold Taft - television meteorologist
Politicians and military figures
[edit]- Patrick Anderson - Oklahoma State Senator
- Page Belcher - Oklahoma US representative
- Robert M. Blair - Medal of Honor recipient
- James Yancy Callahan - Oklahoma Territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives
- John Newbold Camp - Oklahoma US Representative
- Bud Cummins - United States Attorney
- Frank Frantz - Seventh Oklahoma Territorial Governor
- Milton C. Garber - Oklahoma US representative; editor of Enid News & Eagle
- Owen K. Garriott - astronaut
- Jerauld R. Gentry - Air Force test pilot
- Bo Gritz - former US Army Special Forces operator; political activist
- Stephen Jones - attorney
- Harold Kiner - Medal of Honor recipient
- Norman Lamb - Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Todd Lamb - Lt. Governor of Oklahoma
- E. Bay Mitchell - Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
- John D. Russell - Federal judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Kenneth M. Taylor - USAF general, Pearl Harbor hero
- Leon Vance - Medal of Honor recipient
- George H. Wilson - Oklahoma US representative
Religious figures
[edit]- Yahweh Ben Yahweh (Hulon Mitchell Jr.) - founder, Nation of Yahweh
- Wade Burleson - American minister
Scientists
[edit]- Paul H. Allen - botanist
Other
[edit]- Letitia Chambers - director of the Heard Museum
References
[edit]- ^ "Todd Franz". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ^ "Ray Hayward Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
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